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Writer. Born
February 28, 1920
in the village
of
Verkola, in the
Archangelsk region. Studied philology
at the
Leningrad
University, however in 1941 left
to participate in World War II.
In 1958 published his first novel
Brothers and Sisters, which was the beginning of a cycle
of novels called Pryasliny.
Pryasliny
is a group of novels about the Russian family by the last
name of Pryaslin, set in the
village of
Pekashina in
Southern Russia. The
novels encompass the family’s ordeals through the days of
the Second World War and into the Soviet 1970s.
The cycle was completed in 1978.
Abramov’s 1978 work Wooden Horses was set to
stage by Yuri Lubimov at the
Taganka Theater.
As most writers of his generation Abramov focused on issues
concerning Soviet society and especially the effects the war
has had on his and future generations materially and
psychologically.
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