Yuri Valentinovich Trifonov

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Yuri Walentinowitsch Trifonow ( Russian Юрий Валентинович Трифонов , scientific transliteration Yuri Trifonov ; born August 28, 1925 in Moscow ; † March 28, 1981 ibid) was a Soviet writer in the Russian language and a leading representative of the so-called Soviet "urban prose movement" 1970s, inspired by the psychologically complex works of Chekhov and his American successors in the 20th century. One critic noted, "Trifonov's prose is a study of all of Soviet culture."

Life

Trifonov grew up in the luxury district of Moscow's Arbat and lived his entire life in Moscow . After his father Valentin Trifonov became a victim of the Stalinist purges in 1937 , his family moved from the famous " house on the embankment " (opposite the Kremlin ) to a run-down communal apartment building.

After serving as an air force helper in Moscow in 1941, he was evacuated to Tashkent , where he graduated from high school. 1942–1945 he worked as a locksmith, dispatcher and editor of the company newspaper of a Moscow aircraft equipment factory.

Trifonow studied in 1944 as a distance student and from 1945 to 1949 directly at the Gorki Literature Institute under Konstantin Fedin , where he transferred to Heine and Johannes R. Becher . The big dimension (1947) was his first publication. His first novel, Die Studenten (1950), which was staged at the Yermolowa Theater in 1952 , won him the Stalin Prize III. Class one. Trifonov's subsequent works dealt with topics such as the moral ambiguity of the Soviet intelligentsia and the tragic fate of the Cossacks during the Russian civil war .

In 1973 he published the historical novel Impatience , which describes the tragic story of the radical conspiratorial group of Narodowolts . This emerged as a split-off of the Narodomists in an intermediate phase between anarchist / nihilistic and moderately democratic underground movements and the Russian social democracy that emerged a little later . After the murder of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, it was crushed by the secret police.

Trifonov's best works are his well-read “Moscow Novellas”: The Exchange ( Обмен , 1969), Interim Balance ( Предварительные итоги , 1970), The Long Farewell ( Долгое прощание , 1971), Another Life (1975) and Das House on the quayside ( Дом на набережной , 1976). The novel Zeit und Ort ( Время и место , 1981) and The Overturned House , a collection of 7 travelogues, were published posthumously. Critics consider this literature to be among the most sophisticated works of Soviet literature in terms of both artistic form and content, as well as aesthetically perfect.

Trifonow died of a pulmonary embolism after a nephrectomy . He was married to the writer Olga Trifonowa (* 1938) in his third marriage since 1975 .

Works (in German)

  • Students . Novel. New life, Berlin 1952 (Студенты, 1951)
  • Thirst . Novel. Culture and progress, Berlin 1965 (Утоление жажды, 1963)
  • Moscow novellas . Luchterhand, Neuwied 1980
    • Interim balance . Novella. Volk und Welt, Berlin 1974 (Предварителъные итоги, 1970)
    • The exchange . Piper, Munich 1974 (Обмен, 1969 (film of the same name 1977))
    • Long farewell . Novella. Volk und Welt, Berlin 1975 (Долгое прощание, 1971 (film of the same name 2004))
  • Impatience . Novel. Volk und Welt, Berlin 1975 (Нетерпение, 1978)
    • The time of impatience . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1978
  • The other life . Novel. Bertelsmann, Munich 1976 (Другая жизнь, 1975 (film adaptation Свой крест, His Cross , 1989))
  • The house on the Moskva . Novel. Bertelsmann, Munich 1977 (Дом на набережной, 1976)
  • Never ending games . Novellas. Goldmann, Munich 1978
  • The old man . People and World, Berlin 1980 (Старик 1978)
  • Reflection of the fire . A report . Luchterhand, Neuwied 1979 (Отблеск костра, 1965)
  • Little prose . People and World, Berlin 1981
  • Time and place . Novel. Bertelsmann, Munich 1982 (Время и место, 1980)
  • The overturned house . 7 trips . Luchterhand, Frankfurt am Main 1989 (Опрокинутый дом, 1980)
  • The disappearance . Novel. People and World, Berlin 1989 (Исчезновение, 1981)

Work edition

  • Selected works in four volumes. People and World, Berlin 1983

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SURNAME Trifonow, Yuri Walentinowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Трифонов, Юрий Валентинович (Russian); Trifonov, Jurij
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1981
Place of death Moscow