There are enough personnel in the history of Russian literature.military. The officers were Tolstoy and Kuprin, and the author of Lay and Don was probably aware of the battles not by hearsay. Another representative of this pleiad is the modern Petersburg author Andrei Zagortsev.
The beginning of the way
Андрей Владимирович Загорцев появился на свет 13 April 1974 in the town of Belaya Kalitva, Rostov Region. This town has glorious military traditions - this is where four Heroes of the Soviet Union come from, besides, here is the only monument in Russia to the “Word about Igor's Regiment”. Such an environment could not help but affect the impressionable young man. From his young nails, Andrew was passionately interested in everything related to the army and military affairs.
Andrei Zagortsev: warrior biography
When the time came, Andrew didn’t have much choice.it was - only the army, only a military career. In this difficult field Zagortsev has achieved great success. In the biography of Andrei Vladimirovich Zagortsev, he served in the GRU, the navy and special forces, participated in real combat operations in Transnistria and Chechnya. Zagortsev was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, he is a holder of the Order of Courage and the Order of Military Merit, and was awarded the medals For Courage, For Military Valor and For Service to the Fatherland.
On the writer's path
Write Andrei Zagortsev always loved.In one of the interviews, the future writer recalled that in his childhood he loved to tinker with a pen and paper. At some point, this passion again made itself felt. Lieutenant Colonel Zagortsev realized that he was the bearer of an innumerable set of fascinating and vivid stories that no one else could tell more. And so the idea arose to settle down in St. Petersburg and devote themselves to literature.
Style Issues
The writer himself admits that nothing fundamentallyinnovative in his works there. Andrei Vladimirovich Zagortsev is not a fifth-generation refined intellectual, he does not claim to be the voice of the nation, he is not interested in verbose philosophical and political arguments. The plots of his works are simple and clear. They fit well into one scheme: at first, the heroes get a difficult (otherwise it would be uninteresting!) Combat mission, then carefully plan their actions, and in the final third successfully solve the problem. It would seem simple, but in fact it turns out that in each work of Zagortsev we can find elements of various genres, from a detective story to an intellectual thriller, from an action movie to a tragedy.
Tragic optimism
We should also dwell on the inherent Zagortsevthe manner of narration. The language of the writer is emphasized simple, but it is clear that behind this simplicity is a difficult stylistic work. Thanks to the ease of style and the author's commitment to short, chopped phrases, the reader can follow the development of the plot without much effort. No need to go back and reread incomprehensible places, events develop quickly and dynamically, as it should be in books of this kind.
Speaking about Zagortsev, it is impossible not to mentionproper humor It is no coincidence that people say: "Who served in the army, he does not laugh in a circus." Andrei Zagortsev has an inexhaustible stock of army tales, which he generously inserts into his works. They only benefit from this - even the most tragic moments are perceived with some kind of irrational optimism and cheerfulness.
Andrei Zagortsev in each interview appears beforeWe are a rare zest for life and optimism. What is traced in his works. It seems that this is not an accident - books always bear the imprint of the author’s personality.
Andrei Vladimirovich Zagortsev: Biography of the Writer
Zagortsev began to be published relatively recently.In 2009, his debut book "Vodka Pilots do not give." She talks about the first Chechen war, and all the stylistic features that will be inherent in Zagortsev later are already clearly manifested in it.
In the same year, the Marines Company Book saw the light.In 2011, the author’s most successful and multi-layered book, “The Special Forces of the Third World War. Russian trumps. Here, a deep knowledge of the subject is combined with purely literary virtues - elaboration of characters and skillfully drawn out plot. Even people who were initially skeptical about this book admitted that they swallowed it literally overnight.
Inspired by the success of "Special Forces ...", AndreiZagortsev wrote "Fighting credo". This is the most non-standard work of the author. First, in the center of the narrative here is not a real combat operation, but exercises. Secondly, the extolling power and ingenuity of the Russian soldier Zagortsev rather unexpectedly decided to make the main heroes of staff officers. They were given the task of defeating trained groups of combat bayonets. It seems that they have no chance of success, however, due to good planning and dashing Russian, they are still able to cope with the task.
The underlying thought is that - no matter what position a person holds, it is important that at a critical moment he does not lose his head and be able to use all the hidden reserves.
Creative plans
Недавно Андрею Загорцеву исполнилось 43.The age is very respectable for a military officer, but frankly “infant” for a writer. Ahead of Zagortsev several decades of literary works, to follow which will be very interesting.
"Battle credo" has already marked some kind of evolution.the writer, his craving for more complex issues and deep problems. How to know if the author of militants “for one evening” will turn into a new Tolstoy? After all, he, too, started as a personnel officer ...
