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

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Article in the Great Biographical Encyclopedia.Retrieved November 19, 2010
2. ↑ Article Alexander Stepanowitsch Jakowlew in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D128215~2a%3D~2b%3DAlexander%20Stepanowitsch%20Jakowlew

Web links

• Literature by and about Alexander Stepanowitsch Jakowlew in the catalog of the German National Library
• Alexander Stepanowitsch Jakowlew at lib.ru (Russian)