Photos and biography Asadova E.A.

Eduard Asadov is a famous Soviet poet. He lost his sight during the Great Patriotic War, being still quite young. Maybe that's why Edward sees not with his eyes, but with his soul. And his work is touching, bright and penetrating into the very heart. In it is the whole Assad.

Biography, personal life

Children in the school program do not study this poet, but, despite this, he is known and honored. How did the poet form? Where did his childhood go?

Biography of Asadov began in Turkmenistan, in the city of Merv. He was born on September 7, 1923. The time was hard. Civil war broke out in Turkmenistan.

The poet's father was a school teacher, a graduate of Tomsk University. But during the war he became a military commissar, he fought and died in 1929, when the boy turned 6 years old.

Mama Asadova - Lydia Ivanovna, in the nee Kurtova - also worked as a teacher in the school. After the death of her husband, she moved with her son to Ekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk), where her parents and relatives lived.

10 years Asadov lived in the Urals and considers it his small homeland. He traveled a lot around this land and the poet's work reflected his love for the harsh nature of this land.

The influence of the grandfather on the formation of the poet's personality

Lidia Ivanovna's father was Kurdov Ivan Kalustovich, "historical grandfather", as E. Asadov called him. His grandfather's biography is very rich.

He was acquainted with Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky, who worked as a scribed secretary. It was Chernyshevsky who told him to come to Kazan University.

At the university, Ivan Kalustovich gets acquainted with the ideas of the revolutionary movement and its participants, such as Ulyanov Vladimir. Participates in protest actions, the organization of illegal student libraries.

After graduating from the Natural Faculty of Kazan University, Asadov's grandfather is assigned to the Urals, where he holds the post of a zemstvo doctor. After the revolution, he continues to work as the head of the medical department of Gubzdrav.

Ivan Kurdov imbued with the philosophical outlook of Chernyshevsky and managed to pass it to his grandson. Grandfather loved people passionately, believed in their kindness and conscience, was a courageous, strong-willed person. And all these qualities were able to inherit his grandson.

Asadov began to write poetry at the age of eight, while still at school. He also took a great interest in theatrical productions and visited a drama circle, led by Dikovsky Leonid Konstantinovich. He became famous as an outstanding teacher, director.

School biography Asadova continued in Moscow, where his mother was transferred to work. After school, the poet chose between theatrical and literary directions. But the year of release coincided with the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Therefore, instead of the institute, Asadov went to the front.

Military years

The decision to go to war was voluntary. The poet, without waiting for an official summons, was trained in the division of the Guards mortar men near Moscow and went to fight on the Volkhov Front as a gunner mortar. The military biography of Asadov is filled with heroic deeds and heroic deeds.

At the front, Asadov distinguished himself with courage, courage and military skill. In addition to his duties, he also learned others. Therefore, when the commander of the gun was wounded during the battle in 1942, Eduard managed to give him first aid and continued the fight himself independently as both a commander and a gunner.

And he coped with these two duties perfectly, having managed during the same battle to prevent the destruction of the entire division, putting out the fire of the combat vehicle together with the driver. Further, he continued to fight in the same division on two posts at a time. And this did not interfere with his work, he continued to write poetry.

In 1943, the poet graduated from the military school and was promoted to lieutenant. And for half a year Asadov passed a two-year program of this educational institution and at the time he was awarded a diploma for excellent success.

Then Edward served in the North Caucasus Front as the communications chief of the division. Further, he was transferred to the 4th Ukrainian Front for the post of assistant battery commander. And then he headed the battery of the Guards mortars.

Wound

The fighting gradually moved to the Crimea. One of the battles near Sevastopol in 1944 became fatal for the poet. How was the poet Asadov wounded? His biography is tragic.

On that day the battery of Asadov was almost destroyed by the enemy. However, the stock of shells was preserved. While at a nearby firing point the stock of shells was exhausted. Therefore, Asadov decided on a desperate act: to transport shells to a neighboring battery. To do this, he had to overcome a long open area, which was fired on all sides by the enemy.

