Laskin, Semyon Borisovich

Born into a Jewish family. He graduated from the 1st Leningrad Medical Institute ( 1956 ). He worked in the hospital. V.I. Lenin and on the "ambulance" in the intensive care unit ( 1956 - 1973 ), published a number of scientific works on cardiology. The first story, Buzhma, was published in the journal Yunost ( 1963 , No. 11). In his scripts, the films “Cases of the Heart” were created ( Mosfilm , 1974 , co-authored with V. Kunin), On the Line Dr. Kulyabkin (Telefilm, 1974 ), and At the End of Summer ( Sverdlovsk Film Studio , 1979 , in et al. G. Ryabkin), “Kindness” ( Gorky Studio , 1979), two-part television shows “The Pain of Others” ( Leningrad Television , 1966 ), “On the Straw Bridge” ( Leningrad Television , 1975). The author of the plays “It was a winter evening” (Sovetsk Theater, 1976 ), “Accelerates” (went to more than thirty theaters, including the Leningrad Academic Comedy Theater , 1980 - 1999 ), “Those who do not like Mozart - do not offer” ( Cheremkhov Drama Theater, 1987 - 1994 ), “Paloomych” (went to ten theaters, including the St. Petersburg Theater “ Baltic House ”, 1992 - 1996 ). The television film “At the End of Summer” at the Monte Carlo contest was awarded the main prize - “Golden Nymph” ( 1980 ).

Semyon Laskin published books: The Pain of Others: A Tale, Stories. - M., " Young Guard ", 1967 ; This damn music: Stories. - M., "Young Guard", 1970 ; Absolute Hearing: A Tale. - L., "Soviet writer", 1976; The chief doctor of the republic. - L., "Children's literature", 1977 ; Sanya Dyrochkin - a family man: A Tale. - L., "Children's Literature", 1979; Alien Past: Tales and Stories. - L., "Soviet writer", 1981 ; On the line Dr. Kulyabkin: Tales. - L., "Soviet Writer", 1986 ; Sanya Dyrochkin - a public man: A Tale. - L., Children's literature, 1988 ; Voice: stories. - L., Lenizdat , 1990 ; Eternity hostage: A roman memory. - L., "Soviet writer", 1991 ; Around the duel: A documentary story. - St. Petersburg, "Education", 1993 ; And the Lord said, saying ...: Roman. - the journal "Neva", 1995 , No. 9-10.

In the last years of his life, Semyon Laskin wrote a lot about artists of the 20th century . In fact, he discovered for the general public the forgotten names of the masters of the Russian avant-garde - V. Ermolaeva , L. Halperin, V. Kaluzhnin, K. Kordobovsky . Books about their work and fate tell: A novel with oddities. - St. Petersburg, Blitz, 1998; Music in ice, or Portrait of artist K. Kordobovsky. - SPb., Diko Petersburg GmbH, 2000 (in co-authorship with his son - Alexander Laskin). S. Laskin also owns the discovery of the "naive" artist N. Makarov, about which he spoke in the documentary novel: Nikolai Makarov - the artist of the sacred heart. - St. Petersburg, "The Old Village", 1996.

Some books and plays by Semyon Laskin are translated into German, Finnish, Estonian and Czech.

After the writer’s death, Tsarskoye Selo magazine No. 2 for 2007 published, found in his archive, the story of the Dyrochkin family - Sana'a, Boris Borisych, Olga Alekseevna, told by Motea, their dog . In the same year, Ivan Krasko , People's Artist of Russia, recorded a cycle of nine programs based on the stories of Semyon Laskin on Radio Petersburg.

• 1963 - Bujma
• 1967 - The Pain of Others
• 1970 - This damn music
• 1976 - Absolute Hearing
• 1977 - Chief Doctor of the Republic
• 1979 - Sanya Dyrochkin - family man
• 1981 - Alien Past
• 1985 - On the line Dr. Kulyabkin
• 1986 - Sanya Dyrochkin - a public man
• 1990 - Voice
• 1991 - Eternity hostage
• 1993 - Around the Duel
• 1995 - And the Lord said, saying ...
• 1996 - Nikolai Makarov - artist of the sacred heart
• 1998 - A novel with oddities
• 2000 - Music in ice, or Portrait of the artist K. Kordobovsky (in co-authorship with A. Laskin)

• 1966 - The Pain of Others
• 1974 - Cases of the heart (in collaboration with V. Kunin) [1]
• 1974 - On the line Dr. Kulyabkin
• 1975 - On the straw bridge
• 1977 - Kindness
• 1979 - At the end of summer (co-authored with G. Ryabkin)

• 1976 - It was a winter evening
• 1980 - Accelerates
• 1987 - Not loving Mozart - do not offer
• 1992 - Paloumych

• Memory: “I am a story writer ...” (inaccessible link)
• From medicine to literature: Laskin’s case (inaccessible link)
• The story of the Dyrochkin family - Sana'a, Boris Borisych, Olga Alekseevna, told by Motea, their dog
• Nevskoe Vremya No. 213 (2095), November 13, 1999
• Site about the life and work of Semyon Laskin