Ryashentsev Yury Evgenyevich: biography, creativity, personal life

Today we will talk about such a wonderfulwriter, like Yuri Ryashentsev. Biography, personal life and his work will be the main topics of this article. Ryashentsev is a famous Soviet and Russian screenwriter, poet and prose writer. The lyrics he composed for films and musicals are known to very many in our country since childhood. Since 1970 Ryashentsev is a member of the Writers 'Union, and since 1992 he has been a member of the PEN Club (International Writers' Society).

Yury Ryashentsev: Biography

The writer was born on June 16, 1931 in Leningrad. In his childhood memories, he writes that he was a very spoiled child who enjoyed the love not only of the whole family, but also of friends and neighbors. And in the 7th grade the teacher of literature called Ryashentseva Ilya Ilyich, comparing that with Oblomov, who in childhood was also loved and spoiled by everyone.

When the boy was 3 years old, the family moved to Moscow. His mother was an artist in knitwear. His father was repressed in 1938 and died. Stepfather's writer was arrested in 1949.

Children and youth Ryashentseva passed inMoscow. Here, Khamovniki, the garden of Mandelstam and the Novodevichy Convent became its most favorite places. These places had a great influence on the poet's becoming. Later, their beauty will be embodied in verse lines.

Ryashentsev Yuri says that despite the hardships experienced in the war years (famine, poverty, devastation), he always happily recalls the Khamovniki associated with this period.

Admission to the University

After graduation from the school, Yuri wanted to enter Moscow State University,However, in Soviet times for the son and stepchild of the two repressed this road was forever closed. Then the future writer decides to enter the Moscow Pedagogical Institute. Lenin. His Yuri Ryashentsev graduated in 1954 with honors, having received a philological education.

Yuri Evgenievich acted at the age of 19, since onethe school year lost because of the evacuation. The choice of the future educational institution was strongly influenced by one noteworthy case. Being already in the last school class, Yuri was at the district volleyball competitions as part of the team of the Pedagogical Institute. After the game was over, the young people were approached by teachers in physical culture of this institute and offered to go to study to them. So Ryashentsev received a pedagogical education.

Study

Ryashentsev Yury Evgenyevich was very fond of studying. In addition, he met such well-known people as Yu. Koval, Yu. Vizbor, Yu. Kim, V. Dolina, P. Fomenko and many others in the pedagogical university. Ryashentsev believed that in his institute in a man manifested all the inherent gifts of nature.

Ryashentsev studied well, as evidenced byreceived a diploma with honors. However, the poet himself claims that he was not a diligent student, but simply knew how to take exams. In his memoirs, he writes that he was particularly remembered by a teacher who succeeded in falling in love with a future writer in her subject and such little-known authors as D. Venevitinov and A. Delvig. Also, this woman led additional studies in the university in the Pushkin period.

Student years were marked for Ryashentseventhusiasm for bard songs. In those years, this genre was very popular among young people - the songs sounded at the fires, in campaigns, electric trains. Then Yuri Evgenievich together with V. Krasnovsky and Yu. Vizbor started composing melodies for the songs themselves.

First publications

After graduating from the Pedagogical Institute, Ryashentsev Yuri for seven consecutive years was engaged in teaching, of which 3 years he worked in a school for difficult adolescents.

Only in 1955 Ryashentsev began publishing his first works in the journal "Yunost". The author himself believes that he should start to study literature much earlier.

In 1962, Yuri Evgenievich was invited to work in the magazine "Youth", in the department of poetry. The writer worked in this place until the 90s, helping to publish for the first time many young poets.

To date, six poeticcollections Ryashentseva. The first was called "The Hearth" and was printed in 1967. And the poet's poems were once published at least once in the pages of all central Russian and Soviet literary magazines.

Ryashentsev's second book of poems was published in 1972 and was called "Clock above the lane."

