Mikhail Zhestev (real name - Mark Ilyich Levinson ) (October 19, 1902, Kreslavl, Vitebsk province (now Kraslava , Latvia ) - 1983) - Soviet and Russian writer, essayist, journalist.
| Mikhail Zhestev | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Mark Ilyich Levinson |
| Aliases | Mikhail Zhestev |
| Date of Birth | October 19, 1902 |
| Place of Birth | Kreslavl , Vitebsk province (now Kraslava , Latvia ) |
| Date of death | 1983 |
| Citizenship |  |
| Occupation | writer, essayist, journalist |
| Years of creativity | 1929-1983 |
| Direction | peasant prose |
| Genre | novel, story, essay |
| Language of Works | Russian |
Biography
Until 1924 he studied at the Faculty of Economics and Law of the University of Saratov . Since 1928 - an employee of the newspaper Leningradskaya Pravda . He was published in a number of newspapers and magazines, in particular, the Zvezda magazine and the Novgorod newspaper Zvezda.
Creativity
He is the author of essay books and novels, the main theme of which is the events that took place in the life of the village in the early 1930s and today, the fates of peasant families involved in the stream of modern events, including:
- "Day of Great Works" (1929),
- “People at the Stand” (1931),
- “Years and People” (1932),
- “Short stories about feelings”,
- Village Essays (1947),
- “My land” (1949)
- Shelon (novel)
- The Golden Ring (novel, 1933)
- “Tatyana Tarkhanova” (novel, 1962),
- “Glinsky rapids” (novel, 1967),
- "Sisters" (1978) and others.
In the 1930s, M. Zhestev began to write for children.
- storybooks:
- “On the collective farm land” (1950),
- "Discovery" (1951),
- The Little Olenka (short story, 1954)
- "The Adventures of the Little Tractor Driver" (1957). Based on this story by Zhestev, director Tatyana Lukashevich in 1962 directed the film “ Horse Riding ” with actor Savely Kramarov in one of the main roles.
- “Summer Without Vacations” (1968),
- Invisible Roots (1971),