ABRAMOV Fyodor

1920 - 1983)

Born on 29 February in the village Verkola Arkhangelsk region into a peasant family. He graduated from rural school.

In 1938 he entered the Leningrad State University. In the early days of World War II went to the people's militia, and during the summer and autumn of 1941 participated in the defense of Leningrad. He was wounded several times, and was treated in hospital. Summer of 1942 he returned to the army, but as nestroevik was left in the rear of political work.

After demobilization, graduated from the university and graduate school, master's thesis on the works of M. Sholokhov.

In 1949 he made his debut in the press as a literary critic.

In 1958 came his first novel F. Abramov's "Brothers and Sisters, spoke about the war years in a remote village in Arkhangelsk

. Until 1960 he taught and headed the Department of Soviet literature at Leningrad State University, and then completely gave literary creation.,

. In 1968, wrote the novel "Two winters and three summers," then "Roads and Crossroads" (1973), which continued the theme of rural
.

In 1975 won the State Prize for his novels, a trilogy made up the "Pryaslins" on the life of the Russian countryside in the war and postwar years.

In different years published acclaimed novel: "Fatherless" (1961), "Pelageya" (1969), "Wooden Horses" (1970), "Alka" (1972).

In the last years of his life went novella Mamoniha "and a collection of short stories" Grass-Marawi ".

Artworks Abramov repeatedly fake to theaters. Died in 1983 Abramov.

After his death were published collections of journalism "The live-fed" (1986), "The word in the nuclear age," "On their daily bread and bread spiritual" (1987). In 1993 - 1994 saw the light of previously published works - "Three Stories," The Life of Maxim (magazine "Aurora").