Alexander Nikolayevich Afinogenov
Alexander Afinogenov ( Russian Александр Николаевич Афиногенов ; born March 22 . Jul / 4. April 1904 greg. In Skopin ; † 29. October 1941 in Moscow ) was a Russian writer and playwright important.
Life
Afinogenow came from a working class family. His father was employed by the railroad. Afinogenov studied at the Moscow Institute of Journalism. He graduated in 1924. He joined the Communist Party in 1922 and soon became a leading exponent of the proletarian cult . In the late 1920s, he directed the Moscow Workers' Theater, which offered performances specifically for workers to encourage them to “build communism”. Afinogenov was temporarily expelled from the CPSU in 1937, but he survived the Great Terror and was reinstated in 1939. During the Second World War he headed the literature department of the Sowinform office . In 1941 a bombing raid on Moscow ended his life when he had just finished a work against fascism .
plant
Afinogenov's characters come predominantly from the proletariat and reflect the point of view of the working class . His dramatic work began with the play Robert Tim (1921). One of his most popular pieces is Angst (1930), which deals with the excesses of the Soviet bureaucracy and was perceived by the audience as an attack on the government. It was heavily attacked by Orthodox Stalinists and regained popularity after Stalin's death in the 1950s. The play Daljokoje (1935) marked his final breakthrough in the theater, the lyrical comedy Maschenka (1940) the climax of his dramatic work. His most important works include his diaries and notebooks published posthumously in the 1960s, which offer a valuable insight into the creative conditions of Soviet writers in the 1920s and 1930s.
effect
In Germany, Afinogenov's work became an important part of post-war theater culture after World War II . Maschenka premiered as grandfather and granddaughter in Berlin in 1946, and Daljokoje as Ein Punkt in der Welt a year later in Nordhausen .
Afinogenow, who can be described as a socialist author, was one of the playwrights played in the GDR until the 1980s.
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexander Nikolajewitsch Afinogenow in the catalog of the German National Library
- Article Alexander Nikolajewitsch Afinogenow in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Afinogenow, Alexander Nikolajewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Афиногенов, Александр Николаевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian writer and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Skopin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1941 |
| Place of death | Moscow |