The evening of memory of Fazil Iskander was held in the theater named after him

The event was attended by the President of Abkhazia Raul Khajimba.

Sukhum. March 7. Apsnypress. Dmitry Basariya. The State Russian Drama Theater hosted an evening of the memory of the writer timed to his birthday. The event was attended by President of Abkhazia Raul Khajimba.

 Earlier, according to the decree of the Minister of Culture Elvira Arsaliya, RUSDDRAM was named after Fazil Iskander.

 During the evening, public and cultural figures shared their memories of the writer, excerpts from Iskander's works were performed by Russian artists and Abkhazian Drama Theater, were shown fragments of films on Fazil's works.

 "Fazil has made Abkhazia completely different, his heroes personify us and continue to live among us. I hope that the memory of Fazil Abdulovich will live in Abkhazia at all times. Iskander is with us in every line of his works", - noted President Raul Khajimba.

 In turn, the director of the Russian State Drama Theater of F. Iskander Irakli Khintba said: "On behalf of the entire theater team, I want to express my gratitude to the leadership of Abkhazia, the Ministry of Culture, the public for the honor to bear the name of Fazil Iskander. Creativity of Iskander represents world value, therefore it is a serious responsibility for us. Our theater will try to match the high name. We are preparing a whole series of performances on the writer's stories, which the viewer will see in 2018".