<FONT COLOR="#333366">B>Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov</B></FONT> was born in 1907 in Vologda in the family of a priest. In his youth he was fond of the ideas of the Narodolists, passionately read everything from Dumas to Kant.
In 1924 he left Vologda for Moscow. In 1926 he entered MSU at the faculty of Soviet law. On February 19, 1929, Shalamov was arrested for distributing Lenin’s will – “Letters to the Congress” – and sentenced to 3 years of camp imprisonment, which he served in the Northern Urals, in Visher.
In 1932, Shalamov returned to Moscow, worked in departmental journals, printed articles, essays, feuilletons. In the magazine "October" (No. 1, 1936) published his story "FONT COLOR="#666633">>"Three deaths of Dr. Austino""""/B></FONT>. On the night of January 1, 1937, Shalamov was arrested again - for "prevention". Next - Kolyma camps, gold mines.
In 1943 - a new term, 10 years - he called "FONT COLOR="#333366">Bunina</B></FONT> Russian classic. This was regarded as anti-Soviet agitation. In 1951 he was released from the camp, but could not leave for the mainland.
In November 1953, Shalamov returns to Moscow for two days, meets with his wife and daughter, but he cannot live in Moscow. He goes to the Kalinin region, works as a master at peat development, a supply agent - and writes "FONT COLOR="#666633">"B>"Kolyma stories""""/B></FONT>.
In July 1956, Shalamov was rehabilitated, returned to Moscow, worked in the journal Moscow as a freelance correspondent. In 1957, his poems were published in the magazine “The Banner”. In 1961, the first collection of poems <FONT COLOR="#666633"><B>""Light"& quot;"""""""""B& quot;t;"""""""""& quot;"""";;;;""""";;;;;& quot;";";;""""";""& quot;;;;";;;;;;;;;" But stories are not accepted by his editors. This does not prevent him from working actively.
In 1971, Shalamov finishes the novel "FONT COLOR="#666633""""B>""Vologda& quot;"""""""""& quot;"""""""""& quot;""""""""""C& quot;"""""C"""C""C& quot"C"C""C"""
In 1979, Litfond placed Shalamov in a boarding school due to a serious state of health. Varlam Tikhonovich died on January 17, 1982.
In 1987, the first publications of his prose appeared. To date, the most complete - four-volume - collection of works of the writer was published by the joint efforts of publishing houses "Fiction" and "Vagrius" (M. 1989).