Biography of Sokolov writer

Born near Kaluga, but even in infancy he was transported to the Smolensk province, to his father’s homeland, where he spent his childhood, adolescence and youth. In the city, he studied at the Smolensk Aleksandrovsky real school at present on the building a memorial plaque was installed. Excluded from the 5th grade "for low -performance and for bad behavior on suspicion of belonging to student revolutionary organizations." The training continued at the St.

Petersburg four -year agricultural courses of the Main Directorate of Land Management and Agriculture. In St. Petersburg, he met the writer A. Remizov, who played a significant role in his literary fate; With V. Shishkov, M. Prishvin, he made friends with A. Green and A. convinced of the lack of a tendency to agronomic sciences, leaves courses, attends literary disputes and public libraries.

Revel now is the city of Tallinn as secretary of the newspaper Revelsky List. From Revel I. Sokolov-Mikitov, he sent to the sailor on his first voyage. He began to be published in the city of the first publications - in Petrograd magazines and newspapers - Argus, Exchange Vedomosti, the will of the people and others. In short correspondence from the front of the First World War “with a stretcher”, “lull in front of the storm”, etc.

In - gg. In the book "Istok-Gorod" develops the idea of ​​harmonious education of children. In Berlin, he collaborates with A. Yashchenko, closely with A. Remizov, A. Tolstoy, corresponds with I. Bunin, meets with M. in the emigrant press publishes a number of essays directed against revolutionary changes in the Russian village and the self -westernity of Bolshevism. During this period, he creates his best works - the novels “Childhood”, “Ellen”, “Chizhikova Lavra”, the cycles of stories “On the River of the Bronger”, “In the Forty Kingdom”, etc.

In most of them, the theme of the Russian village, the fate of the Russian peasantry, is developed. The work of I. Sokolov-Mikitov was highly appreciated by his contemporaries-I.

Bunin, A. Kuprin, M. in Gg. The books of I. Mastery of I. Sokolov-Mikitov are published, his artistic world go to folklore, in folk life and customs, in the tradition of Russian classical prose. Perennial, warm friendship connected I. Sokolov-Mikitov with Twardowski. Sokolov-Mikitov is widely known as a children's writer. His books “Fox Ustercya”, “Listopadnik”, “Friendship of the Beasts”, “Karacharovsky House” and many others introduce the little reader with the colorful world of nature; Collections of Russian children's games-“on a pebble”, “dawn-dawn”-with folk traditions and folklore.

In the last years of my life, I. Sokolov-Mikitov blinded. Under the dictation, the last book of the memoirs “A long -standing meeting” was written. The works of I. Sokolov-Mikitov are translated into many languages ​​of the world. Sokolov-Mikitov died on February 20 in Moscow. According to the will, the urn with his ashes was buried in the new cemetery in Gatchina, Leningrad Region.

Mercury memory: memorial boards on the houses where I. Sokolov-Mikitov lived: in Karacharov; in St. Petersburg; in Moscow - on the house and on Mira Avenue lived in -; In Smolensk - on the building of the real school now - the Smolensk art gallery. In the tract of the frozen on the site of the house in which I. Sokolov-Mikitov was born, a commemorative sign was installed.

Literature: Sokolova-Mikitov, I. Memoirs of I. Chernyshev, P. Life and work of I. Toshov, A. Levitin, M. I see Russia ...: Smolensk springs I. Rylenkov, A. At the origins of creativity. Pages from the life of I. Rylenkov; Under the general editorship of V. Ilyin, I. Smirnov, M. Sokolov-Mikitov in Russian culture of the 20th century: materials of the All-Russian Scientific Conference, dedicated to the anniversary of the birth of I.

Sokolov-Mikitov, I. Heat of the native land: the works of the literary and art competition dedicated to the feeder of the writer I. Keeper of springs: materials of literary and pedagogical readings dedicated to life and dedicated to life and Creativity I. Keeper of Rodniks: Materials of a literary and pedagogical conference dedicated to the summer from the birthday of I.

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