In 1974, the Soyuzmultfilm movie studio released a 10-minute animated film, The Hare and the Spring. In the story, the main character, and with it the young spectators, will learn about how the water cycle in nature occurs.
The basis for the cartoon script was the eponymous story by Nikolai Gribachev. Many know this writer and poet as the author of many works for children. However, Gribachev also created a large number of short stories, short stories and poems for an adult audience.
Biography of Nikolai Gribachev
The future writer, whose full name is Nikolai Matveyevich Gribachev, was born on December 19, 1910 in the village of Lopush, which is currently located in the Bryansk region. It is known that the parents of Nikolai Gribachev were peasants.
After graduating from the 7th grade of the school, he entered the irrigation and drainage college of the village of Brasovo, in which he completed his studies in 1932. After that, until 1941, before the start of World War II, Nikolai Gribachev worked as a journalist: first in the city of Petrozavodsk (the newspaper Krasnaya Karelia), then in Smolensk (The Work Way).
In the early years of the war he was commander of a sapper battalion. In 1943, Gribachev became a war correspondent for the front-line newspapers “Battle Comrade” and “Stalin's Banner”.
After World War II, Nikolai Gribachev continued to work in various newspapers and magazines. He served as chief editor of the magazine "Soviet Union" - a monthly socio-political publication.
The writer died at the age of 81 on March 10, 1992 and was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow.
Bibliography
The first poems of Nikolai Gribachev were published during his training at the irrigation and drainage college.
The debut book of the writer, called "North-West", was published in 1935, when he served as head of the editorial department of the "Red Karelia".
During Gribachev’s life in Smolensk several poems were published: “Fate”, “Stepan Elagin”, “Siege”. These and some other works were later combined into a collection of “Poems and Poems,” published in 1939.
During the war, Nikolai Gribachev did not stop writing and created a new poem called "Russia". In the post-war period, the works “Collective Farm“ Bolshevik ”and“ Spring in Victory ”came out of the pen of the writer.
In addition to art publications, Gribachev also authored several articles: “Unconquered Korea”, “Face to Face with America”, and “Desna Beauty”.
At sunset, Nikolai Gribachev began to write fairy tales and short stories for children. At the moment, these are the only works that continue to be reprinted after the death of the writer.
Reviews and criticism
The works of Nikolai Gribachev were often exposed and are still being criticized. In particular, the contemporary Ilya Ehrenburg (Russian writer, poet and journalist) described the poem “Russia” as “overly pathetic”.
However, the leaders liked Gribachev’s work: first, to Stalin, and later to Khrushchev, who took his place. The latter even nominated the writer as a candidate member of the CPSU Central Committee.
When the period of the Khrushchev thaw ended, Nikolai Gribachev was able to earn the respect of the next leader, Brezhnev, who awarded the poet the title of Hero of Socialist Labor.
Awards and prizes
Gribachev is the owner of about 15 different awards, prizes and orders. Most of them were awarded to him for military service (Order of the Red Banner, World War 1 and 2 degrees, Red Star, etc.).
In 1948, the writer was awarded the Stalin Prize of the 1st degree for the poem “The Bolshevik Collective Farm” that was published a year earlier. Soon Gribachev received the same 2nd degree award for his work, Spring in Victory.
In 1960, Nikolai Gribachev was awarded the Lenin Prize for the journalistic book Face to Face with America, co-authored with Soviet journalist Alexei Adzhubey.