The book exhibition «Love a book with all your heart», dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the Nobel Prize winner, Russian writer, journalist and screenwriter Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov, has been organized in the Hall of the World Literature Service.

Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov was born on May 24, 1905, in the village of Kruzhilinsky, Veshenskaya stanitsa, into a peasant family. In 1923, his first satirical article titled «The Test» was published in the newspaper «Youth Truth» under the pen name «M. Sholokhov.» The following year, his first short story «The Birthmark» was published. These early works inspired the creation of «Tales from the Don» (1926), which immediately drew attention. In 1925, Sholokhov returned from Moscow to his homeland and began working on the main project of his life — the novel «And Quiet Flows the Don.» The first two volumes of the novel were published in 1928. His novel «Virgin Soil Upturned» was published in 1932. In 1940, the final parts of «And Quiet Flows the Don», a unique epic of the 20th century, were released.

During the Great Patriotic War, Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov served as a correspondent for Pravda on the front lines with the active army. He published essays, articles, reports, the short story «The Science of Hatred» (1942), and chapters from the novel «They Fought for Their Country.» In the postwar years, Sholokhov devoted much of his time to publicistic writing. His essays and articles were compiled into collections titled «A Word About the Motherland» (1951, 1965). In 1956–1957, the short story «The Fate of a Man» was published, and in 1959–1960, the second volume of the novel «Virgin Soil Upturned» appeared.

In 1960, Sholokhov was awarded the Lenin Prize for the second volume of «Virgin Soil Upturned», and in 1965, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature for «And Quiet Flows the Don», with the citation: «For the artistic power and integrity of the epic about the Don Cossacks during a critical period for Russia.»

Sholokhov’s work had a significant influence on the development of Soviet cinema. Films were made based on his works, including «And Quiet Flows the Don» (1930) and «Virgin Soil Upturned» (1940). In 2003, a documentary titled «The Writer and the Leader» was released about him. The year 2005 was declared the Year of Sholokhov by UNESCO. In 2020, the Orenburg branch of the Union of Writers of Russia established the Sholokhov Literary Prize «They Fought for Their Country.»

Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov passed away in 1984 and was buried in the stanitsa of Veshenskaya, on the banks of the Don River.

At the exhibition from the collection of the National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, there are about 50 copies of various editions presented, including encyclopedias, albums, monographs, the author's works, letters, and memoirs about him in Kazakh, Russian, Uzbek, Uyghur, English, Urdu, Swahili, Hindi, Spanish, Slovak, Mongolian, Vietnamese, Bulgarian, and French.

We invite everyone to visit the book exhibition!