Sergey Milich Rafalsky ( August 19 (31), 1896 , v. Holonovo, Vladimir district - November 13, 1981 , Paris) - Russian poet, novelist, publicist of the first wave of emigration.
| Sergey Rafalsky | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Sergey Milich Rafalsky |
| Date of Birth | August 19 (31) 1896 |
| Place of Birth | with. Kholonova, Vladimir district , Volyn province , Russian Empire (now the village of Holonov , Gorokhovsky district , Volyn region , Ukraine ) |
| Date of death | November 13, 1981 (85 years old) |
| Place of death | Paris |
| Occupation | prose writer, poet |
| Years of creativity | 1921-1981 |
| Language of Works | Russian |
Biography
Born in the family of an Orthodox priest. In 1914 he graduated from high school in Ostrog and entered the law faculty of St. Petersburg University ; in the spring of 1917 transferred to Kiev University of St. Vladimir . He worked as secretary of the Party of National Freedom . In 1918, a member of the editorial board of the magazine "Bohemia" in Ostrog, where his poems first appeared.
During the Civil War was on Polish territory. In early 1921, he enrolled in the definition of the Third Russian Army, General B. S. Permikin , who was subordinate to P. N. Wrangel . Soon the army was disbanded, its remnants were interned by the Poles in prison camps. Rafalsky managed to escape from the train between Zbarazh and Ternopil and return to Ostrog, which was ceded to Poland by the Riga Peace Treaty . He was a member of the "People’s Union for the Defense of the Homeland and Freedom" B.V. Savinkov .
In mid-November 1921 he moved to Prague , where in 1924 he graduated from the Russian Law Faculty in Prague . In December 1921, together with N. Dzevanovsky, he founded the Literary and Artistic Circle at the Cultural and Educational Department of the Union of Russian Students in the Czechoslovak Republic. On the initiative of Rafalski , AL Bem , who came from Warsaw , was invited to the circle, with the arrival of which the circle was transformed into the “ Skit of Poets ” which became famous. In the 1920s, he was actively published as a poet and journalist in the magazines "Spolekhi", "Chimes", "Student Years", "In His Ways", "The Will of Russia", the newspaper "For Freedom!". Was close to the Smenovekhov people .
In the late 1920s, he attempted to return to Russia, but a consular officer warned him that there he would likely be subjected to reprisals. Having received a formal refusal, he left for Paris with his wife in 1930. He worked as a decorator in the workshop of D. Knut , in a photo studio. From public and literary activities gradually departed.
From the second half of the 1950s he returned to literature, published articles, poems, stories. Since 1958, a permanent employee of the New York newspaper New Russian Word , since 1967 - the Parisian Russian Thought .
Three years after his death in London, his memoirs “What was and what was not. Instead of memories.
Works
- Class of creative thought // “Beyond the Line”, Praha, No. 1, 1922
- The temptation of father Athanasius // "Renaissance", No. 59, 1956
- Outline: Poems. Int. article by E. M. Rice . - Paris: Albatross, 1983.
- What was and what was not: Instead of memories / Entry. article by B. Filippov. - London: Overseas Publications Interchange Ltd, 1984.
- Nikolin bor. - Paris: Albatross, 1984.
- Their memory ...: Articles. - Paris: Albatross, 1987.
Literature
- Kazak V. Lexicon of Russian literature of the XX century = Lexikon der russischen Literatur ab 1917 / [trans. with him.]. - M .: RIK "Culture", 1996. - XVIII, 491, [1] p. - 5000 copies - ISBN 5-8334-0019-8 .