Eugene Permyak - the famous Soviet writer and playwright. Evgeny Andreevich turned in his work both to serious literature reflecting social reality and the relationship of people, and to children’s. And it was the latter that brought him the greatest fame.
Eugene Permyak: biography
Permyak is the author's pseudonym, his real name was Vissov. Evgeny Andreyevich Vissov was born in 1902, on October 31, in the city of Perm. However, in his first year of life he was sent with his mother to Votkinsk. In childhood, the future author returned to his hometown, stayed with relatives, but the visits were short and rare. Most of his childhood and young years, little Zhenya spent in Votkinsk.
Even before Zhenya went to school, he had to visit the Votkinsk plant more than once, where his aunt worked. The writer himself said that he had glanced at the open-hearth furnaces rather than the ABC book, and had made friends with instruments before he even got acquainted with the multiplication table.
Job
In Votkinsk, Eugene Permyak graduated from high school, and then joined the Kupinsky meat processing station as a clerk. Then he managed to work at the Perm candy factory Record. At the same time, he tried to get a job as a proofreader in the newspapers Krasnoye Prikamye and Zvezda. He printed articles and poems, subscribing as "Master Nepryakhin." He was appointed director in the drama club at the working club to them. Tomsky.
Soon in Votkinsk, Eugene also received a correspondent ticket (1923), which was issued in the name of Vissov-Nepryakhin.
Higher education
In 1924, Eugene Permyak (then Vissov) entered the University of Perm at the socio-economic department of the Faculty of Education. He explained his desire to get a higher education by the fact that he wanted to work in public education. Entering the university, Eugene with the head went into social activities. He was engaged in various club work, took part in organizing a circle of the so-called Live Theatrical Newspaper (ZhTG), which was very popular in those years.
Later, in 1973, Eugene Permyak will warmly recall the years spent at the university. He will give a special place to the memories of the ZHTG, tell that the students called her the “Forge”. The name is due to the fact that Perm University was the only one in the Urals. And it was he who became the place where chemists, doctors, teachers, etc. "forged".
Newspaper issue
Each issue of the new “Forge” issue became a real sensation for the university. Firstly, because the newspaper has always been topical. Secondly, criticism in it has always been bold and very merciless. And thirdly, it was always very spectacular. The fact is that ZhTG was a newspaper that was presented only on stage. Therefore, viewers could also enjoy music, songs, dances and recitations. A large university hall gathered for each graduation, and there were no empty seats. In addition, the newspaper often traveled with issues. Live newspaper was very popular.
The stories of Eugene Permyak, and he himself as a writer, were then unknown. But his social activities did not go unnoticed. Often the student was sent to the All-Union Congress of Club Workers, held in Moscow, where he represented his PSU.
However, despite all this, student life itself was not easy. Despite the scholarship and small fees for newspaper articles, there was still very little money. Therefore, Vissov earned extra money. Only one place of his work for this period is known for certain - the water utility, where he served as controller of the water supply system throughout the summer of 1925.
Capital
After graduating from the university, Evgeny Andreevich went to the capital, where he began his career as a playwright. Very soon he received recognition thanks to the plays "Rolling", "The forest is noisy." They were delivered and walked on almost all the stages of the country.
During World War II, the writer was evacuated to Sverdlovsk. In this city he spent all the war years. In those years, many other famous writers were also evacuated there: Agnia Barto, Lev Kassil, Fedor Gladkov, Olga Forsh, Ilya Sadofiev and others. Permyak was familiar with many of them.
In those years, the stories of Yevgeny Permyak became known. Therefore, it is not surprising that P.P. Bazhov, who headed the Sverdlovsk organization of writers, often invited Evgeny Andreevich to visit him. Soon, their conversations about the craft of writing grew into friendships.
The writer died in Moscow in 1982, on August 17.
Eugene Permyak: stories for children and other works
The years lived in Votkinsk, Perm and Sverdlovsk were reflected in such works of the writer as:
- "High steps";
- "The ABC of our life";
- "Childhood of Mauritius";
- "Grandfather's piggy bank";
- “Solvinskie memorials”;
- "Memorable knots."
Permyak paid much attention to the topic of labor, it was especially acute in novels:
- "Last frosts";
- "The Tale of the Gray Wolf";
- The Kingdom of Quiet Lutoni, etc.
In addition, Permyak owns a number of books for children and youths:
- "Grandfather's piggy bank";
- "Who to be?";
- "Lock without a key";
- "From the fire to the boiler", etc.
But the most popular tales of the writer. The most famous of them:
- "Magic colors";
- “Another's gate”;
- "Birch Grove";
- "Tricky rug";
- “Missing threads”;
- “About the hasty marten and patient tit”;
- "Candle";
- "Two";
- "Who grinds flour?";
- "Dissatisfied person";
- "Small galoshes";
- The Golden Nail
- “For all the colors of the rainbow”;
- "Kite".
Features of creativity
The main attention was paid to the pressing problems of society Evgeni Permyak. The writer's books have always reflected the problems of modern times. Even his tales were close to reality and saturated with political overtones.
In terms of ideology and art, the novels were based on a clash of events and characters that reflect the spirit of the times. For Permyak, modernity was not the background, but the main content, which determined the conflicts of the narrative and formed an entire system. The author combined in his work topicality, lyricism and at the same time satire. For this, he was often reproached for publicity and excessive sharpening of characters and situations. However, Permyak himself considered this a merit of his works.