One of the best poets of the twentieth century is Sasha Cherny, whose biography, although brief, is very interesting. This is the man who managed to achieve everything on his own. One who has proved to the whole world that he is a man with a capital letter. Despite all the obstacles, the difficult life path and many other problems that blocked the poet’s path, he nevertheless became a person worthy of his title. And this cannot be left without attention and respect.
Poet Sasha Black. short biography
Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg was born (it was he who later took the pseudonym Sasha Cherny) on October 1, 1880 in the city of Odessa. His parents were Jews, which later had an impact on his development and perception of the world due to his specific upbringing. The family had five children, of whom two had the name Sasha. Our poet was a brunette, and therefore received the nickname "black", which later became his pseudonym. In order to get an education at the gymnasium, the boy was baptized in the Russian Orthodox Church, but he never graduated from the educational institution . Sasha ran away from home and began to beg. This story was written in the newspaper, and the local benefactor K.K. Rocher, moved by the story of the boy, took him to his upbringing. Roche adored poetry and taught young Glickberg to this, gave him a good education and encouraged Sasha to start writing poetry. It is Roche who can be considered the godfather of Sasha in the field of literature and poetry.
Young summers
From 1901 to 1902, Alexander served as an ordinary soldier, after which he worked at the Novoselensky Customs. At this time, the newspaper “Volyn Bulletin” was publishing the first work of a young writer - “Diary of a Resonator,” which aroused special interest in him by local intelligentsia. That is what gave the guy the nickname "poet." Sasha Cherny did not stop writing even in St. Petersburg, where he moved in 1905. It has been published in newspapers and magazines such as The Magazine, Almanac, Masks, Spectator and others. Although the poet's popularity was growing, but not everything was as smooth as it might seem at first glance. The satire "Nonsense", published in the magazine "Spectator", led to the closure of the publication, and the collection "Different motives" was banned due to non-compliance with censorship. Because of this, the young poet had problems with the authorities and the owners of the magazine, for some time he was not accepted in society, made him a kind of outcast.
Study and work
During his stay in Germany, Alexander not only created and wrote his brilliant works, but also studied at the University of Heidelberg during 1906-1908. Sasha Cherny, whose biography is already saturated with challenging events, continues to write further that prohibits censorship, but this does not stop him. In 1908, he returned to St. Petersburg, where he became an employee of the Satyricon magazine, and also published in such publications as Argus, The Modern World, The Contemporary, The Sun of Russia, Odessa News, "Russian Rumor" and "Kiev News", publishes the first books.
World War I
During the First World War, Alexander served as an ordinary officer in the Fifth Army at the field infirmary. At the same time, he worked as a prose writer, publishing collections and children's books.
Works by Sasha Cherny
The poet’s bibliography includes more than 40 books and collections, about 100 quotations and sayings, as well as countless verses. All his works were published under the pseudonyms "Sasha Cherny", "By Himself" and "Dreamer". The most popular were: the story “Wonderful Summer”, the collection “Frivolous Stories”, as well as children's books “The Dream of Professor Patrashkin”, “The Squirrel-Mariner”, “Fox Mickey's Diary”, “Blush Book” and “Cat Sanatorium”, published in time between the first and second world wars.
The poet Sasha Cherny, whose biography is already crowned with many interesting and mysterious facts, died on August 5, 1932 during a fire that he helped to extinguish. He did not die on fire, he died at home after all the events - he just lay on the bed and did not get up anymore. Despite all the genius and grandeur of the poet, the grave of Alexander has not been found to this day. She was lost, since there was no one to pay for her, and nothing.
All that's left
Alexander’s wife died in 1961 - the only person who was dear to the poet, since there were no children in the family. After her death in 1978, a memorial plaque was symbolically erected at the Lavandu cemetery in order to somehow perpetuate the name of the legendary poet. Thanks to the care of Korney Chukovsky in the 1960s, all of Sasha’s works were printed in several volumes in the Big and Small series of The Poet’s Library.
Today
Sasha Cherny, whose biography is one of the most interesting, left behind a large legacy of books and poems. His works are studied both at school and in higher educational institutions. His quotes are used by all people, regardless of age and position in society, which indicates the popularity and ability of the author to touch a person for the living.