Eduard's comrades-in-arms characterized his deed as a real combat feat accomplished for the sake of people, they believed that it was Asadov who broke the course of the battle.

During this voyage the poet was very seriously wounded, a fragment of the projectile hit his head. But this did not stop the fighter. He delivered his cargo to the destination and only then lost consciousness.

Asadov was hospitalized, survived several operations. In the Moscow hospital doctors told him that his vision could not be restored. The poet was only 21 years old.

Awards

Biography of Asadov is recognized by recognition and awards both in military and in peacetime.

For the courage shown in the war years, Asadov was awarded medals "For the Defense of Leningrad", "For the Defense of Sevastopol", "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", as well as the Orders of Lenin, the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, Red star. Residents of Sevastopol awarded him the title of "Honorary Citizen of the Hero City Sevastopol". In honor of Eduard Asadov in the Sevastopol Museum a special stand was designed, where you can see his life and creative path.

Already in the peaceful life in the 90s, 2000s the poet received numerous awards for the development of national literature and the development of interethnic relations. This is the Order of Honor, "For Services to the Fatherland" 4 degrees, Friendship of Peoples.

In 1998, Asadov became the Hero of the Soviet Union.

Postwar Creation

The resulting injury affected not only Asadov's physical health. She also imposed a certain imprint in the soul of the poet. There came a period of depression, but creativity took up. Asadov continues to write. How does the biography of Asadov develop in peacetime? Interesting facts are associated primarily with the poet's work.

To understand what his creative abilities are, Asadov sends his works to Chukovsky, who in literary circles has become famous as a tough but fair critic. The answer simply inspired Edward: he was told that he is a real poet, and he needs to continue to write. And this despite the fact that almost every line of Chukovsky wrote his remark.

Inspired by Asadov enters the Literary Institute named after A.M. Gorky. He studies just fine, in 1951 he graduated with a red diploma.

Already in the years of study begins to be published. First in the magazine "Ogonyok." His first work there - the poem "Back in the system", which also won the first prize in the student competition. Immediately after graduation, the first collection of the poet "The Bright Road" is published. Asadov becomes a member of the Writers' Union, writes a lot, travels around the country, organizes reading evenings, meetings.

Thanks to his work he becomes very popular. People understand, his works are close. Edward Asadov touches on the most topical issues in his poems, writes about justice, patriotism, the beauty of the Motherland, loyalty, and love. People wrote letters to him, went to his concerts with pleasure, and, of course, bought his collections, which, incidentally, were published in 100,000 copies, nevertheless did not linger in bookstores. About 50 poems were published by Eduard Asadov.

Biography: the poet's wife

Even during the hospitalization of Asadov, he was visited by both comrades and various girls. One of them soon became his wife. However, this marriage did not last long, and the couple diverged. What does it say about whether Asadov was happy, a biography? Personal life of the poet was formed in 1961.

With his second wife, Razumovskaya Galina Valentinovna, Asadov met at one of his concerts. The girl worked as an actress in the Moscow Concert. Galina recited poetry poetry with enthusiasm. Asadov and Razumovskaya first became friends, and then this friendship was crowned with a lasting marriage, despite the fact that the poet had never seen his wife. Galina Valentinovna became a true companion of all travels and creative evenings of the poet. She reprinted his poems cleanly, preparing them for publication.

Asadov remained a widower in 1997. Consolation was his granddaughter Christina. Christina graduated from the philological faculty of Moscow State University and works as an Italian teacher at MGIMO.

Last years

His last years the poet spent near Moscow in the village of Krasnovidovo. He died as a result of a heart attack in 2004 and was buried next to his wife and mother at the Kuntsevo cemetery. The last will of the poet about the burial of his heart on Mount Sapun was not performed by his relatives.

But Asadov continues to live in his works, in the hearts of millions of people. His work has a life-affirming character, and especially it is popular among young people. On his bright, heartfelt lyrics, more than one generation of our country has grown.