Irina Velembovskaya - Soviet writer,author of works in the genre of "female prose." Several of her books were filmed. In addition, each film based on the work Velembovskoy, became a real movie masterpiece. Perhaps the whole thing is that the heroines of this writer are close to the audience, because they are simple women suffering from loneliness, unsettled life and other life adversities.
early years
Irina Velembovskaya was born on February 24, 1922,in an intelligent family. Until nineteen she lived in Moscow. According to the memoirs of the writer, she already at an early age mastered the parent library: she read Ostrovsky, Gogol, Pushkin, Turgenev, Chekhov. My father was a lawyer by education, a first-wave Communist. Mother was in charge of a bookstore. Irina Velembovskaya's childhood was happy. However, in 1938, everything changed.
Father arrested on the 58th article.Mother immediately fired from work. Irina was no longer able to continue her education: the family was in distress. Ira went to work, and three years later, when the war began, she graduated from the nurse’s courses and volunteered for the front.
War
Irina Wielembovskaya worked for several monthsin hospital. This period she later reflected in her story "Marisha Ogon'kova". But soon the girl was arrested on ridiculous charges. Until the end of the winter of 1942, Velembovskaya was kept in the Lower Turin prison. Then she worked at one of the factories located in the Urals. She worked for a while both at the gold-platinum mine and at logging sites. "Forest history", "Minor", "More expensive than gold", "Larion and Barbara" - all these works reflect the events in the life of the author.
In 1944, the writer metprototypes of the heroes of their future novel "The Germans". The fate of this work, like its author, is not easy. The first part of the novel was published in the early fifties. Fully the work was published only twelve years after the death of Velembovskaya - in 2002.
Return to Moscow
В 1946 году Ирина Велембовская вернулась в родной city. But the house was actually no longer there. From the parent apartment made communal. A distant relative sheltered Irina, and she helped with the work. First Velembovskaya worked as a janitor at the school, then got a job at a furniture factory. The heroine of this article worked in nurseries and in a toy factory. Then she returned to school again, but to the position of an accountant. Irina Velembovskaya entered the Literary Institute in 1957. She was then 35 years old.
Gradually works Velembovskoy beganappear in literary magazines. But the topics she touched did not suit the censors. Books were published, but with a squeak. However, in 1965, a film was released on the work of Irina Velembovskaya "Women". This picture was not just a hit. She entered the golden collection of Soviet cinema. And in the late seventies were based on the books Velembovskoy films "Sweet Woman", "Young Wife."
Works
Below is a complete list of books written by Irina Welembovskaya:
- "Women".
- "Forest History".
- "Behind a stone wall".
- "Third Semester".
- "Sweet woman".
- "View from the balcony".
- "Germans".
- "Family matters".
- "Varvarin day".
Screen adaptation
Works Velembovskoy were transferred toPolish, German, Hungarian. In the Soviet Union, her name was widely known after the film adaptation of the story "Women". In the picture, outstanding actresses played - Inna Makarova, Nina Sazonova, Galina Yatskina. Great success enjoyed the film "Sweet Woman". The leading woman, Natalya Gundareva, was named Actress of the Year. Two years later, Anna Kamenkova, who played the main character in the film based on the novella Young wife, received the same title.
Irina Velembovskaya died in 2002. She was buried in the northwest of the capital, at the Golovinsky cemetery.
