Chingiz Aitmatov: biography, creativity, family

Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov is a writer who created his books in two languages: Russian and Kyrgyz. But his works are read throughout the world, since they are translated into more than one hundred languages.

This writer entered the history of Russian literature more than half a century ago, when one of the most penetrating works of Soviet literature was published - the story of "Jamil." Later it was translated into other languages of the world. It is safe to say that the era of talented Soviet writers ended June 10, 2008, when Chingiz Aitmatov left the life. Biography of a brilliant writer is the topic of this article.

Son of a repressed communist

He was born in 1928 in Kyrgyzstan, in a remote countryside. Aitmatov's parents belonged to the first generation of Communists, who suffered reprisals in the late thirties. The writer's father did not escape arrest. Later in his first novel, Chingiz Aitmatov will reflect these events.

The biography of this man is amazing. A decade later, even Aitmatov could not believe that, as a fourteen-year-old teenager, he could fulfill the duties of the secretary of the Ailsoviet and solve issues that concerned various aspects of rural life. By the beginning of the war, the future writer managed to finish only seven classes. But all the men went to the front. In the villages there were women and children who had to grow up too early.

The Kyrgyz nugget

In the cultural policy of the Soviet period, the guidance was given to the support and development of national literature. Surprisingly, this program was able to identify talented authors whose names became known outside of a huge country. One of these names is Chingiz Aitmatov. The biography of a man who was born in a Kyrgyz village and was the son of a communist arrested in 1938 could not be joyful. With such a fate it is difficult not only to become an outstanding writer, but also to get an elementary education. But in this article we are talking about a real national nugget. Such people are born once in a hundred years.

Common themes

It is worth saying that it is not exclusively the national author Chingiz Aitmatov. His biography is an echo of the tragic events of Soviet history. Therefore, the books created by him are devoted to the themes of universal humanities. They are close not only to the residents of Kyrgyzstan, and not only to those who live in the territory of the post-Soviet space. The works of this author are able to penetrate the soul of everyone, regardless of nationality.

Kirghiz writer and Russian prose

Creativity Chingiz Aitmatov surprisingly joined the works of such Russian authors as Valentin Rasputin and Viktor Astafyev. In the books of all these writers, the following common features are observed: saturation, metaphoricality, total absence of socialist optimism. And it seems strange that a rather pessimistic story "The White Steamer" entered the school program in the seventies.

The writer's father, as already mentioned, was a large Kyrgyz party worker, who was repressed in 1938. That is why the life that Chingiz Aitmatov lived is especially amazing. Biography and creativity of this man was formed in difficult times, but, despite this, in 1952 in the republic began to publish his first works.

Jamila

After the agricultural institute, he worked for three years as the chief animal husbandry scientist at the Livestock Research Institute. And then there were higher literary courses at the Institute. Gorky. And after their graduation, he was able to publish his first famous work Chingiz Aitmatov. The photo of the main character in the film, based on the story of the Kyrgyz writer, can be seen in this article. It's about the work of "Jamil." This story was created in the walls of the hostel on Tverskoy Boulevard. It became significant in the life of Chingiz Aitmatov, because he brought him fame not only at home, but also abroad. The book was translated into all European languages, and on the shelves of Parisian bookstores it appeared thanks to the work of Louis Aragon himself.

"Jamila" is the story of a young woman, who at first glance harmoniously fits into the Soviet ideology. The heroine Aitmatova breaks with the ancestral past, in order to start a new bright life. However, this book is also an extremely sad love story. The same can be said about the work "My Poplar in a Red Kerchief".

More straightforward was the story "The First Teacher", in which the horrors of patriarchal violence were depicted by Chingiz Aitmatov. Photos from the filming of the same film by Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky is presented below. The name of the Kyrgyz writer thundered throughout the country when he was not yet forty.

"Mother's field"

In 1963, another heartfelt story about the fate of a mother who lost her sons was published. Writer Chingiz Aitmatov knew about the hard life of women in the war years. In addition, he knew the hardships of village life not by hearsay. But when reading the story "Mother's Field" it still seems surprising that the man created it. With extraordinary authenticity and bitterness, he conveys the thoughts of a woman whose sons have not returned from the front. In this work there is no patriotic pathos. It is not about a great victory, but about the grief of a small man - a woman who finds strength only in her love. Even when the husband and three sons die, she is in her heart warm and tender to the child of another.

