Published: 9 September, 2009, 20:22
Edited: 12 September, 2009, 00:15
A new international project, “Garden of geniuses: the magnificent seven,” dedicated to the most renowned writers in the world, will open in Russia in 2010 and later held in seven countries within seven years.
“Within the limits of this project, the seven best known writers in the world will be represented in seven days in seven countries every year at the big festival. Thus, each day will be devoted to one of these authors,” Vladimir Tolstoy, the great-great-grandson of the celebrated novelist and the director of Leo Tolstoy’s memorial estate in Yasnaya Polyana, Tula region, explained.
The founding of this project, aimed to promoting classical literature and the literary heritage to a mass audience, was announced by Vladimir Tolstoy on Wednesday.
Among the magnificent seven will be James Joyce, Johann Goethe, Miguel de Cervantes, Leo Tolstoy, Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare and a French author whose name will be announced later.
The first festival is planned for 2010 in Yasnaya Polyana.