Aleksei Arbuzov
Illustration — Aleksei Arbuzov Aleksei Nikolayevich Arbuzov (April 20, 1986) was a Soviet and Russian playwright.
Also recorded as Aleksei Nikolayevich Arbuzov · Aleksej N. Arbuzov
Aleksei Arbuzov
- Born
- 1908 · Moscow.
- Died
- 1986 · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- playwright · actor · writer · director · dramaturge
- Honours
- USSR State Prize · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · Medal In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow · Jubilee Medal In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin · Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Languages
- Russian
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Illustration — Aleksei Arbuzov Aleksei Nikolayevich Arbuzov (April 20, 1986) was a Soviet and Russian playwright.
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Biography
Biography
Arbuzov was born in Moscow, but his family moved to Petrograd in 1914. His father was Russian and his mother was Greek. Orphaned at the age of eleven, he found salvation in the theatre, and at fourteen he began to work in the Mariinsky Theatre. In 1928 he joined a group of young actors in the Guild of Experimental Drama; after its dissolution he joined a traveling agitprop theater for which he began to write plays. He moved to Moscow in 1930; in 1935 he wrote the play A Long Road and in 1939 Tanya, his two most successful plays. Avril Pyman writes of him, "The charm of his work lies in his shrewd but affectionate attitude to his fellow-man; he sees through human foibles to the basic desire to lead a good and useful life, and creates plausible, even likeable, 'positive' characters." Several of Arbuzov's plays deal with personal transformation and redemption within a Soviet context. In Tanya (1939), a woman whose life is shattered by the death of her husband finally finds meaning and purpose in serving the sick in a Siberian village. An Irkutsk Story (1960) describes how the shallow and hedonistic life of 25-year-old Valya is transformed by the love of Sergei, foreman of an excavator crew building a dam in Siberia. Following the death of Sergei in a drowning accident, she finds new meaning in joining the construction crew and raising her children. This affectionate immersion into the emotional lives of his characters brought rebukes from some Soviet literary critics. For example, Dmitry Shcheglov wrote, "Upon turning to a play by Arbuzov, we are engulfed in a pleasant atmosphere of universal love, nobility, and friendship; however, these fine feelings fail to guide us, to mobilize us, or to direct our minds and thoughts toward a great goal." Arbuzov's characters embrace the communist ideal of working to build a classless society, but it is the celebration of their personal struggles that endeared Arbuzov to Soviet audiences.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Aleksei Nikolayevich Arbuzov and Aleksej N. His recorded language was Russian. He was the child of Nikolay Arbuzov and Nadezhda Mandrazhi. He married Tatyana Evteeva, Anna Bogacheva and Margarita Lifanova. 3 children are recorded: Galina Arbuzova, Varvara Arbuzova-Kulish and Kirill Arbuzov.
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Aleksei Arbuzov is recorded as having received USSR State Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
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1908
Aleksei Arbuzov born at Moscow.
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Aleksei Arbuzov is recorded as having received USSR State Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
1986
Aleksei Arbuzov died at Moscow.
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Aleksei Arbuzov received USSR State Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" and Order of Friendship of Peoples.
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- 1.Susanne Rödel. Über die Autoren. 1985.
- 2.Alexej Nikolajewitsch Arbusow. 1972.
- 3.Programmheft „Leningrader Romanze“, Theater Bremerhaven Großes Haus, 1971/72 (unpaginiert).
- 4.Klappentext zu Der weite Weg (Henschelverlag, 1960).
- 5.Nadeshda Shelesnowa. Masken, Menschen, Memoiren. APN-Korrespondentin Nadeshda Shelesnowa besuchte für FREIE WELT den bekannten Dramatiker Alexej Nikolajewitsch Arbusow. 1970-02-04.
- 6.Jochen Ziller. Annotationen. 1972.
- 7.Alexander Schtein. Was er schreibt, sieht er durch das Prisma seines Lebens. 1980-10.
- 8.Über die Autoren. 1967.
- 9.Walther Pollatschek. Von Laien gespielt. „Irkutsker Geschichte“ im Zentralen Haus der Deutsch-Sowjetischen Freundschaft. 1961-05-08.
- 10.Programmheft „Leningrader Romanze“, Vereinigte Städtische Bühnen Krefeld/Mönchengladbach, o. D. (unpaginiert).
- 11.Henryk Keisch im Neuen Deutschland vom 1. November 1960, zitiert nach dem Klappentext zu Irkutsker Geschichte (Henschelverlag, Ausgabe 1961).
- 12.Balduin Thieme im Sächsischen Tageblatt vom 5. Mai 1965, zitiert nach dem Rezeptionsanhang in Leningrader Romanze (Henschelverlag, 1966).
- 13.ADN-Bulletin Berlin Nr. 1 vom Januar 1969 (Rechtschreibung angepasst).
- 14.ADN-Bulletin Berlin Nr. 17, ohne Tagesdatum, 1971 (Rechtschreibung angepasst).
- 15.ADN-Bulletin Berlin Nr. 2, ohne Tagesdatum, 1972 (Rechtschreibung angepasst).
- 16.Afanassi D. Salynski. Die sowjetische Dramatik und die kommunistische Erziehung des Menschen. 1972.
- 17.Erika Stephan in Theater der Zeit, Heft 12/1965, zitiert nach dem Klappentext zu Leningrader Romanze (Henschelverlag, 1966).
- 18.Programmheft „Altmodische Komödie“, Fritz Rémond Theater im Zoo, Frankfurt am Main, 1981 (unpaginiert).
- 19.Reinhard Lauer. Geschichte der russischen Literatur. Von 1700 bis zur Gegenwart. 2000. 3-406-45338-4.
- 20.Werner Schweikert. Die russische und die Literaturen der früheren Sowjetrepubliken in deutscher Übersetzung. Teil I 1880–1965. Eine Übersicht über deren Rezeption in deutscher Sprache. 2003. 3-933696-07-0.
- 21.Mehr Bewegung. Interview mit dem sowjetischen Dramatiker Alexej Arbusow. 1980-11-02.
- 22., Stücke von Arbusow. In: Henschel Schauspiel
- 23.(Enziklopedija Permski Krai, russisch, abgerufen am 9. Juli 2020)
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