Mikhail Mikhailovich Popov is a famous domestic writer. He also became famous as a journalist, poet, screenwriter and literary critic. Repeated winner of creative awards. Known for psychological and biographical novels and short stories. In this article, we will talk about his biography and writing career.
Biography
Mikhail Mikhailovich Popov was born in 1957. He was born in Kharkov, on the territory of modern Ukraine. His mother taught English at school, and his father was an artist. The first years of the future writer’s life passed in Kazakhstan.
At four, his parents moved him to Belarus. After school, Mikhail Mikhailovich Popov graduated from the Zhirovitsky Agricultural College, located in the Grodno region. From 1975 to 1977 he served in the army.
Since 1995, he is a permanent member of the editorial board of the literary almanac "Realist", and a few years later joined the editorial board of the publication "Roman Newspaper XX Century".
In 2004 he was admitted to the Union of Writers of Russia.
Creative debut
The first work of Mikhail Mikhailovich Popov, which was published, was the poem "For the Homeland." It is dedicated to partisans who fought during the Great Patriotic War. It was printed in a military newspaper when he served in the army. At that time no one paid attention to him.
In the biography of Mikhail Mikhailovich Popov, the publication of his poems in 1980 in the metropolitan almanac "Day of Poetry" was of great importance.
Colleagues in the creative workshop drew attention to him in 1983, when the novel “The Minion of Fate” appeared in the publishing house Literary Study.
Three years later, the writer Mikhail Popov released his first novel. It was called "Feast." It was published in the Soviet Writer. The author presented the difficult story of his contemporary, who fell into a critical life situation and is now looking for a way out of it.
Out of his feelings and thoughts, the idea of the work itself grows, which is dedicated to love for people, the homeland, the true faith in a person’s high destiny. Many drew attention to this paradoxical text in which the protagonist tries to escape from the real world in a psychiatric hospital, but here he does not find peace, constantly falling into various strange situations.
After this, Mikhail Popov’s photos began to be published in specialized literary publications, and his works began to pay close attention.
Writing success
In 1987, the Sovremennik Publishing House published a collection of poems, The Znak, and the Young Guard published a poetic book, Tomorrow's Clouds.
In the late 80s and early 90s, books by Mikhail Popov were published one after another. In the novel "Gentle Killer", the characters are distinguished by their multifaceted perception of the world, which does not benefit them. One of the characters decides to play the tragedy according to his own scenario, taking advantage of the weaknesses of others that he knows.
One of those who was involved in this game begins his own investigation of the scriptwriter's actions. As a result, the main character of this campaign is worth his life, and the rest are permanently unsettled. They discover life from an unknown side, about which they had not heard anything before. This makes them radically change or pretend that nothing happened.
Popularity for the writer is added to collections of short stories and tales of Caligula.
Heritage
In total, Popov has written more than 20 prose works, which also appeared in the publishing houses Veche, Sovremennik, and some others. He captivated readers with his adventure and psychological novels. Also, his biographical works became known: Tamerlane, Barbarossa, Sulla, Olonne.
His stories and novels were published in the magazines "Youth", "Moscow", "Our Contemporary", "October", "Moscow Herald".
Critics emphasize his versatile artistic interests, as well as his talent for conveying his mind with realistic means.
Reviews
Readers have different views on his work. Many people like the call to play a literary hoax, which the author exposes at the most unexpected moment. At first glance it seems that he offers the reader pulp fiction, which in fact turns out to be a deep and fascinating work.
Many criticize him for participating in the information war. In some books of Popov, Belarusians are depicted as such subhuman, backward and primitive people. The entire Belarusian state in his works looks like one big misunderstanding.
Work in the cinema
Popov also became famous as a screenwriter. In 1991, detective Dmitry Svetozarov "Arithmetic of Murder" was filmed.
A film adaptation of this story begins with the murder of a drunkard and rowdy Bryukhanov in a St. Petersburg communal apartment. The case begins to investigate Peter Konev. He meets the victim’s neighbor, disabled Ilya Muromtsev, who only moves in a wheelchair, but is very observant and smart. He tells the silovik about the secrets of the inhabitants of the apartment. It turns out that almost everyone had a reason to kill Bruchanov.
The main roles in this picture were played by Yuri Kuznetsov, Sergey Bekhterev, Vladimir Kashpur, Lev Borisov.
The following year, Svetozarov made another film based on the script of Popov. This is the melodrama "Gaggio", which told about a modern intellectual who goes to gypsies, tired of restlessness and loneliness.
Now Popov is 61 years old. His latest book is currently being published by Nikitsky Gate Publishing House in 2015. This is the story "Moscow Nights", the events of which unfold in a pioneer camp near the capital, where teenagers from families of wealthy parents are re-educated.