Zharov Alexander: the work of the Soviet poet

Zharov Alexander is a Russian, Soviet poet whose poems are widely known to this day. His works were written in Soviet times, but even today they are relevant.

Biography of the poet

Alexander Zharov was born on March 31, 1904 in the Moscow Region. The poet's father was a simple innkeeper. Zharov Alexander graduated from the Borodino village school, and then entered the Mozhaisk school. In 1917, Alexander Alekseevich became one of the organizers of an educational and cultural circle.

In 1918 Alexander Zharov began to work as a secretary of the Komsomol cell. Until 1925, Alexander holds a leading position in the Komsomol organs, first near his native land - in Mozhaisk, and then he is transferred to Moscow, the Central Committee of the RCYU.

Important dates in the life of the poet

In 1920, Alexander Alexeevich joined the ranks of the Communist Party of the USSR.

In 1921 Zharov began his studies at the Moscow State University at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

In 1922, Alexander joined the ranks of the founders of the Young Writers Association of Writers.

In 1941 Alexander Zharov became the chief correspondent of the magazine "Krasnoflotets".

Creativity of the poet: career dawn

Already in the early school age, Zharov began to get involved in poetry. His first poems of school years were published in the journal "Creativity".

"Alexander Zharov - a poet" - so began to talk about Zharov in 1920. His poetry was very popular in the 1920s and 1940s. Among the amateurs of the young poet's creativity were mostly young people of that time.

The central element of his work was the glorification of Soviet youth. In addition, Alexander Alekseevich considered the party command to be the main precept for the whole of the USSR. These attitudes and principles created the poetic image that is characteristic of Alexander Zharov.

However, as a young and famous, Zharov had ill-wishers. One of them became Vladimir Mayakovsky. His prejudiced opinion is vividly expressed in the statement he dedicated to Alexander Zharov: "Often writers write in a way that is either incomprehensible to the masses, or, if it is understandable, it turns out to be stupid." Such a negative attitude to the creativity of Zharov from Mayakovsky is still unknown.

There is an opinion that in the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita" there is a clear allusion to the song "Blow Up Bonfires". Proceeding from this opinion, the critics concluded that Alexander Zharov became the prototype of the hero of the novel of the poet Ryukhin.

In the 1920s, the uyezd newspaper Golos Farmaka enjoyed great popularity. Often poems of Alexander Alekseevich were published in this newspaper. These poems were very different from the late works of Zharov his ineptitude, but all the lines were imbued with revolutionary heroism, pathos and youthful sharp maximalism.

Creativity of the poet during the Great Patriotic War

During the war, the poet served in the navy. Wherever a poet would have to visit, no matter what he saw, being a kind of creative, Zharov always wrote about his fellow sailors as brave and strong warriors who could go to any feat.

Poet-songwriters and the place of Zharov among them

Despite the fact that Mayakovsky's opinion strongly influenced the public opinion about the work of Alexander Alekseevich, the poet found himself writing songs. His contribution to the Soviet mass song was great. Alexander Alekseevich, like other songwriters of this genre, wrote the best of his musical works from 1930 to 1950. The most famous songs were "Vzheshayte bonfires, blue nights", "Song of the former campaigns" and "Sad Willows."

The song "Harmon", about which Mikhail Svetlov wrote, deserves special love of the public, as if his "Grenada" and Zharovskaya "Harmon" are two sisters who are connected with each other.

The postwar years of life and creativity of Alexander Zharov

Already in the post-war years, when the Russian people needed to take a breath from the war that had just ended, Zharov wrote the song "We are for Peace", which became a kind of anthem of the post-war years.

As well as in verse, in songs Alexander wrote about his native land, the nature of his native land. It should be noted that even after Zharov received a large portion of public approval and recognition, he did not forget his native land. He often came to his native land, read and sang his works to ordinary workers, people from the collective farm and the younger generation.

One of the brightest events in the life of Alexander Zharov was a meeting with Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, of whom he remembered and told many stories.

Just like for the entire Soviet people, the poet's greatest emotions were caused by memories of the war. He told his young listeners about the war times, about the exploits that courageous warriors went on to save their lives and the lives of their people.

September 7, 1984, the poet died at the age of 80 years. Alexander Zharov was buried at the Kuntsevo Cemetery in Moscow.