Once upon a time, the words that "a poet in Russia is more than a poet" did not raise doubts among the target audience. Today the situation has changed markedly. Gennady Ivanov by all means and means strives to preserve the centuries-old traditions of Russian poetry.
A distant start
Impartial critics and observant readers note that many young poets write dismal poetry. According to people of the older generation, this happens because young poets contemplate their sad soul and do not look at the landscapes and events taking place around them. Gennady Viktorovich Ivanov, First Secretary of the Board of the Writers' Union of Russia, calls for a change in the review sector. Native nature, the appearance of which radically changes from season to season, has at all times been a source of positive thinking, and motivated the work of Russian poets.
The future Russian poet was born on March 14, 1950 in an ordinary Soviet family. Parents lived in the village of Vysochek in the Kalinin region. My father worked as a carpenter on a collective farm. Mother taught history at a local school. The boy grew up and developed in the bosom of his native nature. Much has been written and said about the landscapes of central Russia. Gennady only eventually realized and felt the potential that he received in childhood. Fishing on a quiet river. Hiking for mushrooms and berries. Overnight in the woods by the fire. All these habitual actions turned out to be the mainstay of the formation of life values and worldview.
Creative activity
Gennady did not study badly at school. Most of all he liked the lessons of literature and drawing. When he was twelve years old, the Ivanov family moved to the city of Kandalaksha in the Murmansk region. Father was invited to build a metallurgical plant. Here, in the harsh northern conditions, Gennady wrote his first lines of poetry. On the pages of the city newspaper Kandalaksha Communist, collections of poems by the young author were regularly published. After school he graduated from the Polytechnic College in Moscow. And he was immediately drafted into the army.
Having returned to civilian life, Ivanov entered the philological faculty of the Peoples' Friendship University. After the second year, he transferred to the famous Literary Institute to get a specialized education at the Department of Literary Skills. In 1977 he completed his studies and began his career as an editor in the poetry department of the Sovremennik publishing house. Then he became deputy editor-in-chief of the Veche publishing house. In 1999, Gennady Viktorovich was elected secretary of the board of the Writers' Union of the Russian Federation.
Recognition and privacy
For the works published on the pages of periodicals, Gennady Ivanov was awarded the Saltykov-Shchedrin literary prize. He was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland.
The poet's personal life did not take shape right away. Gennady Viktorovich found family happiness in his second marriage. The husband and wife raised and raised two children - a son and a daughter.
