Zharov Alexander - Russian, Soviet poet, whose poems are widely known to this day. His works were written during the Soviet era, but today they are relevant.
The biography of the poet
Zharov Alexander Alekseevich was born on March 31, 1904 in the Moscow region. The poet's father was a simple innkeeper. Zharov Alexander graduated from the Borodino rural school, after which he entered the Mozhaisk school. In 1917, Alexander Alekseevich became one of the organizers of the educational and cultural circle.
In 1918, Zharov Alexander began working as secretary of the Komsomol cell. Until 1925, Alexander held a leading position in the Komsomol bodies, at first not far from his native land in Mozhaysk, and then he was transferred to Moscow, to the Central Committee of the RKSM.
Important dates in the life of the poet
In 1920, Alexander Alekseevich joined the ranks of the Communist Party of the USSR.
In 1921, Zharov began his studies at Moscow State University at the faculty of social sciences.
In 1922, Alexander joined the ranks of the founders of the association of writers "Young Guard".
In 1941, Alexander Alekseevich Zharov became the main correspondent of the magazine "Krasnoflotets".
The poet's work: career dawn
Already at an early school age, Zharov began to get involved in poetry. His first poems of his school years were published in the journal "Creativity".
“Alexander Zharov is a poet” - this is how they began to talk about Zharov in 1920. His poetry was very popular in the 1920-1940s. Among the lovers of creativity of the young poet, for the most part were representatives of the youth of that time.
The central element of his work was the glorification of Soviet youth. In addition, Alexander Alekseevich considered party membership the main commandment for the entire USSR. These attitudes and principles created the poetic image that is peculiar to Alexander Zharov.
However, being young and famous, Zharov also had ill-wishers. One of them was Vladimir Mayakovsky. His prejudiced opinion is clearly expressed in the statement that he devoted to Alexander Zharov: “... often writers write in such a way that it is either incomprehensible to the masses, or, if it is clear, it turns out stupid.” Such a negative attitude towards the work of Zharov by Mayakovsky is still unknown.
There is an opinion that in the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov “The Master and Margarita” there is a clear allusion to the song “Soar with bonfires”. Based on this opinion, critics concluded that Alexander Zharov became the prototype of the hero of the novel by the poet Ryukhin.
In the 1920s, the county newspaper Voice of the Workman was very popular. Often, the poems of Alexander Alekseevich were published in this newspaper. These poems were very different from the late work of Zharov in their ineptitude, but all the lines were imbued with revolutionary heroism, pathos and sharp youthful sharp maximalism.
Creativity of the poet during the Great Patriotic War
During the war, the poet served in the navy. No matter where the poet had to go, no matter what he had to see, being creative in nature, Zharov always wrote about his fellow sailors as brave and strong warriors capable of undertaking any feat.
Songwriters and Zharov's place among them
Despite the fact that Mayakovsky’s opinion strongly influenced public opinion about the work of Alexander Alekseevich, the poet found himself in writing songs. His contribution to the Soviet mass song turned out to be great. Alexander Alekseevich, like other songwriters of this genre, wrote his best musical works from 1930 to 1950. The most famous songs were “Blow Bonfires, Blue Nights”, “Song of Bygone Campaigns” and “Sad Willows”.
The song “Harmony” deserved special love of the public, about which Mikhail Svetlov wrote, as if his “Grenada” and Zharovskaya “Harmony” are two sisters who are connected with each other.
Postwar years of life and work of Alexander Zharov
Already in the post-war years, when the Russian people needed to take a breath from the war that had just ended, Zharov wrote the song “We Are For Peace”, which became a kind of anthem of the post-war years.
As in the verses, in the songs Alexander Alekseevich wrote about the homeland, about the nature of his native land. It should be noted that even after Zharov received a large portion of public approval and recognition, he did not forget his native land. He often came to his native land, read and sang his works to ordinary workers, people from the collective farm and the younger generation.
One of the most striking events in the life of Alexander Zharov was a meeting with Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, about which he recalled and talked a lot.
Just as for the entire Soviet people, the poet's most evoked emotions were the memories of the war. He told his young listeners about wartime, about the exploits that brave warriors went to save their lives and the lives of their people.
On September 7, 1984, the poet died at the age of 80. Alexander Zharov was buried at the Kuntsevsky cemetery in Moscow.