Alexandr Kirov - the first winner of the Russian National Book Award, "Chekhov's gift", founded in 2010. And "The Last of the minnesingers" - the first book in Moscow, a talented young writer from Kargopol. Leo Anninsky, appreciating the original, hard work of Alexandr Kirov, says: "He knows what's going on. The feeling is that in addition to what filled its pages, he knows something about what is silent. Do not want to talk. And even try ... to smile. Barely noticeable that smile ... Without any hint of irony. Invariably polite. Fetched by the degree of self-control. Unthinkable quiet in the cannonade of reality. Mysterious. Intelligent.
