In October 2018, the writer Kira Bulychev would have turned 84 years old. He was a famous science fiction writer, doctor of sciences, orientalist and screenwriter.
Writer's family, youth, and education
Igor Mozheiko (Kir Bulychev) was born in the capital of Russia in 1934. When Cyrus was a five-year-old child, his father left the family, and his mother tied the knot with a prominent Soviet scientist, doctor of chemical sciences Jacob Bokinik, who was passionate about scientific activities in the field of photographing technology. In this marriage, the sister of the writer Natasha was born. In 1945, Cyrus Bulychev's stepfather died during the final battles near Courland. This happened two days before the signing of the act of unconditional surrender of Fascist Germany.
When Cyrus graduated from high school, he became a student at MGII them. Maurice Thorez. The first work experience was gained by a future science fiction writer in the state of Burma. His first major work was related to translations and magazine. He worked as a translator and correspondent, and two years later he returned to his hometown to become a graduate student at the Institute of Oriental Studies. Cyrus continued to write for periodicals. In his piggy bank publications in such well-known magazines as "Around the World", as well as "Asia and Africa Today".
The graduate school was completed in 1962, and a year later, Igor Vsevolodovich Mozhayko (aka Kir Bulychev) taught the history of Burma at his institute. Here, a couple of years later, he defended his first dissertation. And in 1981 he became a doctor of sciences. Scientists love his writings on Southeast Asia.
Career and personal life
"Maung Joe will live" - the first literary creation of Cyrus Bulychev. It was a narrative story. In 1965, he tries himself as a science fiction writer. His "fantastic" debut was called "Debt of Hospitality". He wrote it under a pseudonym, which he used only a few times. However, the main pseudonym that has firmly grown to Igor Vsevolodovich Mozhayko is Kirill Bulychev. Subsequently, the pseudonym was shortened, and contemporaries began to dignify the great writer Kir Bulychev.
An interesting fact is that until 1982 no one knew who Kir Bulychev was. He was afraid that his work would not be taken seriously in his native institute, but that he himself would be fired. Kir Bulychev throughout his life wrote hundreds of interesting works that have been published. He also translated the works of foreign writers. Interestingly, more than 20 works of Bulychev saw the viewer in the film adaptations. But the most popular for domestic viewers was the multi-part children's painting "Guest from the Future". His script for the film “Through thorns to the stars”, as well as “The Secret of the Third Planet” was awarded with awards.
Bulychev was very fond of the characters created, so he wrote not short works about them, but whole sagas. Thus, he created, as it were, a new trend in literary work, which was perfectly perceived by the reader and made the writer incredibly popular.
Fans loved not only the heroes of Alice novels, but also books describing the fascinating and exciting life of the space fleet agent - Andrei Bruce. The books were called "Agent" KF "and" Underground Witches."
Interest in the work of Bulychev did not disappear even in the crisis 90s. An interesting fact is that due to the fact that the magazine “If” published works by Cyrus Bulychev, the magazine was saved from “imminent death”.
