Alexander Kanevsky: biography

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According to Alexander Kanevsky, humor is a character trait. His younger brother, known to most Soviet viewers as Major Tomin, Leonid, is sure that Alexander's sense of humor erupted along with milk teeth.

Due to the restless nature of the sons, the mother of the Kanevsky brothers was often called to school. The eldest son was especially distinguished, arranging weekly draws. At first, “women”, that is, girls, fell under the disgrace of a junior class student, and teachers, head teachers and the principal were already getting it from high school student Alexander (seventh grade student).

Biography of Alexander Kanevsky

The future satirist was born on May 29, 1933 in Kyiv. Mom was in her second year at the Kyiv Conservatory, when she met her future husband and, to the horror of teachers, dropped out of school, going with him to the Caucasus. Then they returned to Kyiv and lived in a communal apartment.

The Kanevsky family was considered the most respectable among the rest of the residents, as they had two rooms and … their own toilet, which could only be entered sideways. Alexander Semenovich Kanevsky since childhooddistinguished by the character of a leader. In kindergarten, he put together a small team, posing as Chapaev. Anka-machine-gunner was the girl Lyalya, and Petka was portrayed by Marik Kudlo, the smallest but active boy. With the slogan "Long live the revolution!" they rushed around the yard, catching fear in the rest of the little ones.

The Kanevsky family was hospitable, and since my father had many friends in the Caucasus, they often organized feasts with songs and dances.

Gold medal

The creative abilities of Alexander Kanevsky revealed at the age of seven, when he began to write poetry. The boy could have been inspired to do this by anyone and anything. For example, grandfather, who could not find suspenders for a long time, Filya the cat stealing food, and a neighbor unsuccessfully chasing the cat. He could even sing of the toilet, which was especially appreciated by the household and caused black envy among the neighbors who lined up every morning in front of the common toilet.

Alexander Kanevsky studied hard at school. In all subjects he had fives, except for the mark on behavior. Because of the satirical newspapers, of which Alexander was the editor and inspirer, he could not receive a commendation sheet. But the director offered the parents a compromise: if they transfer their son to another school, he will give an excellent testimonial and an honorary diploma to the student. The parents complied with this requirement. And so Alexander Kanevsky, moving from school to school, finally finished his secondary education with a gold medal.

Road Institute

All his adult life he wanted to be a writer,but the road to glory lay through a thorny path. Despite the gold medal, he was not accepted to the faculties of journalism and the Romano-Germanic language. Anti-Semitic rampant then reigned in Kyiv. Having learned the reason why the road to the university was closed, Alexander threw a marble ashtray at the vice-rector, fortunately not hitting him. But he had to serve time in the police.

Mom, being her son's guardian angel, slowly took his documents to the road institute. All five years of study, Alexander Kanevsky honestly published the Osa wall newspaper, and during the distribution he decided to show off humor and asked to be sent to a city with a double name. But since Monte Carlo, Buenos Aires or Baden-Baden did not "shine" for him, the witty student decided to try his hand at Kyzyl-Orda.

In Kzyl-Orda, he worked the allotted time, even built a bridge, the location of which, according to Alexander Semyonovoch, he indicates only to enemies, and returned to Kyiv.

Alexander Kanevsky. Personal life

Alexander met his future wife Maya at a party with friends. She did not immediately attract his attention, as she behaved quite reservedly. But, noticing her beautiful gray eyes and charming smile, the womanizer Kanevsky began to look after her. So he courted for three whole years, knowing full well that sooner or later he would have to ring himself, although the very concept of family life was alien to him.

Maya fell in love with his friend and called down the aisle. Only after exhaustedAlexander’s hesitation, she agreed to become the wife of Tolya (a friend of Kanevsky), Alexander Semenovich finally realized what a treasure he could lose, and rushed to her house early in the morning with the words that he would not give her to anyone.

They lived a difficult but happy life thanks to the patience and wisdom of Maya, who became his best friend and helper. In a joint marriage, they had a daughter, Maria, and a son, Mikhail.

Maya passed away in 2001. Together with her departure, Alexander Semenovich lost his support, his guardian angel, his muse. Thanks to the children and his brother Leonid and other relatives, he was able to get out of depression and now writes books. Kanevsky dedicated a number of works to his wife.

Variety and dramaturgy

His first creative love was the stage, then Kanevsky mastered dramaturgy. He began to write plays and screenplays, but the scripts were put on the shelf, and performances based on his plays were canceled on the day of the premiere. Then Alexander Semenovich turned to the stories that were periodically published in newspapers due to an oversight of the editors. These were satirical stories.

For one of them, the writer received an International Prize, in the Soviet years he managed to write scripts for such programs as “Around Laughter” and “Zucchini 13 Chairs”. In 1990, he and his family moved to live in Israel, where he published the comic magazine "Balagan" for adults and "Balagosha" for children.

Books

Books by Alexander Kanevsky are easy and enjoyable to read and have been translated into several languages. Since 2006, he has writtentheir best books, which include:

• "Laugh, buffoon!".
• "Thesis from our yard."
• "My variety".
• "Complete Collection of Impressions".
• "Going to laugh."
• "Contract Curse".
• Bloody Mary.

Alexander Semyonovich Kanevskiy received several awards for his work: the Yuri Nagibin Prize, the Franz Kafka Gold Medal, the Man of the Year diploma in London, etc.

Currently, theaters put on performances based on his plays, and the writer promises to publish his funny stories on the Internet, so that everyone can read and enjoy the author's wit for a small fee.