Zhdanov, Igor Nikolaevich (poet)

At the publishing house "Soviet Writer" Igor Zhdanov pored over the manuscripts of eminent and third-rate prose writers for a quarter of a century as the senior editor of the department of Russian and Soviet prose. As non-partisan, he was entrusted with the most difficult manuscripts. His fundamental opposition to publishing policy, striving to “keep and not let go” of talented and boldly thinking authors, hindered the publication of his books. Despite this, he worked very carefully with young authors. He helped to become real writers of the very famous writers and poets today.

Relations with the director of the publishing house N. V. Lesyuchevsky were very strained, since Zhdanov publicly accused him of involvement in the massacre of the poet Boris Kornilov , on which in 1937 the director Lesyuchevsky wrote a denunciation ^[1] . After which Kornilov was soon arrested, convicted and executed.

Already under another director, V. Eremenko, in 1984 for editing and patronizing the book of Vladimir prose writer V. Krakovsky “Day of Creation”, as well as for omitting the comma in a quote from the works of V.I. Lenin in the book "If memory serves me right" humorist G. Ryklin and the regular violation of labor discipline, the poet was transferred to the junior editors with a decrease in salary . However, the dismissal of the director of the publishing house at his own request followed immediately. Zhdanov left official literature, settling in a country house without conveniences in the Moscow Region, in Zagoryanka .

For another quarter century, he wrote poetry on the table. So it turned out the posthumous book “Everything Alive”, and soon through the efforts of his daughter E.I. Zhdanova (Titova) appeared electronic versions of the books “Such Fate” and “Notebooks by the Nakhimov’s Zhdanov” ^[2] .

In 2007, critic and literary critic Leonid Khanbekov wrote and published in a separate book the essay "Spent the Time for Me" about the fate and work of Igor Zhdanov.

For his contribution to literature, Igor Zhdanov was posthumously awarded the Medal. K. Simonova .

Member of the joint venture of the USSR since 1965, non-partisan.

Poetic collections:

• 1965 - Parting words
• 1967 - The Border of the World
• 1971 - The Pigeon Post
• 1978 - Double Overtaking
• 1984 - The Open Circle
• 1987 - Outpost
• 2008 - “Everything Alive”

Tales, stories:

• 1963 - Seaside
• 1966 - “Guard Night”

Famous songs of Alexander Andreevich Dulov “Smoky tea”, “Taiga” are written on the verses of Igor Zhdanov.