Aleksei Vasilyevich Zverev can rightly be called a national writer. He created works about village life, about war, about what he knew firsthand.
Alexey Vasilievich Zverev - teacher and writer. In his books, the front-line soldier was able to convey to his readers a feeling of love for his native land, for people.
Biography
It is not surprising that in his books Aleksei Vasilievich correctly described the life of the village, peasant labor, because he comes from the countryside. A.V. Zverev was born in 1913 in Siberia, in an old village, which was called Ust-Kud.
The family was large and friendly. Everyone was accustomed to work from an early age, so they were brought up, and there was a need for it. After all, what was on the table among the peasants was mainly grown by their own hands. Family income depended on how much they can sow grains, plant vegetables, how they will take care of the garden, and harvest.
Available animals were also a good help. Alexey in early childhood was already caring for chickens, ducklings. And when the child was 7 years old, he was taught to ride a horse. So he began to harrow, carry hay. Fishing was also one of the important activities that provide food on the table, and rest from hard work.
The family not only knew how to work heroically, but also to sing and joke. Zverev was famous throughout the village - they were excellent storytellers, artists, knew how to play the harmonica, balalaika, guitar.
No one in the family smoked; vodka was a rarity.
Career
Alexei Zverev managed to not only work, but also to study. And the boy's school successes were excellent. At that time, a commune was created in the village, and then she sent the thirteen-year-old Alyosha to study livestock in an agricultural technical school.
Instead of a scholarship, he was given one and a half pounds of grain. Although it was hungry, Alexei Vasilievich Zverev remained grateful to the Communards for life that they sent him to study then.
Having received his education, he returned to his native village. And since the country was struggling with general illiteracy, Alexei Vasilievich became a teacher. He worked in this specialty for 40 years.
At the beginning of World War II, the teacher went to the front, he was a mortar gunner.