Kondrat Krapiva is a Belarusian Soviet writer, playwright, satirist, translator and poet. He was engaged in social and literary activities. The national writer of the republic was a doctor of philological sciences, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR. Laureate of Stalin and State Prizes.
The Belarusian writer Kondrat Kondratovich Atrakhovich wrote feuilleton, fables, short stories. He was also the author of works on national linguogeography.
The beginning of the path to vocation
The biography of the writer began in the village of Nizok in 1896. A boy was born in a peasant family on February 22 (March 5). His parents wanted the only son, when he grew up, to be engaged in agriculture.
He studied at a parish rural school. Then he entered the public school, graduated from the 4th grade of the school in the Columns. He was transferred from there to the Koydanov school. In 1913 the exam for the title of public teacher was passed externally.
In the autumn of 1914, Kondrat Kondratovich began to teach. A year later he was mobilized. In March 1916 he completed the ensign school in Gatchina. The future writer fought on the Romanian front. Mobilization began in February 1918. Once again, Nettle teacher returned to work in the village of Kamenka.
From there he was again drafted into the army, where the young man served until 1923. After returning, he began teaching work in the village of Ostrovok. Having decided to receive further education, Kondrat in 1926 entered the pedagogical department at the university. Four years later, studies were completed.
From 1932 to 1936, the graduate worked as an editor in the journal Flame of the Revolution. Then Nettle was sent to Western Belarus. He had the opportunity to participate in the Finnish war. Then the writer remained working as a front-line journalist for the newspaper.
Literary activity
In the publication "Leader", work continued from 1945 to 1947. The writer held an editorial position. He was sent in 1946 by a delegate from the republic to the UN General Assembly. At the Institute of Language and Literature at the Academy of Sciences of Krapiva, he headed the linguistics sector. Then he became the director of the University of Linguistics.
Until 1982, Kondrat Kondratovich served as vice president of the Republican Academy of Sciences. At the Yakub Kolos Institute, he was a leading consultant in the lexicology department.
The future famous writer suddenly started writing. During the walk, he saw the newspaper "Soviet Belarus". The future author decided to read the notes. They liked the young man. He decided to try his own strength in the role of a writer.
Every day he wrote at least a few lines, but never told anyone what work he was working on. The author wrote his compositions immediately in Belarusian and Russian. His literary debut was the poetic feuilleton "Once Upon a Time". They published it in 1922 in Krasnoarmeyskaya Pravda. At the same time, "Soviet Belarus" released a satirical poetic composition called "Matchmakers".
Confession
In the mid-twenties, the first collections of the writer Osti and Nettle were published. Becoming known as a satirist, the author tried to write serious works. Editors approvingly accepted all the essays, but only satirical ones were allowed for publication. Nettle mastered the prosaic direction on feuilleton. Then this activity was forgotten.
In all publications where Kondrat Kondratovich had the chance to edit, he defended his native language, ridiculing baseless criticism of the national. The author’s fable called “Goat” is dedicated to this topic.
The personal life of the writer was happy. Elena Konstantinovna Makhnach became the writer’s wife. Together they lived for more than forty years. Acquaintance occurred in the native village of Kondrata. Two children were born in the family, daughter Lyudmila and son Igor.
The writer has done many translations. He translated the works of Shevchenko, Mayakovsky, Pushkin, Twardovsky, Chekhov, Shakespeare into Belarusian. Until the end of his life, the author did not stop writing. The typewriter had to be postponed only because of a sharp deterioration in vision.
The final work was "On the Wall" created when Nettle turned 86. In 1983 a documentary was shot about the writer.
