Many are familiar with the name of Semyon Gudzenko, but few know what life the poet lived, what works he wrote. And what was he really like, Gudzenko Semyon Petrovich, whose brief biography cannot but interest literary critics and lovers of realistic military poetry. If you want to get acquainted with a talented, creative and heroic person - then our article is for you. Her character is Semyon Gudzenko, a biography (briefly) will expand your ideas about a person who is rightly considered one of the leaders of poetry of the forties.
Childhood
In the distant 1922, at the very beginning of the ringing spring, the future poet was born in the ancient Ukrainian city of Kiev. Semen Gudzenko, whose childhood biography is little known, was born in an ordinary family. Semyon's father, Pyotr Konstantinovich, was a civil engineer, mother, Olga Isaakovna, a Jewish Jew, worked as a teacher.
Growing up in an educated, cultural atmosphere, Semen Petrovich Gudzenko, whose biography and creativity, of course, are based on childhood and youthful impressions, was brought up in a love of science, literature, and especially poetry.
Wound
At the age of seventeen, the young man entered the Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature and History (MIFLI). However, the war did not make it possible to complete education.
Semyon Gudzenko, whose biography and life path changed dramatically in the summer of 1941, went to the front line among numerous volunteers. He served honestly and fearlessly, many of his impressions and sensations conveyed in poetic works.
A couple of months after the outbreak of hostilities, Gudzenko's poems began to be published in army periodicals.
A year later, the young poet was seriously wounded by a torn mine. As the writer himself later said, he was always afraid of a fatal wound in the stomach. Better in the arm, leg, shoulder ... But the splinter hit the stomach.
Life After Injury
Immediately after treatment and rehabilitation, the courageous poet did not want to retire and began to work in the newspaper. Now he is a war correspondent. Semyon Gudzenko, whose biography is inextricably linked with the Great Patriotic War, has been on many dangerous business trips. With his own eyes, he saw how they rebuilt Stalingrad, which had been destroyed by the Nazis, and sang the valor and courage of the common people. He walked along military paths in Hungary and the Carpathians, sharing with his readers a description of the picturesque landscapes and the reconstruction of the feat of ordinary soldiers. He covered the storm and capture of Budapest, telling the reading audience about every inch of the conquered land and the Soviet victory.
For his labor and military exploits he was awarded several honorary awards: the Order of the Patriotic War II degree, the Order of the Red Star, as well as the medal "For the Defense of Moscow".
Creative activity
Semyon Gudzenko, whose biography is inextricably linked with creative activity, wrote talented poems based on military events and impressions. His first collection was published in 1944, a year before the end of the war, and was called "Fellow soldiers".
Then other poetry collections followed: “Poems and ballads”, “After the march”, “Transcarpathian verses”, “Battle”.
Semyon Gudzenko, whose poems are imbued with sincere feelings, survived everything that he described in his works. Therefore, his lyrical works are saturated with unprecedented realism and special, courageously sad pain.
The brightest poems
The most vital and piercing works of the poet are his verses "Before the attack" and "Ballad of friendship."
The first work with incredible tragedy and truthfulness tells about the feelings and emotions of a fighter before the start of a battle:
"When they go to death, they sing,
And before that you can cry.
After all, the worst hour in battle is
The hour of waiting for the attack. "
Yes, the soldiers are afraid and cry, they are also scared and bitter. But they overcome fear, doing their duty:
"The fight was short and then
We drowned ice vodka.
And picking out with a knife
From under the nails I’m strangers blood. "
How different is this real soldier's life from the idealized one shown to us-ordinary inhabitants through pink glasses.
The Ballad of Friendship is permeated with lyrical penetration and warmth. Front-line friendship is the strongest and most tested, it is strong and unshakable, it is immediately verified in practice:
"No wonder we cherished friendship,
How the foot soldiers take care
Meter of bloodied land
When they take him in battle. "
The poetic ballad is very similar to the lyric work “In the snow of the hospital’s whiteness”, where the feat of a military doctor, who shed his young hot blood for the salvation of others, was conveyed in bright and vivid words. The selfless act of a young man is regarded as heroic.
The poem "We Will Not Die From Old Age" tells of the hard life after the war of those who survived wounds and injuries. Psychological wounds, mental suffering, physical pain do not pass by and cause severe, sometimes even fatal suffering.
Last days
After the war, Semyon Gudzenko, whose biography is replenished with new creative and personal victories, continued to work as a journalist. In the 1950s, his other new lyric works were published:
- "Far Garrison" (a poem about the daily work of military personnel in Turkmenistan);
- "New Land";
- "The grave of the pilot."
The wound received in the fateful 1942, constantly made itself felt. The disease progressed every month and caused the man a lot of pain and inconvenience.
Knowing that she was mortal, Semyon Petrovich continued to fight for life. He actively wrote, loved to gather friends near him, tried his best to lead a normal active lifestyle. The illness caused incredible physical suffering, but she did not make the poet a gloomy hermit or a gloomy recluse. Bedridden, slowly, painfully dying, Gudzenko continued to be a cheerful romantic and benevolent man. He talked a lot and was keenly interested in the life of society, new achievements and discoveries, the literature and culture of the state.
Even having lost the ability to write independently, the poet composed his immortal poems and dictated them. Semyon Gudzenko died in the winter of 1953.
Personal life
The lyricist of military life was married to Larisa Zhadova, the daughter of a hero of the USSR, who subsequently reached certain heights in the study of the history of art and design.
The poet had a daughter, Katya, who was not even two years old when he died. Subsequently, the girl was adopted by the second husband of Larisa - Konstantin Simonov. Now the daughter of Gudzenko works at Moscow State University and holds the position of head of the department. Doctor of Science, she studies oriental studies.