Anatoly Pristavkin is a writer, most of whose works were published in Soviet times. His books have been translated into thirty languages. The main idea in his work is the statement that the world has no right to exist if children die in it. This article is devoted to the life and creative path of this writer.
Childhood
Pristavkin Anatoly Ignatievich was born in Lyubertsy near Moscow in 1931. Often, he recalled stories from his unhappy childhood. One of them was connected with family tragedy. The grandfather of the future writer once, long before the birth of his grandson, having returned from the capital, began to colorfully tell his household and neighbors about the strikes in St. Petersburg. That was in 1905. And a few days after his return, the man was arrested. His fault was only in the desire to tell the latest news to his friends. But after his release, the nickname "revolutionary" was firmly entrenched in him for many years.
Even Anatoly Prystavkin all his life did not forget the shoe pads, which his father so skillfully made. Thanks to the skillful work of the parent of the future writer, all family members were full, dressed and shod, which was a rather rare occurrence for the pre-war era. But mother soon died, the war began. And life has acquired sad shades.
Orphanhood
Anatoly Pristavkin lost his parents at the very beginning of the war. Mother died in 1941, and was almost immediately sent to her father's front.
The boy was destined for the difficult fate of a homeless child. He became one of many children whom the war made orphans. Like other boys, deprived of parental care, he wandered around the country, he was thrown into the most diverse corners of the motherland. He visited the Urals, traveled all over the Moscow region. And finally he ended up in the North Caucasus, where street children were evicted in the last years of the war. This decision, which was adopted at the state level, was preceded by deportation of the local population. The territory was empty as a result of a swift operation. Perhaps Anatoly Prystavkin would not have become one of the best writers of the Soviet period if he had not had such sad facts in his biography.
Young years
Anatoly Ignatievich Pryvastkin began to work very early. Already at the age of fourteen, he worked at one of the Caucasian canneries. Then there was the aircraft factory, which Anatoly Pristavkin later recalled with trepidation. His biography also includes years of studies in the evening department, the army, participation in amateur performances. However, the small radio laboratory at the aircraft factory became almost home for Privetkin.
While serving in the army, an artistic fighter was noticed and started to be used to the utmost as a reciter of poetry. And it was during this period that Pristavkin first decided to create something of his own.
First works
Anatoly wrote his first play, and then began to compose poetry. At first, he only acted as the author-reader. It was enough for him to pronounce his poetic works from the stage. The desire to expand the circle of listeners arose later. However, when, after the publication of the first works, Anatoly saw his lines typed, he decided to devote himself once and for all to writing.
Literary Institute
After demobilization, Anatoly Ignatievich decided to get a literary education and in 1959 he entered the Gorky Institute. As a student, he studied at a poetry course with one of the famous authors of those years. The teachers appreciated the literary gift of Pristavkin when he was in his first year. However, his talent, as professionals believed, was not in writing poetry, but in writing works of little prose. The first stories were published in a literary magazine in 1959. These works have been translated into many languages over the years. Their theme is children's destinies crippled by war.
Taiga essays
After graduation, the writer went to the Irkutsk region, to the construction site of the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station. Even in his student years, Pristavkin visited these parts, and people living in harsh taiga conditions made an unforgettable impression on him. Taiga essays were created here.
The next period in Pristavkin’s life is devoted to working as a journalist in Literaturnaya Gazeta. And soon received the honorary title of member of the Writers' Union. “Country Lepia”, “Bonfires in the taiga”, “Notes of my contemporary” - the author devoted these works to the taiga. And even upon returning to the capital, Pristavkin for many years did not lose touch with the dear Siberian open spaces and regularly flew there.
Tale of childhood
Real literary success came to Anatoly Pristavkin in 1988, after the publication of the story, the creation of which took almost ten years. “A golden cloud slept” - a work that the author began to write in the early eighties. This book is full of tragedy and truth. It is a reflection of the reality that the writer had a chance to see in his childhood. The story is translated into many languages. The film of the same name was shot in the same year, when Anatoly Pristavkin finished work on his work. Photos and frames from this film are located above. Later, the story “Kukushata” was written, the plot of which is no less tragic.
At the end of his life, the writer devoted much of his energy to social activity. He was awarded several prizes. He died in Moscow in 2008.