Aleshkovsky biography

The boy’s father, Haim Aleshkovsky, participated in several wars, received the title of gentleman of the Order of the Red Star. Mother, Vera Abramovna, worked as an accountant. In addition to Joseph, the family had another child - Mark, who in the future devoted his life to history and archeology. When Joseph was seven years old, his family moved to live in Moscow. There, the boy entered the school, where he studied the literature in depth.

The nickname of Yuz, which he used later, “glued” to Joseph back at school: it was a derivative of the Polish name of Jozef. From an early age, Joseph did not part with the books: he adored the work of A. Pushkin, A. Dumas, J. Verne and Mine Read.

Despite the quick wits and the tenacious mind, the young man could not graduate from the school: he was expelled for a neglect of study and bad behavior. Poetic experience came to Aleshkovsky back in high school. With the help of poems, he expressed his feelings for a desk neighbor, who became his first muse. For violation of discipline, he was sentenced to four years in prison.

He served his sentence in the camp -, there he wrote the first song "The birds did not fly - where we walked." After liberation, he worked as a driver on the virgin lands and at a construction site. In the year, Aleshkovsky returned to Moscow. Since that time, he began to earn a living by literary work, and from a year to perform songs on his poems. In the early xs, Yuz Aleshkovsky began to write for children.

A collection of stories “Two Tickets for the train” was published, then a book of stories and stories “Black-Board Fox” in the year, he published the story “Kysh, Double-Portfels and a whole week” with excellent illustrations of G. Valka, in the year-the story “I in the Crimea”. The book was published in large circulations, it is reprinted now. This story is not only about the adventures of the boys and dogs, but also about faithful friendship, about responsibility, the ability to find unusual decisions, about relations with parents and willingness to go to the end, not paying attention to difficulties.

In the year, the film “Kysh and Double Portfels” was shot. Aleshkovsky was officially considered only the author of children's books and scripts for cinema and television. He participated in the work on Boris Durov’s scenarios “Here is my village”, “Emergency position”, “The incident”, Eduard Gavrilov “Kysh and the Double Portfels”, Vladimir Sarukhanov “What is happening to you?

Nevertheless, he gained great popularity as a performer of his own songs. The most famous of them was the "Song of Stalin", better known as "Comrade Stalin, you are a great scientist ...". Quotes from his works instantly became aphorisms. For the first time, the poet married Irina Nikiforova, who studied African languages. In this marriage, a son Alexei was born, who in the future became a journalist and producer.

The second wife of Aleshkovsky was a graduate of the University of Vilnius Irina Feliksovna. He raised her son from Daniel's previous marriage. Joint family life lasted from a year until the death of the writer. In the year, after the publication of “camp” songs in the literary almanac “Metropol”, Aleshkovsky was forced to emigrate first to Austria, and then to the United States. The last years of his life, Joseph Khaimovich spent in the city of Midletown, in the state of Connecticut.

Together with his wife and son, he taught at the University of Ueslian, and also continued to compose poetry and prose. Yuz Aleshkovsky died on March 21 at the age of 92 in the United States. Aleshkovsky, Yu. Aleshkovsky; artist. Collected Works: in 3 volumes of Bogatyreva; artist. Nadezhda Bugoslavskaya. Anna Hopt. About the life and work of Bogatyrev, N. Bogatyrev N. The untreating Chernoburka: [Review of the book by Yu.

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