The fate of Viktor Yuzefovich Dragunsky, a Russian writer, is rather unusual. He was born on November 30, 1913, in exile in New York, where his parents settled in the hope of a better life. This year was one of the most successful in the history of prosperous Russia at that time, and therefore it is quite clear that the Dragunskys returned to their homeland. Victor spent his childhood in Gomel. After graduating from school, he worked as a turner's apprentice at the factory, then, again as a pupil,
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The fate of Viktor Yuzefovich Dragunsky, a Russian writer, is rather unusual. He was born on November 30, 1913, in exile in New York, where his parents settled in the hope of a better life. This year was one of the most successful in the history of prosperous Russia at that time, and therefore it is quite clear that the Dragunskys returned to their homeland.
Victor spent his childhood in Gomel. After graduating from school, he worked as a turner's apprentice at the factory, then, again as a pupil, began to help a grinder at the Sport-Tourism factory, and Dragunsky began his life in art as an actor: he entered the Literary and Theater Workshops.
Victor Dragunsky played in the Theater of Transport, Theater of Satire, and simultaneously took up the pen. A year before the war, in 1940, his first satirical stories and feuilletons were published.
A sense of humor never betrayed Dragunsky, even in the militia: so the Great Patriotic War began for him. Later, the artists performed with front-line concert brigades. From 1948 to 1958, he played in a parody theater: the Blue Bird he invented was akin to cabbages. The same period includes the song creativity of Dragunsky: in co-authorship with L. Davidovich, he wrote “Three Waltzes”, “Heathod”, “Berzońka”, and these works became very popular. In addition, as if overnight, Dragunsky became a prose writer: his understanding of life was reflected in the book "Deniskins Tales".
Much tougher and sharper were the works written by Viktor Yuzefovich for adults. About the infinitely tragic first days of the Great Patriotic War tells the story "He fell on the grass": a young artist dies in the militia. The peacetime hero, the character of the story “Today and Daily”, the clown Nikolai Vetrov, lives at odds with himself. He can run any program brilliantly, but
Outside the arena, he is extremely uncomfortable, he cannot find peace.
The life of the writer ended very early: he died in Moscow on May 6, 1972, before he lived to be 60 years old. His widow, Alla Dragunskaya, in memory of her husband published a book "About Victor Dragunsky". Life, creativity, memories of friends”. /