Writer Arkady Averchenko: biography, creativity and interesting facts

After the revolution, many wonderful poets and prose writers left Russia. One of them was Arkady Averchenko. The biography of this writer is rather sad, as well as the life of many Russian emigrants, forced to live out their century away from the Motherland.

Childhood

His early years, the satirist reflected in the work created in an inimitable style "Autobiography." Since childhood, Arkady Averchenko, whose biography, like life, ended quite early, due to a severe congenital disease, had poor eyesight. He was born in Sevastopol in 1881. The father of the future writer was a middle-class merchant. But to get a decent education Averchenko failed. The fault was the same ailment. In a sense, the son of a merchant of Sevastopol can be called a nugget. After all, the gaps in education, he was able to fill thanks to natural abilities, perseverance and the desire for knowledge.

Adolescence

However, there was not much time to study in Averchenko's youth. His biography says that the life of this man has developed in such a way that already at the age of fifteen the teenager had to earn his own bread. First he acted as a scribe in the Sevastopol transport office. Then there was a service at one of the mines in Donbass. Arkady Averchenko reflected the first labor experience in his early work. The biography of this person is known to everyone who is familiar with the works of a satirist. The stories "Autobiography" and "About the ship horns" are written in a light humorous style. Averchenko's works, though they do not have great literary value, are created with a subtle satire, which the author has always been able to direct not only towards others, but also to himself.

Donbass mine

At the Bryansk mine, the future writer was sixteen years old. Here he worked for four years. And, of course, life experience and communication with employees in the miner's office could not serve as material for writing the following stories. In the works of Molniya and Vecher, the young writer Averchenko reflected his life at the mine. The biography of this man, as already said, is rather short. But at the same time it is very rich. In just twenty years he changed several cities, both Russian and foreign.

Kharkiv

In 1900, Averchenko left the Donbass. He goes to Kharkov, where he begins his creative career. In one of the local newspapers at the beginning of the century appears his first story. The work was called "How I insured my life." But not this story his literary debut considered Averchenko. A brief biography of the writer, written by himself, says that in the Kharkov period he completely abandoned the service and devoted much time to literary creation. And it was during these years that the story "Righteous" was written.

Work in the Journal

About a year the hero of our narration worked in the Kharkov satirical magazines. According to the memoirs of friends and relatives, Arkady Averchenko was extremely unlucky person. Biography (brief) of this writer is not accidentally stated in the book of Alexander Vek "Great losers."

In magazines "Shtyk" and "Sword" Averchenko regularly published his small works, which readers enjoyed popularity. But for some reason a year later the young writer was fired with the words: "You are not fit for a devil, although a good person." And he left Kharkov, without paying any money debts, which he strangely appeared in a very short time.

St. Petersburg

In the capital Arkady Averchenko at first worked primarily in third-rate publications. But here, at last, he got recognition. In St. Petersburg, luck smiled at him. Employees of the magazine "Dragonfly", which at that time was losing its subscribers, decided once to organize a new periodical. Among the organizers was Arkady Averchenko.

This magazine was called "Satyricon". And Averchenko himself became the editor-in-chief. The biography and creativity of the writer is closely connected with this satirical magazine. It was here that the most famous stories appeared. "Satyricon" became extremely popular, primarily thanks to the works of Averchenko. While working in this magazine, the writer was able to find his own style. However, in the stories that were published in the Satyricon, there was a political focus. Averchenko was repeatedly tried. However, on the popularity of his literary creations, this affected the most favorable manner.

In 1911, Averchenko traveled to European cities. He organizes the trip together with his colleagues. A journey through Europe inspires him to write a satirical essay. Work in the journal writer combined with the review of high-profile theatrical productions. But he used to write his critical articles with various pseudonyms.

October Revolution

After the coup, everything changed. "Satyricon" was closed by the Bolsheviks. The new authorities did not like the staff of the magazine. Which, however, was mutual. Suddenly Averchenko Arkady Timofeevich turned from a prominent literary figure into a fugitive and political criminal . His biography after the revolutionary events was quite intense. He published stories, published books. However, the intensive creative upsurge, which was characteristic of the St. Petersburg period, was no longer in his life.

In order to get to his native city, the writer had to make his way through the Ukrainian cities occupied by German troops for a long time. In Sevastopol, he did not work long in a local magazine. When the Bolsheviks entered the city, he miraculously managed to get on the last steamer going to Constantinople.

Emigration

The first years abroad for Averchenko were fruitful. In Constantinople there were a lot of Russians at that time. And in Paris, where a few months after the emigration went Averchenko, he found like-minded people. In France, no one limited his freedom. The publication of anti-Bolshevik literature was then in vogue. And Averchenko wrote several satirical pamphlets dedicated to the new Soviet power. These works were collected in one edition. Even Lenin himself drew attention to them, calling the book "talented", and its author - "the embittered White Guard."

Czech Republic

In 1922, Averchenko moved to Bulgaria, then to Belgrade. After that he lived for several months in Prague. In the Czech Republic, it instantly gained popularity. However, far from his homeland, his life became increasingly difficult. In the last, later period, he wrote several works devoted to nostalgia for Russia. One of them is the story "Tragedy of the Russian writer".

In 1925, the writer's health deteriorated sharply. He had an operation that complicated the heart. In the same year, Arkady Averchenko passed away. The Russian satirist writer is buried in the Prague cemetery. His last work was the novel "The Joke of the Patron". This work was written two years before the author's death, but was published in 1925.