Great prose

What else is known about a man named Chingiz Aitmatov? Biography, family, personal life of this person are inextricably linked with his literary work. It is known that a writer with a world name did not make a fortune. After death there was only a house in which the most valuable is the literary works and rewards of Aitmatov. All the money he earned, the writer invested in the education of children. Writer Chingiz Aitmatov, whose biography, undoubtedly, was reflected in his books, was extremely sensitive to family values. And this is difficult to doubt after reading the works that brought him world fame.

He went extremely long to great prose. The first truly great novel was the work "And the day lasts for more than a century". This heartfelt book was published in 1980. It is dedicated to love and suffering, happiness and pain. In the novel, the author achieved true mastery. After writing this book, Aitmatov was rightly called modern philosopher. Experiencing his heroes, the author in the novel "And more than a century lasts a day" conveyed with such authenticity and sincere pain that it seems that he knew the sensations of a person suffering from a totalitarian regime and preferring death to parting with his wife and children.

Poetic prose

By the time the first novel was published, behind Aitmatov's back was already the publication of such works as The White Steamer, The Piebald Dog Running the Edge of the Sea, etc. And, despite the fact that this writer was accepted Consider one of the representatives of socialist realism, in his book there is an extraordinary poetry. They have a carefully arranged text and lack any ideology of the work that Chingiz Aitmatov created.

The biography, which is summarized in the article, highlights only the main events. It may seem that the writer's creative path was extremely easy. However, this is a deceptive impression, because to each of his works Aitmatov went on a long painful road.

Soviet bestseller

The most significant work of Aitmatov was published in 1986 "Plaka". In this novel, the author spoke for the first time about what was previously a closed topic: about faith, about drug addiction and about cruelty, which has already ceased to amaze people. After the publication of this work, Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov was counted among almost literate celibates.

A brief biography of this writer includes the lightning success of this book, behind which long queues stood in stores. "Plakh" was transferred from hand to hand. About her they spoke at every step. Aitmatov's book became a bestseller.

No subsequent work by this writer had such success. And it's not that they were worse, but in the fundamental changes that have taken place in society. The first readers of "Plaka" were representatives of the outgoing era, for which literature was of particular importance. The subsequent works did not enjoy such wide success. And it, more likely, speaks about spiritual poverty of a modern society in which it is accepted to allocate the literature to function entertaining.

For the post-Soviet period, Aitmatov's works include works such as Tasso Cassandra, The White Cloud of Genghis Khan, Childhood in Kyrgyzstan, When the Mountains Fall.

In 2006, together with his associates, the writer established a charitable foundation whose activities were aimed at the development and dissemination of the Russian language in the post-Soviet countries.

Personal life

The first wife of the writer was a girl who later became a well-deserved doctor of Kyrgyzstan. Her name was Kerez Shamshibaeva. Before death, this woman bequeathed to her sons to honor and respect their father. Children kept their promise to their mother. However, Aitmatov, according to acquaintances, and close people until the last days of his life, blamed himself for having left Kerez. The writer went to another woman when he was at the zenith of glory. The second wife of the writer is Maria Urmatova, from whom Aitmatov had a daughter and a son.

Unknown novel

After the death of the writer, relatives discovered in his office a manuscript of a work that no one had previously known about. The novel is dedicated to the events of the construction of the Chui Canal. The protagonist is one of the builders. Daughter Aitmatova suggested that the writer did not dare publish this work, because it was too liberated for his time. But relatives hope that soon it will be published and translated into other languages.

Aitmatov and the cinema

The influence of this writer's work on Russian literature is well known. It has become the subject of study and the topic of numerous articles. However, its influence on film art is no less strong. A lot of films were shot on Aitmatov's works. The most famous of them are:

• "Pass".
• "First teacher".
• "Jamila".
• "Mother's field".
• The White Steamer.
• "Buranniy stop".
• "Farewell, Gyulsary!".

In 2008, from the set where the work on the film was made based on the novel "And the day lasts for more than a century", the writer was hospitalized. Aitmatov was diagnosed with acute pneumonia. Later he was transferred to one of the clinics of Nuremberg. Chingiz Aitmatov died in Germany, he was buried near the capital of Kyrgyzstan, in the Ata-Bayit historical-memorial complex.

Aitmatov's work was marked by a number of awards, but his main achievement was the love of readers. At the funeral of the classic Russian and Kyrgyz literature, so many people gathered, that the crush almost turned into a tragedy. In May 2008, the writer was planned to nominate for the Nobel Prize. Unfortunately, Aitmatov did not have time to receive it.