One of the most famous and significant public figures of the late XIX - early XX century was a journalist, writer and publicist Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich. A brief biography illustrating his life and career includes many sad and tragic events. However, he always remained a realist who sought and found romanticism in real life, reflecting on the high in the face of harsh reality. Many of his heroes are endowed with such spiritual intensity and self-burning selflessness that they were able to lift them above the swamp of dull, sleepy reality. They will forever remain as a reminder of the existence of the highest beauty of the human spirit.
Vladimir Korolenko. Biography: early years
The writer was born in Zhitomir in 1853. His father was a county judge, who had a closed character, incorruptibility and justice. The image of the father became extremely important in the process of shaping the worldview of the boy.
The mother of the future writer wasPolish by origin, so Vladimir Korolenko was fluent in Polish from childhood. Rykhlinsky boarding school is the first educational institution where Vladimir Korolenko studied. His biography includes several more schools, because because of his father's service, the family was forced to move often.
The writer received further education in Zhitomir, Rovno, St. Petersburg and Moscow. He did not manage to graduate from St. Petersburg Technological University: the loss of his father was the first test that Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko went through. Briefly describing the subsequent years, we can say that the difficult financial condition forced him to study at the Petrovsky Agricultural Academy.
Rebellious temper and revolutionary focus
Vladimir Korolenko shared his revolutionary views from his youth. Two years after entering for active work in the populist movement, he was expelled from the academy and exiled to Kronstadt. There he was under the supervision of the authorities, earning money by making blueprints.
When the link ended, the young man was able to return to St. Petersburg and again take up his education, but not for long. The next six years passed for him in exile, arrests and relocations. The hardships and hardships of a bonded existence not only did not break, but even tempered his spirit, as Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich himself mentioned. A brief biography of the writer includes a list of cities and regions in which he lived as a political prisoner: Glazov (Vyatka province), BerezovskyPochinki (Biserovskaya Volost), Vyatka, Vyshny Volochek, Tomsk, Perm, Yakutia (Amginskaya Sloboda).
Many biographers agree that it was during this period that the character of the writer was formed. He also collected a huge amount of material for future work.
First literary steps
Having settled in Nizhny Novgorod with the permission of the government, Vladimir Korolenko began writing. The time from 1885 to 1895 is considered the most fruitful in the career of a writer. Here his talent was fully revealed, provoking interest from the reading public throughout Russia.
January 1886 was marked for Vladimir Korolenko by his marriage to Evdokia Ivanovskaya. They knew each other long before the wedding and became a happy married couple. For the writer, this marriage was the only one.
In the same year, the first edition of Vladimir's book en titled "Essays and Stories", which included several Siberian short stories, saw the light.
Then, "Pavlovsk Essays" were published, written during Korolenko's stay in the village of Pavlovo. Their main topic was the description of the difficult situation in which the artisanal metalworkers of the village found themselves, crushed by poverty.
Literary triumph
The books “Son Makara”, “The Blind Musician”, and “In a Bad Society”, published after the first collections, showed a deep knowledge of human psychology and a philosophical approach applied by the writer when working on his works. They arecaused a real delight among the readers. The main material used by Volodymyr was his childhood memories and impressions of Ukraine. A difficult period of repression and philosophical reflection enriched past observations with social conclusions, giving maturity and truthfulness to the works.
Vladimir Korolenko insisted that happiness, fullness and harmony of life are available only through overcoming one's own egoism, as well as by serving the people.
Traveling the world
The following years the writer devoted to travel. At the same time, he visited not only the edges of vast Russia, but also America. In the early 1990s, Vladimir visited the World's Fair in Chicago. The impressions from the trip and the collected material allowed him to write the story "Without a language", which actually became a novel about the life of a Ukrainian settler in America. The work was released in 1895, bringing fame to Vladimir Korolenko not only at home, but also overseas. This and his other books are beginning to be translated into foreign languages.
Today, of all literary works, The Blind Musician is the most widely known, as this story is included in the educational curriculum of many schools.
It may be on the required reading list or recommended for extracurricular reading. An indicator of its merits can serve as a multiple edition during the life of the writer (15 times).
Publicistic activities
Biography of Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko for5th grade school, along with the facts of his writing, also includes examples of work as a journalist.
A significant part of his participation in public life was the writing of articles and correspondence. The book "In the Hungry Year" brought together the writer's publications, posted in the newspaper "Russian Vedomosti". The idea that pervaded these articles was the description of the monstrous picture of the national disaster provoked by the ongoing serfdom and poverty of the Russian countryside.
The biography of Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich for the 5th grade would be incomplete without mentioning the work of the editor of the Russian We alth magazine.
In the late 90s, the writer moved to Poltava, where he remained until the end of his life. Here, on the Khatki farm, he had a dacha. For many years, Vladimir and his family came to this house for the summer. Today there is a museum here.
The end of life's journey
The last work of Vladimir Korolenko was the autobiographical "History of my contemporary", planned as a generalized and systematized description of all the events he experienced and acquired philosophical views. Unfortunately, the writer did not have time to finish his large-scale work. In 1921, while working on the fourth volume of the book, Vladimir Korolenko died without suffering pneumonia.
Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich: interesting facts
Writer and publicist, Vladimir Kovalenko was extremely honest and conscientiousman. Having gained some influence as a journalist, he used it to establish law and justice. One of the well-known facts of his social activities was his participation in the trial of Votyaks in 1985-1986.
Seven people were charged with the brutal murder of a homeless man and arrested and sentenced to ten years hard labor. In this case, the circumstances were aggravated by the nature of the inflicted injuries, which made the murder look like a ritual sacrifice.
Hearing about the Multan trial, the writer came to the city to establish the truth as a correspondent. The facts and evidence collected by him, as well as the investigation carried out, showed that the victim was already dead when he was injured. The main purpose of these actions was to deliberately mislead the investigation and condemn specific people.
The writer's speech in the courtroom and two speeches made by Vladimir Korolenko played a decisive role in the acquittal. The biography briefly and in general terms describes the content of these brilliant speeches, because they were not recorded. Their emotional strength was so great that the stenographers could not perform their duties because of the floods of tears.
Beilis Case
Beilis became another person saved from unfair condemnation. As a Jew, he was accused of a crime he did not commit (the murder of a Christian boy). This process had a wide resonance, and Korolenko's participation led to the acquittal of the defendant and the withdrawal of all charges.
FormulizedVladimir Korolenko, the task of literature as the discovery of the meaning of the individual on the basis of the knowledge of the masses was fully implemented in his activities and work, linking them with the literary heritage of the future era.
