The books of Gabriel Troepolsky have always been in demand by the Soviet reader. By the beginning of the 60s, he was recognized in society as one of the most worthy authors in the genre of publicistic prose. He wrote many essays on agricultural topics. Real fame and fame was brought to the writer by the story of the friendship between a man and a dog named Bim.
Facts from the biography of Gabriel Troepolsky
Gavriil Nikolaevich Troepolsky was born in 1905 in the village of Novo-Spassky (now it is the Gribanovsky district of the Voronezh region). The family of the parents of the future publicist and prose writer had six children. Gabriel's father, Nikolai Semenovich, was a clergyman.
In his youth, the future writer seriously thought about the profession associated with agriculture. In 1924, Gabriel graduated from an agricultural school. But Troepolsky began his professional career as a rural teacher.
In 1931, Gavriil Nikolaevich got a job at the strong point of the experimental station in Voronezh. Subsequently, he took the position of head of the state variety testing section of grain crops. The direction of his work is the selection of millet. Troepolsky has developed several new varieties of this useful crop.
During the war, Troepolsky carried out assignments from the frontline Soviet intelligence.
In 1976, the writer entered the editorial board of the magazine "Our Contemporary" and worked there until 1987. Troepolsky was also a member of the board of the USSR Writers' Union.
Gavriil Nikolaevich passed away in 1995. Buried in Voronezh.
The beginning of the creative path of Gabriel Troepolsky
Gavriil Nikolayevich wrote his first story back in 1937, choosing the pseudonym Lirvag. New stories of the writer appeared in the magazine "New World" in 1953. It was then that Troepolsky decided to devote his life entirely to literary creativity. The writer settled in Voronezh.
The writer knew perfectly well how the village lived. He had tremendous experience in working in the countryside. In his works, Troepolsky tried to be extremely sincere. He was not afraid to portray the negative phenomena of reality.
The cycle of his satirical stories "From the Notes of an Agronomist" (1953) laid the foundation for a new approach to depicting life in the countryside. The main features of this approach are the severity of the problem statement and truthfulness.
In 1958 Troepolsky's satirical story "Candidate of Science" was published. It was followed by the novel "Chernozem", which dealt with a Soviet village in the 1920s.
However, the story "White Bim Black Ear", written in 1971, brought true fame and love of the reader to Troepolsky. Five years after the first publication of this book, the author received the USSR State Prize for it. The work raises important moral issues. The story of the tragic fate of the dog is intertwined with descriptions of pictures of nature and life in the city. The story of Bim has become a litmus test against which one can test the acuteness and purity of moral feeling.
Gavriil Nikolaevich's books have been translated into the languages of the peoples of the Soviet Union and into the languages of many countries of the world.
For merits in creativity, the writer was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.