Theater and cinema

Ryashentsev Yury Evgenievich considers histhe debut in the theater of the play "Poor Lisa", which was staged in 1973 on the stage of the Leningrad Academic Bolshoi Theater. The work was co-written with Mark Rozovsky. Also for the play Ryashentsev wrote lyrics for the songs.

In addition, the poet often wrote lyrics for other plays staged at the Bolshoi Theater in Leningrad. Among them there is such a famous performance as "The History of a Horse".

In the eighties there are two more poetic collections of the writer: "The Iberian Side" and "The Leap Year".

Also Ryashentsev participated in the creation of a hugethe number of TV films. Including the writer worked on the Russian version of the "Metro". He wrote many famous songs for films that we have known since childhood: "D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers", "The Midshipmen, Forward!", "The Forgotten Melody for the Flute", "The Joyous Chronicle of a Dangerous Journey", "The Island of the Lost Ships" .

In 1990, another collection of poetry poems entitled "Rainy Thursday" was released.

Prose works

But Ryashentsev Yuri wrote not only poetry, but alsoprose works. So, in 1994 he created a novel, which he called "In Makovniki. And nowhere else. " The work was published in a separate book only in 2001.

And the last to date collectionpoems, called "Lanfren-Lanfra", was released in 2002. In addition to writing his own works, Ryashentsev is engaged in poetic translations from Armenian, Ukrainian, Buryat and Georgian.

Poet Yuri Ryashentsev in 1995 became a laureateaward of the printed edition of "Arion", nomination - "The best poems of the year". Three times was the winner of the All-Union competition to translate poetry works. And in 2002 he was awarded the prize. Bulat Okudzhava.

In 2006, the writer celebrated his 75th birthday.

Work in the co-authorship

Some works written in collaborationRyashentsev Yuri. The poet's wife, Galina Polidi, worked with him on the musical “Metro”, as well as on the libretto for the operas “The Queen” (D. Tukhmanov), “Albert and Giselle” (A. Zhurbin), “Crime and Punishment” (E. Artemiev ). The creative tandem was formed back in 1996 and turned out to be incredibly successful and fruitful. No less successful was the marriage of the creative couple.

As for his profession, Ryashentsy is notconsiders himself a poet. Usually Yury Evgenievich says that he is engaged in literature and writes poems for theatrical productions and films. In addition, the writer claims that he would not have left the theater, even if he had not had the need to earn money.

Does the poet relate to the sixties?

Ryashentsev Yuri does not agree that hiscalled the poet of the sixties. For the writer, the sixties are primarily associated with fame, Ryashentsev himself says that he has nothing to do with fame and is not interested in it. The poet never wanted to “wake up famous”, he was interested in much more interesting things - the surrounding reality, the speed of life, the beauty of nature.

Nevertheless, Ryashentsev had a good relationship.with almost all the sixties. Among them are A. Voznesensky, E. Yevtushenko, R. Rozhdestvensky, and B. Akhmadulina - the writer even managed to play volleyball and tennis with all these people. They were all good friends for Ryashentsev. However, the writer does not include himself in their number. Yury Evgenyevich says that his main desire throughout his life was one thing: not to have bosses over himself.

Yury Ryashentsev: personal life

The personal life of the writer was quite stormy: he has two divorces. For the first time, Rshentsev married while still in college. It was a thoughtless step, the cause of which was a fleeting passion. It is therefore not surprising that the union did not last long - after a year and a half the couple divorced.

The next wife of the poet was Olga Batrakova,working as an editor at Mosfilm and having membership in the Russian Union of Cinematographers. In this marriage, Ryashentsev had two children: a daughter, Maria (1962) and a son, Eugene (1976). However, in the end, the couple still divorced. Yuri Ryashentsev does not particularly like to talk about this stage of his life.

Galina Polidi, playwright and librettist, has becomenext chosen by the writer. This marriage turned out to be the most successful for Ryashentsev in all respects. In addition to the companion of life, he found in the person of the spouse a wonderful collaborator.

Ryashentsov is still married to Polidi. Happy family lives in Moscow.

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