Ivan Alekseevich spent his childhood in a noble family. His work and life journey threw him to other countries. Bunin loves his homeland and writes about it in his poems. The poet misses Russia all her life, recalls her childhood and writes a poem about him. Bunin's poem "Childhood" resembled his native land. It is saturated with love for the beauty of the places where he lived. Bunin remembered his childhood with special warmth.
Bunin - poet and writer
There lived Ivan Alekseevich Bunin from 1870 to 1953. Bunin was a famous writer and poet. He became the first Russian winner of the Nobel Literary Prize and became an academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He spent most of his life abroad. Bunin was one of the greatest poets and writers of domestic abroad.
The childhood of Bunin Ivan Alekseevich
The parents of the poet Bunin was a middle-class noble family. He was born in 1870 - October 10 (22). Bunin's life was changing rapidly, and for some time he lived in the Oryol estate near the city of Yelets. Bunin spent all his youth in the city of Yelets. This village was surrounded by the natural beauty of endless fields and forests.
Bunin received primary education in childhood from his parents while at home. In 1881, young Bunin entered the gymnasium located in Yelets, but, not having finished it, returned home. It happened in 1886. Further education, the young poet Bunin received from Julia, his older brother, who graduated from the university perfectly.
Poetry
In 1888, Bunin's first verse was published. In 1889, Bunin moved to the city of Oryol and began working as a proofreader in the Oryol print media. The first published book of Ivan was his poetry. He collected it in a book called "Poems." Soon, the creative activity of the writer became public.
Then he published his collections with poems "Open Air", "Leaf Fall". The first poem was written in 1898, the second - in 1901. Bunin knew such famous writers as Chekhov, Gorky, Tolstoy. They left a mark in the creative work of Ivan Alekseevich. Great writers also influenced his future fate.
After some time, the poet published his stories - "Antonov apples" and "Pines." In 1915, the writer published prose stories in a collection entitled “Complete Works”. Since 1909, Ivan Alekseevich became a respected academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. However, Bunin sharply reacted to the idea of revolution and left his native land.
Emigration to Paris. Death of poet
Almost the whole life of Ivan Alekseevich consists of moving and traveling across Europe, Asia and Africa. In exile, the writer was engaged in creative work. In Paris, the poet wrote his best works - “Mitina Love”, “Sunstroke”. Then, in 1927-1929, he created an important novel for himself - “The Life of Arsenyev”. In 1933, Bunin was awarded the Nobel Prize for this work. In 1944, Ivan Alekseevich published the work "Clean Monday."
The last months of his life passed for Ivan Alekseevich in a great malaise. But despite the disease, he continued to write. His last work was a literary portrait of Chekhov. He worked on it a few months before his death, but never finished it.
The poet Ivan Alekseevich died on November 8, 1953 and was buried in the Paris cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois.
Bunin's verse "Childhood"
Until the age of eleven, Ivan Alekseevich was brought up on the Ozerki estate, located in the Oryol province. That is why his most colorful childhood memories were associated with the indescribable beauty of Russian nature. The poet always felt the calmness that the beauty of these places gave him when he was still a tomboy boy. Bunin loved to run away from the estate to the forest. When the writer became older, he often recalled his former childhood.
Childhood for him is an inspiration resource that stores the smell of fresh resin, solar heat. In 1895, the poet created the poem "Childhood" and tried to convey in him those feelings when he was a carefree teenager. As a teenager, he enjoyed life and enjoyed communicating with the outside world. Fate sent the poet to Paris, but he left in his soul a love for his native land.
Ivan Alekseevich left Russia, but devoted most of his poems to the beauty of his native fields. With trepidation, Bunin was shrouded in memories of the magnificent native forests with giant trees. This writer associates with his native corner, home and happy moments of life.
Bunin loved to hide from the summer heat under the shadow of majestic pines. He liked the sweetness of the forest on a hot day. It was such vivid sensations that gripped him in his youth. Young Bunin loved to watch how boron woke up.
At a young age, the forest bewitched him with a sense of bliss and tranquility. Children's time is deprived of "adult" difficulties, and is filled with the warm love of relatives. The poet faced adult problems years later. Bunin recalls those feelings of a 10-year-old boy clinging to an old pine tree. He feels a centenary tree.
But the age difference absolutely does not confuse Bunin, who indulged in young memories. For him, the crust is red and warmed by the sun. Wildlife gives the poet a sense of admiration. He associates the pine aroma of resin with the warm smell of a summer day, which is fraught with a lot of unknown to a young sensitive soul. His soul is open to the world that surrounds him and absorbs all the picturesqueness of the world like a sponge.