In the history of any country there are tragic pages that excite the memory of the victims. For Soviet people and their descendants, the events of the 1930s will be a subject of discussion for a long time to come. The construction of a new society was accompanied by an uncompromising struggle between supporters and opponents of cardinal transformations. Vasily Pavlovich Aksenov, as a child, became a victim of these tragic events. The time spent in state institutions was forever imprinted in his memory. It was printed and manifested in literary creativity.
The son is not responsible for the father
Literary creativity is often based on dissatisfaction with life, one's position in society and relationships with power structures. Vasily Aksenov received the profession of a doctor, but his career in this area did not work out. And then he tried to become a writer. The young man had genetic prerequisites for this. His mother, Evgenia Solomonovna Ginzburg, was successfully engaged in journalism and literary creativity. Aksenov's biography evolved dramatically from the beginning. The boy was born on August 20, 1932 in the family of a party worker.
Parents lived in Kazan. His father worked in the city council, his mother worked in the editorial office of a local newspaper. A son and a daughter were already growing up in the family. Vasily turned out to be the third child. Political events in the country developed along a steep route and, in the literal sense of the word, destroyed the Aksenov family's nest. The parents were arrested, convicted and sent to places where they were assigned to serve their sentences. Four-year-old Vasya was placed in a special receiver for the children of enemies of the people. Father's brother, he was looking for his nephew for a long time. Found. Took him from the orphanage and brought him to his aunt.
For ten years Vasily had to live with close relatives, while waiting for his mother to be released from prison. In 1948, Yevgenia Ginzburg was released, but she was forbidden to return to her homeland. She took her son to her in the notorious Magadan. Aksyonov had the opportunity for several years to observe how people live in exile. It was not difficult for the young man to finish school in this city. To get a decent education on the next step, he had to invent a legend for himself, go to Leningrad and graduate from the medical institute.
First books
Dissatisfaction with professional activity served as a powerful motivation for writing. In 1959, Aksenov completed the story "Colleagues" and a few months later it was published in the magazine "Youth". Further, the career developed incrementally. New works came out from the pen of the young writer and were enthusiastically received by the readers. Stories, short stories, novels are published in "thick" magazines and in separate books.
The personal life of the writer did not develop immediately. In his first marriage, Aksenov had a daughter. However, the child was unable to cement the family. The second time Vasily was legally married to Maya Carmen. Figuratively speaking, it was love at first sight. The husband and wife lived a happy and long life. The writer passed away in 2009. Maya was there until the last hour.
