Andrei Malyshko is a Ukrainian poet, songwriter "Vchitelko mine", "Pisnya about rushnik" and "Bili kashtani"

There are poems that cut into memory and stay in it forever. Ukrainian poet Malyshko Andrei Samoilovich wrote just such poems. Beginning to compose at the age of ten, he created magnificent poetic masterpieces, which are still loved today.

Andrei Malyshko: a short biography of the early years

The future poet was born in a small town Obukhov in November 1912. His parents were Samoilo and Eugenia (Yvga) Malyshko. His father earned his living by sewing and repairing shoes. To this profession he taught from childhood and his sons.

A great influence on Andrei Malyshko was also his uncle Nikita. It was he who read the very young nephew Bible, poems of Taras Shevchenko, the prose of Leo Tolstoy, Alexander Pushkin and other famous writers.

When Andrei reached the age of eight, he was sent to school in his native town. Thanks to the efforts of parents and older brothers, by that time the boy already read well, and also knew the basics of arithmetic.

The poet's youth

After graduating from seven classes, the young man decided to become a doctor and went to Kiev. But he arrived too late and did not act. However, the following year Andrei Malyshko could still enter the medical school.

In the same year, the poet's family suffered a disaster: his elder brother Petr Malyshko, being against the Soviet authorities, was actively subversive. Soon he was caught, convicted and executed. The whole family suffered a great deal. Years later Malyshko told me that Peter was a much more talented poet than he.

After the technical school, the young man continued his studies at the Literary Department at the Institute of Public Education of the city of Kiev. During his studies, Andrei meets Maxim Rylsky, who appreciated the first poetic experiments Malyshko. In addition, in the same period in newspapers and magazines begin to print the poems of young talent.

After graduation, the young man began teaching at the secondary school in Ovruch.

From 1934 Andrei Malyshko served in the Red Army for a year. The written poetry for this time was later published in the collection "Motherland". After demobilization, the poet moved to Kharkov and actively engaged in literary activities, which he had long dreamed of. For the next few years he has been working in such reputable publications as Komsomolets Ukrainy, Molody Bilshovik and Litermarina Gazeta. Before the war begins, there are seven collections of poems written by Andrei Malyshko. Photographs of the talented poet are printed next to poems in many literary magazines and newspapers, and he is beginning to be recognized all over the country.

Also in the pre-war period Malyshko wrote several excellent poems: "The Duma about Danil Kozak", "Triplya", "Karmalyuk", "Yarina". In addition, at the very beginning of the forties he began composing songs for movies.

The Great Patriotic War

From the first days of the war, the poet becomes a military correspondent for the newspapers he worked with earlier.

Being at the front, he not only writes articles for newspapers, but also composes poems by Andrey Malyshko. The biography of the poet during the war knows many facts of his heroism. At the front life Malyshko was more than once exposed to danger, but he still continued his work.

His poetry in this period was characterized by incredible depth and sincerity. One of the most heartfelt poems of the war years - "Ukraine is mine!", Which was included in the collection of the same name. This book was so popular that it was published twice.

The post-war period

After the victory Andrei Malyshko worked for two years in the magazine "Dnipro" as a responsible editor.

In 1947 he published a dramatic poem about the heroism of the common people during the war years under the name "Prometheus". For her, the poet is honored with the Stalin Prize.

Three years later, Andrey Malyshko, as part of a delegation of cultural figures, was sent on a business trip to Canada and the United States. Poems written during this trip, included in the collection "For sinim by the sea." For him the author was awarded the Stalin Prize for the second time.

The most productive in the work of the poet are the fifties. It was in this decade that Malyshko wrote his most famous poems, some of which were based on music. So there were such songs as "Znovu tsvitut chestnut", "Pisnya about rushnik", "Vachiteleka mine", "Bili kashtani". To most of them music was written by the famous Ukrainian composer Plato Mayboroda.

The poet's friends told me that he inherited a talent for singing from his mother and often composed music for his poems, though he rarely wrote it down.

Last years Baby

In the sixties and seventies the poet continued to be loved by readers and remained in high esteem with the authorities. For the collection "Far away Orbits" he was awarded the Taras Shevchenko Prize, and for "The Road with Swords" - the State Prize of the USSR.

In the early sixties, according to Andrey Malyshko's scenarios, two films appeared: "Kvіtucha Ukraina" and "Mі z z Ukraіni".

In addition to poetry, Malyshko also writes many critical articles, and also translates from other languages.

The poet died in 1970 and was buried, like most of the Kiev intelligentsia, in the Baikovo cemetery.

Andrei Malyshko: "Pisnya about rushnik"

Despite the fact that during his life the poet published about forty poetic collections in the Ukrainian language, the most famous of his poems, which later became a song - "Pisnya about rushnik" or, as it is sometimes called, "Ridna my mother ...". Music was written by Plato Maiboroda.

For the first time this song was sounded in the film "The Years of Youth" (1958) performed by Alexander Tarants and instantly gained popularity throughout the USSR. D. Bezborodikh translated it into Russian, but most often it is sung in the original language.

In the Ukrainian literature of the twentieth century there are not many such powerful poets as Andrei Malyshko. The biography of this talented person is rather short, he lived only 57 years. However, over the years he managed to write as many inspirational poems as another person could not compose for a thousand years.