Brandt, Lev Vladimirovich

Born in Rechitsa (now - in the Gomel region , Belarus ) in the family of a railway employee and a peasant ^[1] .

Since 1918 he participated in the Civil War . In 1924 he graduated from the Law Faculty of Leningrad University , in 1929 - the director's department of the Institute of Performing Arts (he studied simultaneously with Cherkasov , Chirkov , Zarubina , Junger ) ^[1] .

Since 1929 he worked at the State Drama Theater. A. S. Pushkin under the leadership of L. S. Vivien , but the director's career did not work out ^[1] .

In 1937 he was arrested, deported to the village of Kilmez (Kirov region) . He returned in 1940, lived in Tolmachevo (Leningrad Region) ^[1] .

With the beginning of the war, he fought on the Leningrad Front; in the Nevsky Dubrovka area he was severely shell-shocked, after treatment demobilized ^[2] . In 1943, re-drafted into the army; as the quartermaster of the field hospital, he participated in battles near Luga. Demobilized in March 1945 ^[1] .

He lived in Pskov , worked as the head of the song and dance ensemble, and recreated the Pskov Philharmonic . He repeatedly visited the Pushkin Mountains , participated in the annual celebrations of the Pushkin days ^[1] .

In the spring of 1949 he got cancer, died on September 12 of the same year. He was buried (presumably) at the Bolsheokhtinsky cemetery in St. Petersburg ^[1] . Rehabilitated in 1956 ^[1] .

Family

Wife - Tamara Fedorovna Ender, choreographer.

• sons - Peter (b. 1947, Pskov), poet ^[1] ; Andrew ^[3] .

After the death of L. V. Brandt, they moved to Leningrad ^[1] .

In the 1930s he wrote plays, sketches ^[4] ; collaborated with writers Eugene Ryss and Vsevolod Voevodin . The first story, Decree-2 (later Bracelet-2), was published in 1936 and enjoyed success with many horse lovers (including Marshal Budenny ).

During his life in Pskov, he published critical articles in the local newspapers about theatrical productions, stories and essays.

After the writer’s rehabilitation, his books have been reprinted more than once ^[1] .

Selected Publications

• Brandt L.V. White Thurman: [Stories]. - L .: Owls. writer, 1941 .-- 280 p. - 10,000 copies.
• Brandt L.V. Bracelet II: [Story: For Wednesdays. and Art. age]. - M .; L .: Publishing house and the 2nd f-ka det. Detgiz's books in L., 1949. - 94 p. - 30,000 copies.
  • Bracelet 2; [Pirate; Seraphim Island: Tales: For art. age]. - L .: Detgiz, 1957. - 191 p. - 30,000 copies.
  • Bracelet 2: three stories and two stories. - St. Petersburg: Detgiz, 2008 .-- 287 p. - (Contents: Pirate: The Tale; Seraphim Island: The Tale; Golden Eagles: The Story; Faina: The Story; Bracelet 2: The Story). - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-8452-0357-1
• Brandt L.V. Seraphim Island: Tales. - L .: Owls. writer, 1959.- 298 p. - (Content: Bracelet 2; White Thurman; Seraphim Island; Pirate). - 30,000 copies.
  • - M .; L .: Sov. writer, 1963. - 304 p. - (Content: Bracelet 2; White Thurman; Golden Eagles; Seraphim Island; Pirate). - 100,000 copies.
• Brandt L.V. Pirate: [novels and short stories]. - St. Petersburg: Amphora, 2015 .-- 348 + 2 s. - (In the animal world: weekly publication; issue No. 4 (4), 2015). - (Contents: story: Bracelet II; Seraphim Island; White Thurman; Pirate; short stories: Golden Eagles; Faina). - 10045 copies. - ISBN 978-5-367-03774-6

Films

• “ Bracelet-2 ” (based on the novel of the same name) - Lenfilm , 1967; directors L. I. Tsutsulkovsky and M. I. Shamkovich , script A. A. Shulgina and V. V. Mikhailova .
• " The island of Seraphim " (based on the story of the same name) - Lentelefilm , 1978; Director O. P. Eryshev , script by Y. Y. Printsev and V. Toropygin.

The talent of L. V. Brandt was admired by Mikhail Zoshchenko and Olga Bergholz ^[5] .

Some critics even said that the Bracelet is one of the top three Russian horses along with the Emerald Kuprin and Tolstoy’s Holstomer.

- Sergey Mahotin ^[5]

In Pskov - Riga Avenue , Building 5 ^[1] .

• Brandt Lev Vladimirovich (1901-1949) (neopr.) . Centralized library system. Date of treatment March 19, 2016.