Born in poltava (now Ukraine) of Russian Empire, Zuo Qinke was a satirist in the Soviet Union. His satirical criticism of social phenomena made him popular from1920s to191930s. However, because zhdanov criticized him from 1946, his works could not be published, so he had to engage in translation. Masterpieces: The Lady, The Strange Phenomenon of the New Economic Policy, The Blue Book, The Adventure of the Monkey, etc.
Chinese name: Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko.
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Place of birth: poltava.
Date of birth:1August 895 10.
Date of death:1July 22, 958
Occupation: writer
Masterpiece: The Lady and the Strange Phenomenon of the New Economic Policy.
Mikhail Zuo Qin Ke
Soviet satirist whose satirical criticism of social phenomena made him popular from1920s to191930s. However, after zhdanov criticized from 1946, his work could not be published and he had to engage in translation.
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Zuo was born in poltava (present-day Ukraine) of the Russian Empire. My father is an artist who designed the exterior decoration for the suvorov Museum in St Petersburg. From 65438 to 0904, the whole family settled in St. Petersburg. 19 13 After graduating from high school, Zuo entered St. Petersburg State University to study law, but failed to graduate because of family and enlistment. He was wounded in the First World War and won the Saint Stanislaus Medal and the Saint Anna Medal. 19 17 was seriously injured in the gas war, causing permanent injuries. After demobilization, he became the head of St. Petersburg post office. Zuo joined the Red Army. 19 19 took part in the battle to defend Petrograd and resist Yudenich's attack. Demobilized in the same year and engaged in various jobs.
Zuo Zai 1920 started writing. 192 1 published the first book, The Story of Mr. Nazar ilych with a Blue Belly, which satirized the common people's habits after the success of the revolution and won the readers' welcome. In the same year, he joined the literary group "Serrapi Weng Brothers" and, together with Zamyatin and others, advocated getting rid of political influence and insisting on independent literary creation. After that, Zochenko continued to maintain his pungent satirical style, created a large number of satirical works based on reality, and criticized many unreasonable phenomena in the new economic policy and industrialization period, among which Micael Xinyakin, written in 1930, had the greatest influence.
After 1930s, Zuochenko's works changed, some of them complied with the political requirements at that time, paid attention to serious social and moral issues, and publicized the role of the * * * production party. For example, the story of a man published by him in 1934 describes the process of a thief returning to an active life after education, and he also wrote a series of stories about Lenin for children. Some of his works, such as Young Demobilized Soldiers (1933) and A Blue Book (1934- 1935), are still ironic. The latter caught Maxim Gorky's attention, saying that he "used humor and lyrical style very harmoniously". Fadeev also compared Zuo with sholokhov and Fei Ding, and thought that they were both excellent writers with unique styles. 1939 Zuo won the Red Flag Labor Medal.
At the beginning of World War II, Zochenko was evacuated to work in Almaty, where he created the war-themed play The Cuckoo and the Crow and the movie novel The Happiness of Soldiers. 1943, he returned to Moscow as a newspaper editor and began to write the novella Before Sunrise, which is semi-autobiographical. He tried to analyze his experience of depression and tragedy through the theories of Freud and Pavlov. 1944- 1946 He works in a theater, and both his plays have been performed, which are very popular.
1In August, 946, the Central Committee of the Bolshevik League (Bolshevik) issued a resolution on the two magazines Star and Leningrad. Zhdanov made a long report in particular, criticizing Anna Akhmatova and Zuo Qin Ke by name, and thought that Zuo's Monkey Adventure (1946) was an article ". Later, with the help of Fadev, Zochenko began to translate to make a living. During the thawing period of Khrushchev, some of his works were reprinted, and Zochenko's situation was improved to some extent.
List of works
Lady (1923), bathhouse (1924), strange phenomenon of new economic policy (1927), Micael Jin Xinya (1930) and a man's story (65438+). Shevchenko (1939) and before sunrise (1943), the second book could not be published because of war and criticism, and the whole book was published in 1972 nearly 30 years later. Adventures of the Monkey (1946)
Chinese translation
The Collection of Left Humor and Satire was translated by Lv Shaozong from Yilin Publishing House 2004, The Key to Happiness (Before Sunrise) from Shanghai Sanlian Bookstore 2009, Before Sunrise from Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House 1997, Lilac bloom from Wu Cunming from Lijiang Publishing House 1984, Ancient Literature and Art Publishing House.
refer to
Biography of foreign famous works (Volume II), edited by Zhang Yinglun, 1980. Jeananalbertbé dé and Milliambenbowedgerton, Columbiadictionary of Modern European Literature, 1980, 0-231-03717-1