Diversely gifted people do not always have time to realize their abilities in full. Mark Freidkin wrote books and sang songs of his own composition. Moreover, friends were around him at all times of the year. He knew how to be friends
Childhood and youth
Among the graduates of the Literary Institute there are people who never became poets. There is nothing reprehensible in this. It's just that the inspiration has run out and there is nothing to be done about it. Mark Freidkin did not receive a specialized education. He composed poetry without any theoretical preparation. And not only composed, but also shifted them to music. He himself shifted, he sang. Someone liked these songs. Someone remained indifferent. Mark never took offense. He answered philosophically to any trouble - everything could be worse a hundred times.
The future poet and translator was born on April 14, 1953 in an intelligent Soviet family. Parents at that time lived in the Tajik town of Khujand, and worked after the institute for distribution in the school. My father taught physics and mathematics. Mother - Russian language and literature. The boy grew and developed in a favorable environment. I learned to read early. In a short period of time I read all the books that I found in the closet. Easy to remember verses and melodies of songs. When a sister appeared in the house, Mark sang lullabies for her.
Creative activity
When the child was five years old, the family moved to Moscow. Here Mark went to the famous school number 9, in which English was studied in depth. Freudkin studied well. He took part in social events and amateur art shows. In high school, he systematically attended a literary studio, which operated at Moscow State University. Within the walls of this studio there were not only beginners, but already well-known poets. Bella Akhmadulina and Andrey Voznesensky shared the secrets of their skills with young talents.
After school, Mark decided not to continue his studies, but to "make" a biography for himself. He implemented this life scenario one hundred percent. Freidkin described in detail the first stages of his life in the novels “Notes of a marriage swindler”, “Hospital arabesques”, “From the memoirs of a Jewish loader”. Mark no worse than other bards learned to play the guitar. Among the performing artists, he was not one of the last daredevils. In the 90s he was warmly received in Germany and the USA, where the bard came with concerts.
