Fyodor Alexandrovich Abramov
Fyodor Alexandrowitsch Abramow ( Russian Фёдор Алекса́ндрович Абра́мов ; born February 29, 1920 in Werkola near Arkhangelsk , Russia ; † May 14, 1983 in Leningrad ) was a Soviet writer . He is considered an important representative of Soviet village prose .
Life
Growing up in a large family - the father died when Fyodor was two years old - he finished school in 1938 and studied at the Philological Faculty of Leningrad University . In 1941 he went to the front as a volunteer, where he was wounded twice in the hospital and in 1942 was brought into the hinterland across the frozen Lake Ladoga. Because of his knowledge of foreign languages, he found a temporary job in counter-espionage. He completed his studies in 1948. In 1951 he received his doctorate on the work of Mikhail Scholokhov . 1951–1960 he taught as a lecturer at the Institute for Soviet Literature at Leningrad University. From 1962 he worked as a freelance writer. In all of this, "honesty" remained a central demand, which led to tensions with the censorship authorities.
From 1949 he published literary works and literary critical articles on Soviet literature .
His stories Pelageja (1969) , Wooden Horses (1970) and Alka (1972) made him one of the most widely read Soviet authors.
His novel cycle Die Prjaslins (1958–1978), in which the village of Pekaschino becomes an example of life in the country, whose fate is depicted from the time of the war to the present, received great attention .
Through his uncompromising demand for social intervention by literature, Abramov has been compared many times with the protopope Avakum .
Awards
Works
- Pelageja (Пелагея) (1969)
- Wooden Horses (Деревянные кони) (1970) novella
- Alka (Алька) (1972) German 1978
- Journey into the past (Поездка в прошлое) (1974 ru.publ . 1986) German 1989
Roman cycle The Prjaslins
- Brothers and Sisters (Братья и сестры) (1958) German 1976
- Two winters, three summers (Две зимы и три лета) (1968) German 1976
- Ways and Crossroads (Пути-перепутья) (1973) German 1976
- The House (Дом) (1978)
Remarks
- ↑ THE TIME. Literary dictionary
Web links
- Entry ( memento of February 26, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) in the electronic library (Russian)
- Literature by and about Fyodor Alexandrowitsch Abramow in the catalog of the German National Library
- Fyodor Abramov in the Encyclopædia Britannica , 2009, last update 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abramov, Fyodor Alexandrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Абра́мов, Фёдор Алекса́ндрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet-Russian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 29, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Werkola |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1983 |
| Place of death | Leningrad |