The story of the life and work of Oles Buzina

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The well-known writer and journalist Oles Buzina was a representative of modern literature, acted as a literary critic and hosted a program on television. The prose writer entered history by writing critical books about Taras Shevchenko and ridiculing Ukrainian nationalism.

Biography

A writer was born in Kyiv in 1969. As Oles wrote later, his parents were simple workers, jokingly called them descendants of Cossacks and Russians. The writer was proud of his great-grandfather. Oleg studied at the same school with the feminist writer Oksana Zabuzhko, but their literary views had little in common, since Buzina was a researcher in literature and loved brevity in terms of expressing thoughts, often criticizing her work.

In 1992 he graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Parents chose the future speci alty of their son, sending him to study at the Faculty of Philology (by profession he was supposed to become a teacher of the Russian language and literature). But Oleg did not practice at school, he saw himself inrole of a journalist, host of the program, was the author of several books, participated in the program "The Bachelor. How to get married" with Anfisa Chekhova.

Oles Buzina devoted one period of his life to an author's column and blog in the Segodnya newspaper, where he shared his unconventional views on modern literature and the history of the country. He was a popular journalist in such newspapers as Kievskiye Vedomosti and 2000.

Literary views

Loved to reread Lermontov's Hero of Our Time. Buzina gave preference to Russian literature. As for the Ukrainian-speaking writers, Oles liked the books of Yuri Vynnychuk and the work of Les Poderevyansky. He also spoke positively about the work of Andrukhovych, although he considered some of Yuri's novels an unsuccessful literary experiment.

Women in literature Buzina did not perceive, which he repeatedly stated when criticizing the work of Oksana Zabuzhko. In one of his interviews, he said that he did not perceive poetry, but would be happy to read prose and historical novels.

Oles Buzina became famous among writers for his revolutionary views and desire to stand out from the crowd.

Public position

In this regard, the writer was very active and repeatedly acted as a defender of the theory of the trinity of the Russian people, he called himself both Ukrainian and Russian. He supported the federalization of Ukraine, although he did not perceive it in a separate status from Russia. Buzina called the independence of the country conditional andadvocated bilingualism of Ukrainian culture.

The writer preached the wide development of the Ukrainian and Russian languages and did not see this as a big problem. After all, the more languages a person knows, the better. Oles Alekseevich Buzina did not support the "Orange Revolution" and was known for founding the current of the so-called Shevchenko-phobes. He opposed the authorities and spoke openly about his conflicting views. The writer had problems publishing books. 2006 brought a lot of quarrels and scandals, most of the publishing houses where the scandalous journalist applied refused to publish his work.

Prose writer opposed Yushchenko's position on Nazism and the creation of similar groups on the territory of Ukraine. The journalist challenged some historical moments in live broadcasts.

Olesya Buzina often tried to restrict creativity by censorship, he was forbidden to speak on central channels.

Murder of a writer

Oles Buzina was killed on April 16, 2015. A month before his death, in an interview with one of the newspapers, Buzina spoke about attacks and threats to his life. In recent years, the journalist often entered into quarrels with representatives of far-right organizations. He was shot close to home.

Investigation process

On June 18, 2015, three people were arrested on charges of murdering the writer. All of them were activists of the ultra-right movement. One of the detainees, known as Manson, was an active Maidan activist and head of the Pechersk regional organization of the VO "Svoboda".

They werereleased from custody for a large sum under round-the-clock house arrest. On May 8, 2016, the mother of Oles Buzina reported that the Ukrainian authorities were not even trying to punish the killers of her son, but were simply playing for the public, from time to time transferring the arrest to imprisonment in a pre-trial detention center. Oles is survived by his mother, wife and daughter.

Creativity and books

Books by Oles Buzina are ambiguous in terms of historical incarnation. The writer was not afraid to speak sharply and critically towards historical and famous personalities, which is why several publishing houses refused to publish his work. The most popular in Ukraine is the book "Ghoul Taras Shevchenko", in which Buzina speaks extremely negatively about the poet, pointing out his low origin and envy of people who occupied a position above him.

Other books were "Return the harems to women" and "The Secret History of Ukraine-Rus", in which Elder's views were also radical and laconic. The book "Revolution in the swamp" told about the events in 2014, thanks to which the Ukrainian authorities reached a new level and tried to change the political situation. The historical authenticity of Elder's books is questionable by many.

The next book, "The Union of the Plow and the Trident. How Ukraine Was Invented", is banned because some of the facts and thoughts contained in it contradict the policy of the state. The author also wrote a collection of essays "My Philosophy", in which he talks about his life, talking about its various areas, suchlike barbarism and civilization, relations between men and women, justice, patriotism. Photos of Oles Buzina are presented in the article.