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The exhibit dedicated to Vasily Grossman will be on display from January 16-18, 2010 in New York

Life and Fate. The novel of freedom and the battle of Stalingrad

The exhibit dedicated to Vasily Grossman’s masterpiece, Life and Fate, will be on display from January 16th to the 18th, 2010 in New York. It will be part of the cultural festival known as the “New York Encounter.”

Www.newyorkencounter.org, New York Marriot Marquis-Time Square, 1535 Broadway, New York City.

The Pier Giorgio Frassati Cultural Center of Turin sponsored the exhibit’s creation in 2005, upon the occasion of the centennial anniversary of Grossman’s birth. With the collaboration of the non-profit Foundation for Jewish Art, History, and Culture of Casale Monferrato and the Western Piedmont, and with the Christian Russia Foundation, the exhibit reconstructs the central places and people of V. Grossman’s masterwork novel. (recently republished in Spanish and Italian)

At the heart of the reconstruction, one finds a dense collection of text and images including passages from the original manuscript (from the archive of Fedor Gubor, Grossman’s adopted son) and about one hundred photographs from the Museum of Contemporary History in Moscow.

This initiative, brought forward in collaboration with Crossroads Cultural Center in New York, was sponsored by Regione Piemonte, Compagnia di San Paolo, and Fondazione CRT.

Download the invitation.
Brochure for the exhibit A
Brochure for the exhibit B

Itinerary of the exhibition

ARGENTINA

  Buenos Aires >

Buenos Aires, 12 maggio – 15 giugno 2008

Dal 12 maggio al 15 giugno 2008 è stata esposta a Buenos Aires la mostra Vasilij Grossman (1905-2005) VITA e DESTINO: Il romanzo della libertà e la battaglia di Stalingrado. All’inaugurazione hanno partecipato G. Maddalena (filosofo e autore della mostra) e G. Saccomanno (scrittore).

GERMANY

  Munich >

Munich, June 28, 2008.
Presentation of the book Life and Fate, presented by the Life and Fate Study Centero

ISRAEL

  Jerusalem >

From Monday, October 27th to Monday November 10th, 2008, the Jerusalem Culture Center will host the English language installment of the exhibit “Life and Fate: The Novel of Freedom and the Battle of Stalingrad,” dedicated to the masterpiece of Vasily Grossman. For this occasion, the exhibit was also translated into Hebrew and Russian.

The exhibit was opened on Tuesday, October 28th at the Museum of Italian Jewish Art, adjacent to the Center, with interventions from Dr. Claudia De Benedetti (Vice-President of the Italian Jewish Community Union) and Professor Giovanni Maddalena (lecturer in Theoretical Philosophy at the university of Molise), along with important representatives of the Israeli Russian community.

Download the invitation. (in English)
Download the invitation. (in Hebrew)

ITALY

  Turin >

In recognition of Vasily Grossman’s one hundredth birthday (1905-2005), the Frassati Center proposes:
Life and Fate: The novel of freedom and the battle of Stalingrad. The exhibit will be open from December 13, 2005 to February 26, 2006. On Saturday, February 25th, on the occasion of the Olympic games, the Museum will be open to the public until midnight. Film screenings will be offered every Thursday at 6:30 PM, in addition to live readings performed by the students of the Stabile Theater Foundation’s theater school.

Conference
Thursday, January 12, 2006 – Friday, January 13, 2006

  Casale Monferrato >

Exhibit on display at the Palazzo Sannazzaro, September 3-28, 2006

  Cuneo >

Exhibit on display at the Palazzo della Provincia, C. so Nizza 23 (at the intersection with c. so Dante, Cuneo)

  Bra >

Politeama Theater “Boglione,” piazza Carlo Alberto 23, Bra
Calendar of the events:

Wednesday, April 4, 2007: Press Conference
The participants received a folder containing articles and other materials illustrative of the event.

Sunday, April 15, 2007: Exhibit Opening at the Politeamo Theater
The opening will be on Sunday afternoon, with the participation of the organizers and cultural center presidents Michele Rosboch and Claudia de Benedetti, of the author’s son Fedor Guber, and of Professor Lucietta Scaraffia. The moderator will be Professor Paolo Bulgarini.

After their interventions, a buffet will be open in the theater atrium, followed by a performance of the monologue “The Mother,” conceptualized and performed by the actress Marina Bassani Luzzati , drawing on once of the most touching pages of the novel Life and Fate.

From April 15 to April 29, 2007, the exhibit will remain open to the public every day except Mondays. Guided tours will be available to schools with advance notice. Inside the exhibit, there is a bookstore selling the novel and other texts of the author, souvenirs, DVDs, and the exhibit catalog.

