Writer, front-line soldier, thinker - the figure of V.S. Grossman provokes heated debates even decades later. The meeting will discuss his literary path, ideological clashes, and the significance of his work. The name of Vasily Grossman is one of the most controversial in 20th-century Russian literature. He was a journalist, a war correspondent, and the author of works that sparked admiration, disputes, and bans. At the meeting of the Literary Lovers Club and the Turgenev Society in Moscow, participants will discuss Grossman's life and creative journey, his conflict with the state system, and his struggle for honesty in words. The writer managed to be 'one of his own' in Soviet literature, and later - its exile. His novel "Life and Fate" was long circulated in samizdat and is now recognized as one of the main texts of the 20th century. Grossman's prose is sharply social and at the same time deeply personal. He wrote about war, love, power, fear, and dignity, and was not averse to tragic yet calm reflections on the fates of man in a totalitarian system. The lecture will be delivered by Doctor of Philology, Professor of Literary Criticism at RGGU, Yuri Bit-Yunan. He will invite attendees to immerse themselves in the writer's philosophy - complex, profound, filled with doubts and remarkable humanity. For other events in Moscow, look for KUDAGO.