Alexander Stepanowitsch Jakowlew
Alexander Yakovlev Stepanovich ( Russian Александр Степанович Яковлев ; born November 23 . Jul / 5. December 1886 greg. In Volsk ; † 11. April 1953 in Moscow ) was a Russian-Soviet writers.
Alexander Jakowlew comes from the family of a master painter. He first worked as a postal worker and joined the maximalists in 1905 . Yakovlev studied for two years at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of the University of Saint Petersburg . From 1914 to 1918 Yakovlev took part in the First World War. After a temporary stay in a prison in Grozny , Yakovlev worked for the newspaper Morgen des Südens ( Утро Юга ). He then worked for the Moscow newspapers Tomorrow Russia ( Утро России ) and People's Power ( Власти народа ).
From 1920 he devoted himself to writing fiction. In doing so, he concentrated on a broad thematic spectrum, which in addition to contemporary historical stories about the Russian Revolution (e.g. Powolniki 1922) also included children's literature.
Works (selection)
- Powolniki ( Повольники , 1922)
- Tschelowek i pustynja ( Человек и пустыня , 2 volumes, 1929)
- Puti prostowo serdza ( Пути простого сердца , 1935)
- Stupeni ( Ступени , 1946)
- Schisn i prikljutschenija Roalda Amundsena ( Жизнь и приключения Роальда Амундсена , 1932)
- Pioneer Pawel Morozov ( Пионер Павел Морозов , 1936)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Article in the Great Biographical Encyclopedia.Retrieved November 19, 2010
- ↑ Article Alexander Stepanowitsch Jakowlew in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexander Stepanowitsch Jakowlew in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alexander Stepanowitsch Jakowlew at lib.ru (Russian)
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SURNAME | Jakowlew, Alexander Stepanowitsch |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trifonov-Jakovlev, Aleksandr Stepanovich; Яковлев, Александр Степанович (Russian spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1886 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolsk |
DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 1953 |
Place of death | Moscow |