Sunday, April 29, 2007: exhibit closing

  Saluzzo >

Saluzzo, March 8-16, 2008 at the Antico Palazzo del Comune, Salita al Castello

Exhibit open January 24 to February 10, 2008 at the Villa Scheider: Vasily Grossman (1905-2005) Life and Fate: The novel of freedom and the battle of Stalingrad

Opening: : Saturday, March 8, 5:00 pm
On the occasion of this opening, there will be a book presentation on Il romanzo della libertà. Vasilij Grossman tra i classici del XX secolo [The novel of freedom. Vasily Grossman among the classics of the 20th century] by Giovanni Maddalena and Pietro Tosco. (Rubettino 2007) (Rubettino 2007).

Speakers include: Giovanni Maddalena, University of Molise, Marco Sisto, Grossman Study Center, Michele Rosboch, University of Turin, president of the P.G. Frassati Cultural Center, and, as moderator, Enzo Randone, president of the Augusto Del Noce Foundation.

Hours:
Mornings: Monday through Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Afternoons: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Organizers: “Don Giacomo Soleri” Study Center of Saluzzo (Cn) and the “Augusto Del Noce Study Center” Foundation of Savigliano (Cn)

  Biella >

Exhibit open January 24 to February 10, 2008 at the Villa Scheider: Vasily Grossman (1905-2005) Life and Fate

  Milan >

Milan,February 12-16, 2008
Thanks to the Theater of Milan and of Europe, , the exhibit “Life and Fate” was displayed during the showing of the play “Life and Fate.” The play is based on the novel of the same name by Vasily Grossman (1905-1964), and was written and directed by Lev Dodin. The theme of the exhibit was “The novel of freedom and the battle of Stalingrad,” dedicated to the life and work of Vasily Grossman.

The exhibit offered a reconstruction of the tight connection between the battle of Stalingrad—a central event in the evolution of Grossman’s thought—, the life of the author (whose sincere ideological militancy brought him to the rejection of all ideologies), and his extraordinary work.

Conceived and realized by the Pier Giorgio Frassati Cultural Center of Turin, and by, among others, the Russia Cristina Foundation and the Jewish Community of Casale Monferrato, the exhibit will be on display in the foyer of the Studio Theater (via Rivoli 6), where the play will be performed Tuesday, February 12th and Saturday, February 16th, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m..

Among the many events organized by the Little Theater in conjunction with the play, the Cultural Center of Milan is promoting, along with the exhibit, the following events:

Thursday, February 14 at 5:00 p.m.
“Vasily Grossman: Life and Fate”
Speakers: Lev Dodin, Sergio Romano, and Serena Vitalee
Where: the Studio Theater
Entrance is free but space is limited

Friday, February 15 at 6:45 p.m.
Cultural Center of Milan, via Zebedia 2 (MM3 Missori – MM1 Duomo): meeting with Lev Dodin, the director of the Malv Drama Theater of Saint Petersburg “The novel of freedom and the theater: the Life and Fate of Vasily Grossman.” Entrance is free but spaces are limited.

In the past months, the great Russian director and man of culture Lev Dodin has been in the Little Theater of Milan to present the play Life and Fate, and he will be hosted by the Cultural Center of Milan in order to respond to questions about his artistic and personal experience, marked by the encounter with Vasily Grossman.

To learn more about the play and the exhibit go to: www.piccoloteatro.org

  Rho >

Rho, June 21-22, 2008
Villa Banfi, Piazza Visconti, at the “Happening” festival organized by the “Life and Fate” Association, the following exhibit will be on display: “Vasily Grossman (1905-2005): The novel of freedom and the battle of Stalingrad.”

RUSSIA

  Moscow >

Moscow, May 7, 2007
Moscow, in the foyer of the theater in Puskin Square, May 7, 2007, in collaboration with the “Duchovnaya Biblioteka” Memorial Foundation and Cultural Center.

This year, the eighth annual contest instituted by the Memorial Foundation for all high school students in the Russian Federation was entitled “The person in history: Russia in the 20th century.” For this contest, the Life and Fate Study Center instituted the “Grossman Award” and granted it to the works of three students.

For that occasion, and for the first time in Russia, a new edition of the exhibit in Russian was on display in the foyer of the “Na Strastnom” Theater in Moscow, near Pushkin Square in the city center.

Russian Federation, 2008
Over the course of 2008, the exhibit traveled to various cities of the Russian Federation, with the collaboration of the Memorial Foundation. These included Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Ekaterinburg, Novocherkassk, Perm, Tver, Penza, and Tula.

Mosca, 4 maggio 2008
Per la seconda volta, durante la premiazione della IX edizione del concorso  La persona nella storia. La Russia nel XX secolo, sono stati premiati gli elaborati di tre studenti delle scuole superiori con il “premio Grossman” promosso dal “Centro Studi Vita e destino”.