Alexander Kabakov is a Russian writer and publicist, winner of many awards. This person is the author of such well-known works as “The Refuser” and “Kick, or Kristapovich's Approach”. The first novel was filmed and shown on TV during the legendary coup. The second work formed the basis for writing the script for the film "Ten years without the right of correspondence." Few people know that in his youth, Alexander Kabakov did not think about a writing career and was engaged in work that was far from journalism.
The childhood and youth of the future writer
Alexander Kabakov is a writer whose biography began in 1943 in the city of Novosibirsk. It was in this city that his parents - Frida Isaakovna and Abram Yakovlevich - were evacuated during World War II. His father was a missile officer, and as a child, Alexander lived in a typical military family, which often changed his place of residence. The future writer spent most of his childhood in such military towns as Orsha and Kapustin Yar. It was in the second town that the rocket range was located at that time, where the father of the future publicist served.
Alexander Kabakov, the writer is quite famous today, as a child, he said, he was very dependent on the opinion of his father. Despite his obviously humanitarian inclinations, he decided to follow in the footsteps of Abram Yakovlevich. When the question arose of where to get higher education, the future publicist decided to enter the Dnipropetrovsk Institute. He chose the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, which, thanks to his unique memory, he graduated very successfully.
Work far from journalism
Alexander Kabakov himself says that the engineer from him turned out to be quite good. He worked for a long time in one of the missile design bureaus and easily coped with his work. Almost 10 years he lived in the city of Dnepropetrovsk. He also played in KVN and tried to write some notes about jazz. Kabakov himself says that already at that time he felt the need to write and tried himself in literature. But in his youth, he often did not have the patience and endurance to finish drafts to the end and complete his creations.
Writing career, work in journalism
Alexander Abramovich Kabakov, whose photo is posted in this article, radically changed his life by deciding to move to Moscow.
There he tried to do journalism, which brought him a certain fame. Almost 17 years, starting in 1972, he worked in the famous newspaper “Gudok”. His subsequent career developed in this way:
- Since 1988, he has been working in the Moscow News publication, where he was accepted for the position of observer, and eventually became the executive secretary and deputy chief editor.
- Since 1999, Alexander Abramovich Kabakov has been working at the Kommersant publishing house. Initially, he performs the duties of special correspondent, and eventually becomes the head of the department.
- Since 2000, he has simultaneously acted as a columnist for the Metropolitan Evening Newspaper and works in the magazines New Eyewitness and SV Sacvoyage.
For the first time, readers were able to learn about Kabakov as an author only in 1975. In "Literary Newspaper" began to print his humorous stories, which were successful. In total, about 100 such stories were published in various newspapers. And only 13 years after the first literary debut, Alexander Abramovich published his legendary novel, the appearance of which in literary circles was a real event.
The novel that brought fame
Kabakov talks about the fact that, starting in 1980, he tried to write serious material, but clearly understood that no one would publish his work. In his opinion, novels, novels and short stories, which he wrote to a greater degree for his pleasure, could not interest a wide circle of readers.
In June 1989, one of these novels was published under the name “The Defector”. The work was published in the journal "The Art of Cinema", and after that Alexander Kabakov gained wide popularity. This novel was a discovery not only in professional literature. He gained immense popularity among ordinary people.
Nobody could have expected such enchanting success, the book sold over a million copies. Such attention to the work was explained by the fact that the release of the novel coincided with the mood that prevailed in society. Many realized that in the near future the Soviet Union would not, and it was not entirely clear how to live on and what a great country would expect in the future.
Kabakov was able to successfully model in his novel the subsequent development of events and the formation of a new society. The plot of the “Non-Returned” is that one of the scientists has a special gift - he knows how to be transferred to the future. Having learned about this ability, representatives of the secret services come to him and wish to use information from the future to adjust the current policy. Thus, the book simulates the fate of Moscow, describes the events of 1993.
The success of the novel was so overwhelming that on its basis, Radio Liberty staged a play, and later it was used for the script of the film. Ironically, this particular tape was shown on television on the day of the coup. Well-known publishers from 10 different countries bought the rights to publish this novel.
List of works
After the publication of “The Non-Returned,” Alexander Abramovich Kabakov became a recognizable and popular author. Among his most famous works are:
- Aksyonov;
- "The adventures of a real man";
- “Knowingly false fabrications”;
- "Last Hero";
- "Writer";
- “Everything is fixable”;
- "Fugitive";
- "Late guest";
- "Impostor".
Prizes and awards
This talented author was recognized not only by a wide range of ordinary readers. His works received many awards and prizes, and Kabakov became the winner of numerous prizes.
At different times, it was noted:
- Golden Calf, Triumph and Moscow Komsomolets Prizes.
- Literary Newspaper Award.
- Prize "Prose of the Year" (received in 2005).
- The Big Book Award.
- Award to them. Ivan Bunin.
- Big prize to them. Apollo Grigoriev.
Extraordinary work
Many explain the success of Kabakov by the peculiar style of the author. In most of his works there is a usual everyday life, which is close and understandable to every reader. However, he very easily combines this simple routine with mystical prophecies and fiction. The author successfully works in various genres - from romance novels to political thrillers and action films.
For example, his work “Left-luggage office: bourgeois book” tells about simple things (such as a hat) that we use at certain times in life, and sometimes are able to tell about an entire era.
One of the last works that made me talk about Kabakov was the book Aksenov, written together with Evgeny Popov. It contains various memories, rare documents, evidence and unknown stories that are designed to dispel stereotypes about Aksyonov himself and his works.
Today's life of the writer
Today, Alexander Abramovich works in journalism and is working on his new works. Sometimes he comments on current political events, has his own opinion, but prefers not to directly intervene in politics. He considers one of the main achievements of the Russian people the overthrow of the communist system, and he is glad that, despite the frequent thoughts of emigration from the USSR, he nevertheless remained at home.