Gavriil Nikolaevich Trojepolski

Gavriil Troyepolsky ( Russian Гавриил Николаевич Троепольский ; born November 16 ^{. Jul} / 29. November 1905 ^greg. In Nowospasskoje, Russian Empire , now Voronezh Oblast ; † 30th June 1995 in Voronezh ) was a Russian writer.

Life

Trojepolski was born to a Russian Orthodox priest in Novospasskoye. He attended an agricultural school until 1924, then worked as a village school teacher and later became an agronomist . Trojepolski's literary debut was the short story Grandfather in 1937 , which appeared in a magazine. His first major work, which appeared as a book, was the sketch cycle from the records of an agronomist in 1953 , published in the GDR in 1955 under the title Prochor XVII., King of Plumbers . It was filmed in 1955 by Alexander Twardowski under the title Земля и люди (Eng. Country and People), where Trojepolski wrote the scenario of the film.

Trojepolski moved to Voronezh in 1954, where he lived until the end of his life. He began to make a living writing only. Numerous novels followed, including Schwarzerde (1961) and Im Schilf (1963). From 1967 Trojepolski belonged to the Writers' Union of the USSR . His best-known work was the 1971 novel Weißer Bim Schwarzohr , dedicated to Alexander Twardowski , which has been translated into 20 languages and was awarded the State Prize of the USSR for Trojepolski in 1975 . White Bim Black Ear was 1977 Stanislaw Rostozki filmed and for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film nomination.

Trojepolski died in Voronezh in 1995 and was buried in the Comintern cemetery there.

Works (selection)

1953: Из записок агронома - German: From the notes of an agronomist / Prochor XVII., King of Plumbers (1955)
1955: Земля и люди
1958: Кандидат наук
1958–1961: Чернозем - German: Schwarzerde (1961)
1963: В камышах - German: Im Schilf (1963)
1963: О реках, почвах и прочем
1971: Постояльцы
1971: Белый Бим Чёрное ухо - German: Weißer Bim Schwarzohr (1973)
1975: Здравый смысл

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Individual evidence

↑ Jeanne Vronskaya: Obituaries: Gavriil Troepolsky . In: The Independent , July 31, 1995.

personal data
SURNAME	Trojepolski, Gavriil Nikolajewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Троепольский, Гавриил Николаевич (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 29, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Novospasskoye, Russian Empire , today Voronezh Oblast
DATE OF DEATH	June 30, 1995
Place of death	Voronezh

[1] Jeanne Vronskaya: Obituaries: Gavriil Troepolsky . In: The Independent , July 31, 1995.