Many people know the name of Semen Gudzenko, but fewknows what life the poet lived, what works he wrote. And what really was he himself, Gudzenko Semen 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 hero is Semyon Gudzenko, a biography will (briefly) expand your ideas about a person who is rightly considered one of the leaders of poetry in the forties.
Childhood
Back in 1922, at the very beginning of the ringingspring, in the ancient Ukrainian city of Kiev was born the future poet. Semyon Gudzenko, whose childhood biography is obscure, was born in an ordinary family. Semen's father, Peter Konstantinovich, was a construction engineer, his mother was Olga Isaakovna, a Jew by nationality, worked as a teacher.
Growing up in an educated, cultural atmosphere,Semen Petrovich Gudzenko, whose biography and work, naturally, is based on children's and youthful impressions, was brought up in the love of science, literature, and especially poetry.
Wound
At the age of seventeen, a young man entered the Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature and History (MIFLI). However, the war did not give an opportunity to complete education.
Semyon Gudzenko, biography and life pathwhose abruptly changed in the summer of 1941, among numerous volunteers went to the front. He served honestly and fearlessly, and conveyed many of his impressions and feelings in poetic compositions.
A couple of months after the outbreak of hostilities, Gudzenko's poems were published in army periodicals.
A year later, the young poet was seriously injured by a broken mine. As the writer himself later said, he was always afraid of being fatally wounded in the stomach. Better in the arm, leg, shoulder ... But a fragment fell into the stomach.
Life after injury
Immediately after treatment and rehabilitation, courageousthe poet did not want to go to rest 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, visited many dangerous missions. He saw with his own eyes how they rebuilt Stalingrad, destroyed by the fascists, and sang the valor and courage of the common people. He walked along the military paths through Hungary and the Carpathians, sharing with his readers a description of the picturesque landscapes and recreating the feat of ordinary soldiers. He covered the assault and the 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: Order of the Patriotic War, II degree, Order of the Red Star, as well as the medal "For the Defense of Moscow."
Creative activity
Semyon Gudzenko, whose biography is inextricablyconnected with creative activity, wrote talented poems based on military events and impressions. His first collection was released in 1944, a year before the end of the war, and was called "Brother-Taps".
Then came other poetry collections: Poems and Ballads, After the March, Transcarpathian Poems, and Battle.
Semyon Gudzenko, whose poems are imbuedsincere feelings, survived all that is described in his works. Therefore, his lyrical compositions are imbued with unprecedented realism and special, courageously sad pain.
The most vivid poems
The most vital and poignant works of the poet are his poems "Before the attack" and "The Ballad of Friendship."
The first work with incredible tragedy and truthfulness tells about the feelings and emotions of a fighter before the start of the battle:
"When they go to death, they sing,
And before that you can cry.
After all, the worst hour in battle -
An hour of waiting for an attack. "
Yes, the soldiers are afraid and crying, they are also scared and bitter. But they overcome fear by fulfilling their duty:
"The fight was short and then
Silenced vodka ice.
And picked out with a knife
From under the nails, I am someone else's blood. "
How different is this real soldier's life from the idealized, shown to us — ordinary inhabitants, through rose-colored glasses.
"Friendship Ballad" is imbued with lyrical penetration and warmth. Front-line friendship is the strongest and proven, it is strong and unshakable, it is immediately verified in practice:
"It’s not for nothing that we took care of the friendship
How the infantrymen cherish
Meter of the bloody land,
When they take him in fights. "
The poetic ballad is very similar tothe lyrical work “On the snow of the whiteness of the hospital”, where bright and lively words conveyed the feat of a military doctor who shed his young hot blood for the sake of others. The selfless act of a young man is regarded as heroic.
The poem "We will not die of old age"tells of the hard life after the war of those who survived injuries and injuries. Psychological wounds, mental suffering, physical pain do not pass by and cause severe, sometimes even deadly 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 released:
- "The Far Garrison" (a poem about the daily labors of servicemen in Turkmenistan);
- "New Territories";
- "Pilot's grave".
The wound received in the fateful 1942, constantly made itself felt. The disease progressed with each passing month and caused the man a lot of pain and inconvenience.
Зная, что она смертельна, Семен Петрович continued to fight for life. He was actively writing, he loved to gather friends around him, he tried his best to lead a normal, active lifestyle. The illness caused immense physical suffering, but she did not make the poet a gloomy recluse or a gloomy recluse. Chained to a bed, slowly, painfully dying, Gudzenko continued to remain a cheerful romantic and benevolent person. He communicated a lot and was keenly interested in the life of society, new achievements and discoveries, 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 Jadova, the daughter of the USSR hero, who later reached certain heights in studying the history of art and design.
The poet had a daughter Katya, who did not have twoyears when he died. Subsequently, the girl was adopted by the second husband of Larisa - Konstantin Simonov. Now daughter Gudzenko works at Moscow State University and holds the position of head of the department. PhD, she studies oriental studies.
