Once upon a time, the words that “a poet is more than a poet in Russia” did not raise doubts among the target audience. Today, the situation has changed markedly. Gennady Ivanov, by all means and means, seeks to preserve the centuries-old traditions of Russian poetry.
Far start
Impartial critics and observant readers note that many young poets write dull verses. According to the older generation, this is because young poets contemplate their sad soul and do not look at the landscapes and events happening around. Gennady Viktorovich Ivanov, the first secretary of the board of the Union of Writers of Russia, calls for a change in the review sector. Native nature, the appearance of which radically changes from season to season, at all times has been a source of positive thinking, and motivated the work of Russian poets.
The future Russian poet was born on March 14, 1950 in an ordinary Soviet family. Parents lived in the village of Vysochek in the Kalinin region. My father worked as a carpenter on a collective farm. Mother taught history at a local school. The boy grew and developed in the bosom of his native nature. Much has been written and said about the landscapes of central Russia. Gennady only eventually realized and felt the potential that he received in his childhood. Fishing in a quiet river. Campaigns for mushrooms and berries. Overnight in the forest by the fire. All these habitual actions proved to be a pillar of the formation of life values and worldview.
Creative activity
At school, Gennady was not a bad student. Most of all he liked the lessons of literature and drawing. When he was twelve years old, the Ivanov family moved to the city of Kandalaksha, Murmansk region. Father was invited to the construction of a metallurgical plant. Here, in the harsh northern conditions, Gennady wrote his first poetic lines. The city newspaper "Kandalaksha Communist" regularly published collections of poems by a young author. After school he graduated from the Polytechnic College in Moscow. And he was immediately drafted into the army.
Having returned "to the citizen" Ivanov entered the philological faculty of the University of Friendship of Peoples. After the second year, he transferred to the famous Literary Institute in order to receive a specialized education at the department of literary skill. In 1977 he completed his studies, and began his career as an editor in the poetry department of the Sovremennik publishing house. Then he became deputy editor-in-chief of Veche Publishing House. In 1999, Gennady Viktorovich was elected secretary of the Union of Writers of the Russian Federation.
