The life of children and adults, friendship and love, the problems of growing up, love for beauty, for nature, the life of animate animals, alien secrets - these are the themes of the works of the writer Natalya Alekseevna Sukhanova, whose work lasted more than half a century.
From biography
Natalya Alekseevna Sukhanova was born in 1931 in Tomsk. Her father was an engineer and teacher at the institute. The parents divorced, and the mother, Angelina Nikolaevna, left for Zheleznovodsk. Natalia's childhood fell on the war years. Their family was in the occupation. After the war, the girl dreamed of becoming a poet. Received a law degree. In the future, her work was varied - notary, secretary of the district committee of the Komsomol, technical secretary, guide, journalist. Since 1969 she lived in Rostov-on-Don.
Leading up to a writing career
Interest in creativity arose from a book that she found in the house where their family moved. There was no beginning or end in it. The girl read about an iron man who gnawed nuts. Then she did not know that it was a fairy tale "The Nutcracker". She didn't want to be separated from the characters, and she came up with a sequel. As a child, she read a lot and, without finishing the book, composed in such a way that it was interesting. N. Sukhanova said that she had been a writer since childhood. She sent her first poem to the newspaper Pionerskaya Pravda. The review upset her, but she did not stop writing. Once an acquaintance of a resort woman, said that she knew the poet Nikolai Tikhonov, and offered to show him her poems. N. Sukhanova entered the law institute, and they again met with the poet. When N. Sukhanova wrote a mature story, Tikhonov's wife concluded that she would not be a poet, but a prose writer.
Creative activity
The first stories - "Ivankinskaya Singer" and "Relay" - appeared in 1961. Based on the story "Quadrille", the film "Last Year's Quadrille" was filmed. For 55 years of creativity, works have been created with diverse themes: about friendship and love, about nature, about schoolchildren and adults, about aliens. N. Sukhanova was one of the organizers of the Writers' Union. She was awarded the Chekhov Prize for the novel-dilogy "By the Name of Ksenia".
Fimka and Murazavry and care of the Earth
The story "In the caves of the Murosaurus" is an adventure that happened to Fimka. He loved to watch ants and once, having made his way into their dwelling, was convinced of his guesses. The unsafe odyssey ended well. The investigator's suspicions turned out to be correct: Fimka wanted to find a substance that ants secrete. I would like to call its smell and taste an ant tongue …
In "The Tale of Yuppie," the rhino told the animal that people have a Red Book. Then he decided to find her in order to clarify whether there was information about him and his relatives in it. Yuppie meets with animals and memorizes information about each in order to save it for the Red Book. The writer affirms the idea that the Red Book will not be needed when the Earth becomes a common home for all people, and about what one needs to be in order for this to come true.
Alien civilization
In the book "Multi-storey planet" the heroes want to get to an unknown planet. The unknown world influenced them: unusual abilities increased - to see in the dark, to distinguish objects with the help of smells, to withstand cosmic loads. On the way to the planet, Anya is sad with love for Fimka, who remained on Earth. Matilda Vasilievna dies, and then is reborn in the guise of a young alien. The writer came up with such a variant of contact with another civilization.
The germ of friendship and … love
The story "Tili-tili-dough" is named in accordance with a familiar phrase, because it is a story from life. A family with a girl named Natella came to the dacha. The girls often made fun of her. Soon she began to play with Andreika. He took care of her: he taught to apply plantain leaves to the skin, weave wreaths, braided pigtails. One day, the mother said that they would be teased by the bride and groom. Andrey was afraid of this. He knew the story with the eighth grader Volodya and Tanka. They were teased like that too. Then the schoolboy was closed at home and not allowed out, and Tanya was taken to the hospital. He used to love to take Natella by the hand, but now he was afraid. Lyubka and Zoya never ceased to tease them with the bride and groom, and Andrei threw a stone at one of them. Frightened by the blood, he ran away. The boy was in serious condition: he could not walk and even wanted to die. This is how Natella's father found him. Then the guys made up and played all together. When the time came for the summer residents to leave, Andreika fled into the forest. Although he knew that the girl was coming next summer, he was very worried. When the cart was already far away, a boy appeared on the road and looked into the distance for a long time. Natella waved her hand to him, but he didn’t.
Personal life
N. Sukhanova's husband, V. M. Piskunov is a writer. Son, Nikolai Konstantinov - avant-garde artist and musician. In his youth, he was interested in animals, preparing for admission to the biology department. He claimed that he did not want to study art, but then became interested in painting, and later music. N. Sukhanova's granddaughter Angelina was born in 1983. In 2010, the great-granddaughter Dasha was born to the writer.
Didn't grow old in soul
As a representative of the creative intelligentsia, the writer, being aged, did not stay away from people. She often met with her colleagues and readers, including schoolchildren. She always saw the main purpose of literature in reminding a person for the thousandth time that he is a person. In recent years, as soon as I felt better, I immediately wrote. Relatives and friends advised to take care of yourself, and she replied that she could not live without this business. The life path of N. Sukhanova ended in 1916. On June 10, Rostov-on-Don celebrated her 85th birthday, and on June 13 she died.
Live creativity
The words of N. Sukhanova's father, written on the gift book to his son Yuri, can also be attributed to his daughter Natalia:
