Biography
Ilya Erenburg is a Soviet poet and a writer, publicist and translator, a public figure, whose work was born in a difficult era for the country. He saw the revolution, the first and second world wars, was in emigration, but remained faithful to his native country.Childhood and youth
Ereenburg was born on January 14, 1891 in the family of engineer and housewives. The boy's mother was very devout and regularly prayed. She spent the weekend in the company of like-minded people and was not happy in marriage. Ehrenburg's father was a spontaneous man, a fan of engineering and had radically opposite glances.
Childhood Ilya has passed in his homeland, in Kiev, and in 1895, together with his family he moved to Moscow. Father appointed director of a chamovnic brewery. Son was given to study in the first Moscow gymnasium. There was a meeting with Lvom Tolstoy, friendship with Nikolai Bukharin and participation in the underground revolutionary organization. The latter entailed arrest, but the parents managed to make a deposit before the court. True, Ilya did not appear on him, therefore in 1908 resorted to emigration.
Personal life
In 1910, Ehrenburg marriage was concluded with the translator Catherine Schmidt. A year later, the wife gave him the daughter of Irina. She grew up, became a translator from French and married. The spouse of Irina died, and to distract the woman, Ehrenburg brought from the front the girl Faine, who began to live in their family. Despite the fact that the marriage of the writer and translator broke up in 1913, Ehrenburg has always supported relationships with his daughter.The second spouse of the publicist in 1919 was the sister of director Grigory Kozintseva Love. She was an artist and made a writer happy in his personal life. Children in marriage did not appear.
Creation
Running to Paris, Ehrenburg got acquainted with representatives of art and culture, Vladimir Lenin, whose visiting. Gradually, Ilya moved away from politics and began writing poetry. In 1911, he published his debut collection "I live", and after 3 years, one more - "weekdays". He tried to become a publisher, founding the magazine "Helios" and then "evenings". The authorship of Ilya Ehrenburg owns the book "Girls, undress themselves." Published in the media, the writer opposed the Bolsheviks.
In the First World War, the author worked as a military correspondent. He personally saw everything that happens on the Franco-German Front. In 1917, Ehrenburg returned to Russia, where she got a job in the Social Security Department and became an employee of theatrical management and a selection of pre-school education. The writer was not easy to figure out political events, so in 1921 he left for France and then in Belgium. Another 3 years by Ehrenburg spent in Berlin.
In the emigration, the writer released the novels "The extraordinary adventures of Julio Gurenito and his students", "Rvach", "Lyuban Zhanna". Essays about the publicist seen at the front included in the book "Lick War". He also became the author of the novel and articles on art. According to the literary figure, his biography as a writer started in 1958, together with the exit to the light of the work of Julio Khurenito. This essay is a symbiosis of thought about the modern era and poetry. In it, the author describes Europe and Russia during the battle and revolution.
In 1923, Ilya Erenburg became the correspondent of the Izvestia publishing house. His journalist talent was highly appreciated as a tool of Soviet propaganda abroad. In the early 1930s, the writer returned to Russia and traveled through his native land, visiting Siberia and in the Urals. During this period, Pamflet "Bread our urgent" and the book "My Paris", which combined text and photos were created. The following works were the collection of stories "outside the truce", the poetic collection of "loyalty", the novel "What a person needs".
In 1941, the writer went to Paris and worked a lot for the Patriotic Press, was a correspondent of the "Red Star", wrote for the print media and the Soviet Information Office. In 1942, the writer entered the anti-fascist committee and was engaged in coverage of the activities of the Holocaust.
In the post-war years, the author replenished the bibliography works of the "storm" and "ninth shaft". For the "storm" writer received the Stalinist Prize of the first degree. In 1954, they published a story "Thaw", and in the 1960s, memoirs "People, years, Life" went to the publisher. All 7 books that have made the last work were published in the 1990s.
Death
Ilya Ehrenburg died on August 31, 1967. The cause of death was myocardial infarction as a result of prolonged disease. Writers buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy Cemetery. His legacy make up a photo, literary works, in addition, the documentary film "Dog Life" was released, shot in 2005.Bibliography
- 1911 - "I live"
- 1914 - "Weekdays: Poems"
- 1920 - "Lick War"
- 1922 - "The extraordinary adventures of Julio Khurenito"
- 1923 - "Thirteen Tubes"
- 1924 - "Love Zhanna her"
- 1928 - "The stormy life of Lasika Roitshwanza"
- 1933 - "Our urban bread"
- 1933 - "My Paris"
- 1937 - "Out of the truce"
- 1937 - "What a person needs"
- 1942 - "Drop Paris"
- 1942-1944 - "War"
- 1947 - "Storm"
- 1950 - "Ninth Val"
- 1954 - "Thaw"