Alexander Ilyich Leonikov (real last name is Aranovich , November 27, 1926 , Pushkino , Moscow Region - August 26, 2015 , Prague ) is a Soviet and Russian poet [1] , writer , essayist, and publicist . The author of the text "Songs of Journalists" ( 1962 ).
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| Birth name | Alexander Ilich Agranovich |
| Date of Birth | November 27, 1926 |
| Place of Birth | Pushkino , Moscow Region , RSFSR , USSR |
| Date of death | August 26, 2015 (88 years old) |
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia |
| Occupation | poet , writer , essayist, publicist |
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Winner of the Prize of the Union of Journalists of the USSR , three times winner of the Literary Gazette, winner of the Ogonyok. Awarded the Order Badge of Honor , Honorary Badge of the Union of Journalists of Russia “Honor. Dignity. Professionalism ”( 2010 ), with medals. Honored Worker of Culture of the RSFSR ( 1987 ). Ch Union of Writers of the USSR ( 1984 ), Union of Writers of Moscow , Union of Journalists of Moscow .
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Biography
The participant of the Great Patriotic War ( 1944 - 1945 ) [2] . He graduated from the Moscow Law Institute ( 1952 ). He worked in the " Literary Gazette ".
In the sixties - seventies of the XX century. devoted himself to the study and comparative analysis of socio-economic experiments unique in the USSR: self-government in labor collectives (“the Kaluga variant”); election of production managers; “Flexible schedules”: flexible working hours and time banks . [3] . In order to discuss them, a new genre was created in Literaturnaya Gazeta: ZOND - Open polemical tournaments, where the reading teams of supporters and opponents of pioneering ideas were crossed with swords, and the results were evaluated by experts. Member of the "Northern Expeditions of LG" (Surgut-Nefteyugansk, Kolyma , Kamchatka , Sakhalin ). During the years of “Gorbachev perestroika”, he was the chairman of the “Position” discussion club of the Central House of Writers ( TsDL ).
A well-known journalistic anthem is written on his poems: Vano Muradeli “The Song of Journalists” ( 1962 )
Three days to walk, three days not to sleep
For a few lines in the newspaper ...
If you start again, I would choose again
The endless hassle of these ...(These winged words by A. Levikov from “The Song of Journalists” were included in the Dictionary of Quotations of the 20th century [Ex-press, 2002]
Works
Prose
- About time and about yourself. M., 1962 (in collaboration with E. Yakovlev)
- Kolyma and Kolyma, M., 1971 (in collaboration with V. Perevedentsev, A. Smirnov-Cherkezov, V. Travinsky)
- Pimeny XX century: The average city through the eyes of sociologists, journalists and citizens. M., Soviet Russia, 1973 (Man among the people)
- People do. Moscow, Soviet Russia, 1977. - 192 p., 15,000 copies.
- Kaluga option. M., Politidat, 1980. - 392 p., 75 000 copies.
- Kaluga option. M., Politizdat, 1982 (Second edition) - 272 p., 90 000 copies.
- Scales of trust. M., Politizdat, 1983 (Series of artistic-publicistic and popular science publications)
- Chernov and others. M., 1983 (The Writer and Time: a collection of documentary prose)
- Look for yourself until you meet. M., Politizdat, 1987 (Series: Personality. Morality. Education). 376 s., 200,000 copies.
- Formula of mercy. M., 1988 (Library of Znamya magazine)
- Memories of Anatolia Agranovsky. M., 1988 (In the collective collection of the Soviet writer publishing house)
- Arkady Raikin in the memoirs of contemporaries. M., 1997 (In the collective collection of the Arkady Raikin International Fund)
Poetry
- Journalists' Song: verses by A.Levikov - music by V.Muradeli. New lyrical songs. Moscow, 1963
- Out of the cage I let out dreams. Praha, 1999 (Poems, memoirs, pamphlets and parables)
- Chiaroscuro: poems. Russian Prague, 2009 ISBN 80-86811-50-6 [4]
Notes
- ↑ Poems
- ↑ The certificate of the veteran participant of the Great Patriotic War series BB number 187795 issued to Alexander II Agranovich Alexander I.9 on 13.9.2000 in Moscow ; By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 9, 1945, Alexander I. Agranovich was awarded the medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" for participation in the Great Patriotic War; On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in April 1946, the medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" and a certificate for it were presented to the guards junior lieutenant Agranovich Alexander Ilyich and. about. the commander of the 148th Guards Rifle Regiment, Colonel Zaichikov; Literary pseudonym of Agranovich Alexander Ilyich - “Alexander Levikov”: membership card of the Moscow Writers' Union number 2325 dated 04.4.1984.
- ↑ From the history of a major psychological PR project
- ↑ Presentation of the new book by Alexander Levikov
Links
- Alexander Levikov - journalist and poet
- Poetry collection by Alexander Levikov-Radio Prague will be presented in the Pen-club
- Alexander Levikov in the New Year program - Radio Prague 01/01/2011 (not available link)
- The author of the legendary "Song of Journalists" Alexander Levikov
- Alexander Levikov: “I do not want to be small!”
- The author of the famous "Song of Journalists" reads poems on a current topic (Video) (inaccessible link)
- Larisa Dashkova and empty sugar bowls