Undoubtedly, Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, even at the zenith of his work, earned the right to be called the patriarch of Russian literature. The mere fact that he is the author of two Soviet (1943, 1977) and later Russian (2001) hymns at once proves the need to perpetuate his name in the Guinness Book of Records. He is known not only as a talented poet, but also as a playwright, screenwriter and fabulist.
Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich, whose brief biography contains many interesting and remarkable things, comes from an ancient Russian family. His pedigree is unique. Father - Vladimir Alexandrovich Mikhalkov - was a graduate of the law faculty of Moscow State University. He was a religious man and was ready at any moment to defend his native Fatherland.
The poet's mother, Olga Mikhailovna Glebova, was the daughter of the county marshal of the nobility.
Biography
Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov was born on March 13, 1913 in the Russiancapital.
The craving for versification appeared in his childhood. Already at the age of nine, the future author of the Soviet anthem began to compose poems and write them down on paper. The father supported his son's undertakings and even showed his works to the poet A. Bezymensky.
Soon the Mikhalkov family moves from Moscow to Pyatigorsk. The poet's father was offered a place in Terselkredsoyuz. Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov himself recalled that the move to a new place of residence was also connected with the fact that Vladimir Alexandrovich did not want to “irritate the eyes” of the Soviet authorities once again. After Pyatigorsk, the poet and his family lived for some time in Georgievsk.
The beginning of the creative path
Mikhalkov published his first literary work in 1928 in the Rostov printed edition On the Rise.
The poem was called "The Road". Soon the poet becomes a member of the Terek Association of Proletarian Writers (TAPP) and his literary epics are published in the Pyatigorsk newspaper Terek.
Years of youth
In 1930, after school, Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov returned to Moscow. He gets a job as a laborer at a local weaving and finishing factory. Then he tries himself as a junior observer of the geological exploration expedition of the Leningrad Geodetic Institute in Altai. Then the beginning poet visited the Volga and eastern Kazakhstan. After some time, he is already a freelancer in the newspaper's letters department."News". So, while in search of self-realization, Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, whose works were known by almost every Soviet schoolboy, suddenly began to realize that his real vocation was versification.
Recognition and glory
In the early 30s of the last century, the Moscow poet became known to a wide range of Soviet readers. And all because Mikhalkov's works began to be regularly placed on the pages of metropolitan magazines and newspapers, and they were also systematically broadcast on the radio.
So, Pioneer magazine, Komsomolskaya Pravda and Izvestia newspapers were the first to publish his immortal poems: “What do you have?”, “Uncle Styopa”, “Three Citizens”, “Stubborn Foma” and others. This is what Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov became famous for. He knew how to compose poems for children like no one else.
In the period from 1935 to 1937, the poet was a student at the M. Gorky Literary Institute. Then he became a member of the Writers' Union and was forced to leave his alma mater.
In 1936, in the series "Library "Spark"", where he was a member of the association of young writers, his debut collection "Poems for Children" was released. Naturally, after that, every child of the country of the Soviets found out who Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov was. "Poems for children" he turned out to be capacious, dynamic and informative. Their value lay in the fact that the basics of children's upbringing were presented "not directly", but unobtrusively, taking into account the psychology of the baby.
The famous fairy tale "The Three Little Pigs" (1936) also belongs to Peru, the patriarch of Russian literature.
Sergey Vladimirovich entered the world of children's literature confidently and triumphantly. His circulation of books was soon in no way inferior to the circulation of the eminent Chukovsky and Marshak. Famous Soviet actors Rina Zelenaya and Igor Ilyinsky performed Mikhalkov's works on the radio with pleasure.
The poet from the very beginning of his career was engaged in the translation of children's poems, which were as identical as possible to the originals.
In 1939, Sergei Vladimirovich for the work "Svetlana" published earlier in the newspaper "Izvestia" was awarded perhaps the highest award - the Order of Lenin. A year later, he was awarded the Stalin Prize. Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich can triumph again. Poems for children, which he wrote, were to the taste even of Soviet officials. Then the poet will once again receive the Stalin Prize, but this time for writing the script for the film "Front-line Friends".
At the end of the 30s, Mikhalkov joined the ranks of the Soviet army and participated in the liberation of Western Ukraine. The entire period of the fight against fascism, he works as a war correspondent.
Anthem
Sergey Vladimirovich in 1943, in collaboration with journalist Georgy El-Registan, came up with the words of the USSR anthem, which was first played on the upcoming New Year's Eve. After 34 years, he will write the second edition of the "main song" of the country of the Soviets, and already in 2001 he will present the text of the Russian anthem.
Fabler
One of the authoritative experts of Russian literature A. Tolstoy suggested to Mikhalkov the idea to try himself as a fabulist.
And already the first works of Sergei Vladimirovich came to his liking. "Pravda" first published the fable "The Fox and the Beaver", and after a little time - "The Hare in the Hop", "Two Friends" and "Current Repairs". Mikhalkov wrote a total of about two hundred fables.
Playwriter and Screenwriter
Sergey Vladimirovich showed his talent in writing plays for children's theaters. From the pen of the maestro came such famous works as "Special Assignment" (1945), "Red Tie" (1946), "I want to go home" (1949). In addition, Mikhalkov is the author of many scripts for animated films.
Regalia
It is possible to list the regalia of a famous children's writer for a very long time. As already emphasized, he was awarded the Orders of Lenin, the Stalin Prize. In 1973 he was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. Sergei Vladimirovich has repeatedly been a laureate of the State Prize. In addition, the poet has the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Order of Friendship of Peoples, the Order of Honor, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and many other awards.
Private life
In 1936, young Mikhalkov became engaged to the granddaughter of the famous artist Vasily Surikov, Natalya Petrovna Konchalovskaya, who was 10 years older than her chosen one.
Before meeting him, she already had some experience of family life:previously, the poetess was the wife of intelligence agent Alexei Bogdanov. Married to him, Konchalovskaya gave birth to a daughter, Ekaterina, who was later adopted by Sergei Vladimirovich. The poet and Natalya Petrovna were happy together for a long time, having lived for 53 years. First, their son Andrei was born, and then their son Nikita. The children of Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov became famous people by choosing a directing career. Daughter Ekaterina became the wife of the famous writer Julian Semenov.
The poet passed away on August 27, 2009, having lived for 96 years. Doctors stated that Mikhalkov had pulmonary edema. The patriarch of Russian literature was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery of the capital.
