The writers of the Soviet era left an invaluable legacy to their descendants. The masters of the pen and words did not write their works, but created them. Created within the framework of a unique genre - socialist realism. Yes, today the shelves of bookstores are littered with fantasy books. This style was invented by writers with a timid soul, those who are shy to look reality in the eye. Yuri Markovich Nagibin was not afraid. He looked at the surrounding reality with open eyes and assessed events according to the Hamburg account.
Failed surgeon
As one of the famous critics put it, Yuri Nagibin managed to be born in 1920. Civil War. Devastation and hunger. The family is interrupted from bread to kvass. Three months before the birth of the child, the father was shot. Yes, this is a tragedy for family and friends. However, during that period, the Russian people were energetically and enthusiastically engaged in self-destruction. Ksenia Alekseevna, the mother of the future classic of Soviet literature, soon got married. But, as it turned out, it was unsuccessful. When the boy was seven years old, his stepfather was exiled to places not so distant for his inability to keep his mouth shut.
A new man appeared in the house, who was listed as a member of the Writers' Union. He willingly studied with the boy and instilled in him a taste for work on text and literature in general. It is known that a professional writer should read a lot. A lot and systematically. Yuri easily studied at school and was distinguished among his classmates by his wide erudition. The teenager did not seriously think about the career of a writer. To get a serious education after school, he entered the Moscow Medical Institute. A good doctor can always make money for a piece of bread. However, having attended classes in the morgue, Nagibin once and for all realized that medicine was not his path.
And at that moment he was advised to enter the screenwriting department of VGIK. Yuri was unable to complete his studies because the war began. The student was awarded an officer rank and sent to the Main Political Directorate of the Red Army. The biography of the political instructor was successful. He had to be at the forefront. Prepare flyers. Participate in the interrogation of prisoners. Once he came under fire from enemy artillery and received a severe concussion. Nagibin was not discharged from the army, but transferred to the position of a war correspondent for the Trud newspaper.
Burden of glory
The creative biography of Yuri Nagibin evolved gradually and thoroughly. Working as a war correspondent, he prepared and published a collection of short stories The Man from the Front. The writer knew well how a soldier lives in the trenches, what he fears and what he dreams of. As further practice showed, the feelings and sensations experienced, the smell of war haunted Nagibin for a long time. The following books "Two Forces", "The Grain of Life" and others were written in the forties in order to free memory from the burden of accumulated impressions.
In the next segment of his life, the already famous prose writer writes cycles of stories in which the hero moves from one work to another. Events are taking place in the country, which are not so easy to comprehend. Nagibin is criticized for his "wrong" views and after a certain period of time is justified, since he adjusted his positions in the following books. In the first half of the 60s, the film "The Chairman" was released on the screens by Yuri Nagibin. While working on the film, the writer had his first heart attack.
The personal life of a writer can cause both envy and bewilderment. Yuri Markovich was married six times. He has written a lot about love and relationships between spouses. The final, as they say today, the wife has lived with Nagibin for the last twenty-five years. Alla, that was the name of his wife, Nagibin respected the shore. The significant age difference did not affect their relationship in any way.
