Lydia Chukovskaya was distinguished by a clear civil position, which often conflicted with the position of the Soviet authorities. For this, the writer was even expelled from the Writers' Union. Chukovskaya's works were not published in the USSR at one time, but they were well known outside the country. A distinctive feature of the character of the daughter of the famous Korney Chukovsky is civic courage.
Biography facts
The future Soviet writer was born in the city on the Neva on March 24, 1907.
Lydia's father was the writer Korney Chukovsky. The formation of the girl's personality took place under the influence of the creative atmosphere that reigned in the family. Lida spent her childhood in the village. Kuokkala (now Repino). From an early age, Lidochka communicated with prominent Russian writers, poets, artists, representatives of the Russian creative elite.
A great influence on the development of Chukovskaya's literary talents was exerted by Marshak, under whose guidance she mastered the work of an editor of literature for children.
Behind Lydia's shoulders is the Leningrad University, the philological faculty of which she graduated in 1928.
Literary Creativity and Citizenship
Many books have been published from the talented pen of Lydia Korneevna. Among them: the story of 1940 "Sofya Petrovna" and the story "Descent under the water" (1972). The first of these books is devoted to the terror that covered the USSR before the war with Germany. The second book is largely autobiographical, it tells about the conformism of Soviet authors during the period of the struggle against the so-called cosmopolitanism. Both works are distinguished by a clear civic position of the writer.
Chukovskaya published a number of books under the male name "Alexey Uglov": these are children's books "On the Volga", "Leningrad - Odessa", "The Tale of Taras Shevchenko". The audience met with considerable interest the book of memoirs by Lydia Korneevna about her famous father, published in 1989. Chukovskaya has been engaged in editorial activities for a long time.
Chukovskaya's work became the reason for persecution by the authorities. In 1926, Lydia was arrested: the writer was accused of compiling an anti-Soviet leaflet. The girl was sent to provincial Saratov, where she lived for about a year. L. Chukovskaya returned from exile only thanks to the efforts of her father.
In the 60s, Chukovskaya supported prominent Soviet dissidents - Brodsky, Sinyavsky, Solzhenitsyn, Daniel and others. Lydia composed an open letter to M. Sholokhov. It was a response to the speech of the venerable author at the party congress. The writer also became the author of a number of other open messages in which she denounced the authorities.
Ultimately, in 1974, Chukovskaya was actually expelled from the Writers' Union. A ban was imposed on her works, which lasted until 1989.
Personal life of the writer
The first husband of Lydia was the historian Caesar Volpe, with whom L. Chukovskaya officially married in 1929. In this marriage, a daughter, Elena, was born. But already in 1934, the couple broke up.
The second husband of Lydia Korneevna is the physicist Matvey Bronstein. He was shot in 1938. Chukovskaya herself miraculously escaped arrest by leaving for Ukraine.
Lydia Korneevna passed away in the capital of Russia in 1996, on February 7.
