Friedrich Neznansky: biography, photo

The writer of detectives, who relates himself to the "antitotalitarian branch of Russian literature", is Friedrich Evseevich Neznansky. Years of life - 1932-2013. About him this article.

What was he like? The man is deeply decent, who has thrown out his creative work a challenge to totalitarianism and injustice. He to the smallest detail represented the nature of both Soviet and Russian crime, he knew the bottlenecks of the judicial system.

His favorite quote was Kant's words, saying that without justice there is nothing left that gives value to human life. How it really sounds now!

Lawyer and writer

The desire to become a writer with him arose during his studies at the Moscow Law Institute. As a student, a future writer attended a literary seminar, where he learned to write small prose. The dream has remained ... But in literature Fridrih Neznansky has come, already having a solid operational experience:

• The investigator of the prosecutor's office of the Krasnodar Territory (1954-1957) and the Moscow Prosecutor's Office - in 1960-1969;
• The lawyer of the capital city bar association (1969-1977 gg.).

More precisely, to write prose Friedrich Neznansky began in 1969, working in parallel at the Moscow Prosecutor's Office. But that was just a test of the pen ... Twenty years of professional legal activity of Friedrich Yevseyevich were surrounded by investigators, prosecutors and operatives, who eventually turned into characters of his detective novels. The future writer wanted to create novels on professional topics, really important and relevant, but forbidden in the USSR.

Political detective about Russia from an emigre writer

From 27.09.1977, Friedrich Neznansky abruptly changed his life. The biography of the emigrant began her countdown for the 45-year-old man. He flew for permanent residence in the US. Qualification, erudition and knowledge of the language have done their job. The former Soviet capital lawyer was in demand on the other side of the Atlantic. He taught at American universities: Harvard, Columbia, New York. Worked as a binge. From his pen came 5 monographs on the directive law of the USSR.

While in America, in collaboration with Eduard Topol, he wrote the novels "Red Square" (1983) and "Journalist for Brezhnev" (1981). This is a bold prose that reveals the impartial nuances of Soviet politics. The writer works in the genre of political detective. Knowing the practice of falsification of criminal cases by the Soviet law enforcement agencies, draws a convincing picture of lawlessness Friedrich Evseevich Neznansky. He dared to be reckless and completely deprived of the "internal editor". He is not afraid, when he calls genuine names, to show when Soviet high politics turned out to be closely related to a dirty and low crime. The latter, of course, was denied by Soviet propaganda.

Police detectives about the Russian crime

In the future, Neznansky departs from co-authorship with Topol, starting to work independently in the genre of a police detective, invariably turning to the real criminal practice of the USSR and Russia. The writer motivates away from the canons of the Soviet militia novel. He achieves the dynamics of the narrative.

In 1984, Neznansky wrote the novel "Fair in Sokolniki", in 1989 - "Notes of the investigator." Thus, Neznansky goes on to write books in the format of mass culture. It becomes successful in creating bestsellers. Works of the writer are printed in large editions in the USA, Germany, Britain, France, Japan.

Cycles of detectives, brought glory to the Neznansky

Popularity of the writer brought the cycles of the novels "Mister Advocate" (31 books), "March of Turetsky" (116 books), "Gloria" Agency (26 books), "Winners do not judge" (7 books), "Return of Turkish" (25 books) ).

The series "Mr. Lawyer" tells about the difficult work of the member of the Bar Association Yuri Gordeyev, who previously served in the Prosecutor General's Office. This cycle of books captures the reader by the intricacies of corruption and intrigues present in the judicial world (bribery, blackmail, false acquittals and convictions, contract killings, "alibi justice"). This series of novels tells about that aspect of the lawyer's work, which is hidden from prying eyes.

The cycle of the books "The Turkish March" is about the investigator for especially important cases of the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia Alexander B. Turetsky. He is not assigned to simple matters. This is the most favorite image of the writer Friedrich Neznansky. He created it, consolidating his personal impressions from the most respected colleagues, with whom he earlier did the same work, as they say: investigators of the Prosecutor General's Office Alexander Borisovich Turetsky, Yevgeny Sidorenko, other operatives and investigators, including people whose real The names entered without proofs in novels (meaning General Gryaznov).

A series of novels "The Agency" Gloria "not without humor tells about the investigations of the private detective agency of the same name, headed by Denis Gryaznov.

Filmography

The filmography of the writer is quite extensive. It all started fifteen years ago. According to the script of the novel "Fair in Sokolniki" director Yuri Moroz shot the film "Black Square". The script, written by Friedrich Neznansky, was assembled by an excellent team of actors: Vasily Lanovoy, Vitaly Solomin, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Elena Yakovlev ... In short, the first pancake turned out sound, not becoming a lump.

However, the author was brought to the author by the TV series "The March of Turetsky", where Alexander Domogarov played the role of the investigator of the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office for especially important cases. The actor lived the life of his Turkish character, laying out as if playing Hamlet.

Friedrich Neznansky not once in an interview expressed his gratitude to the actor.

Moving to Germany, death

In 1985, a successful writer, admitted to the elite American writers' club Edgar Allan Poe, moved to live in Frankfurt. He is actively engaged in politics, joining the NTS (People's Labor Union). Here, Neznansky works in the publishing house of the newspaper "Posev".

In 1986, he was awarded the "Man of Achievement" award.

Friedrich Evseevich died at the age of 80 in the small Bavarian resort town Alpine Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The master of the modern detective, unfortunately, is no longer with us ...

Instead of concluding

Friedrich Evseevich Neznansky is a Russian writer with tremendous productivity. A year from his pen often came out 8-9 detective novels with a unique, not repetitive plot.

The writer himself did not envelop the secret of his creative laboratory. The professional vision of the hidden aspects of the surrounding reality helped the lawyer and the prosecutor, who has a huge practice of investigation, the ability of the writer. The information received by reading newspapers between the lines, sometimes gave him up to 70% of the plot! The detective's insight was amazing. So, for example, he described in advance the situation of the State Emergency Committee in the novel "Pandora's Box". Creating novels, worked selflessly Friedrich Neznansky (photo below, lets you see it in his office).

The writer knew how to reliably describe the work of the investigator. His "March of the Turkish" - perhaps the best cycle of books from the now written, telling about the real affairs of Russian law enforcement in the dashing 90-ies ...