The life of children and adults, friendship and love, the problems of growing up, the love of beauty, nature, the life of animated animals, alien secrets - these are the themes of the works of the writer Natalya Alekseevna Sukhanova, whose work lasted more than half a century.
From biography
Natalya Alekseevna Sukhanova was born in 1931 in Tomsk. Her father was an engineer and teacher at the institute. Parents divorced, and mother, Angelina Nikolaevna, left for Zheleznovodsk. Natalia’s childhood fell on the war years. Their family was in occupation. After the war, the girl dreamed of becoming a poet. Received a law degree. In the future, her work was varied - a notary public, secretary of the Komsomol district committee, technical secretary, guide, journalist. Since 1969 she lived in Rostov-on-Don.
Ahead of a Writing Career
Interest in creativity arose from the book that she found in the house where their family moved. There was no beginning or end in it. The girl read about the iron man who cracked nuts. Then she did not know that it was a fairy tale, The Nutcracker. She did not want to be separated from the characters, and she came up with a sequel. As a child, she read a lot and, without reading a book, composed in a way that was interesting. N. Sukhanova said that she was a writer since childhood. She sent her first poem to the newspaper Pionerskaya Pravda. The review afflicted her, but she did not stop writing. Once a friend of the spa, she said that she was familiar with the poet Nikolai Tikhonov, and offered to show her her poems. N. Sukhanova entered the law institute, and they again met with the poet. When N. Sukhanova wrote a mature story, Tikhonov's wife concluded that she would not be a poet, but a prose writer.
Creative activity
The first stories - "Ivankinsky singer" and "Relay" - appeared in 1961. Based on the novel "Quadrille", the film "Last Year's Quadrille" was shot. Over 55 years of creativity, works have been created with diverse themes: about friendship and love, about nature, about schoolchildren and adults, about aliens. N. Sukhanova was one of the organizers of the Writers' Union. She was awarded the Chekhov Prize for the novel-dilogy "By the Name of Ksenia".
Fimka and Murassaurs and Earth Care
The story "In the caves of Murosaurus" is an adventure that happened with Fimka. He loved to watch ants and once, having made his way to their home, he became convinced of his guesses. An unsafe odyssey ended successfully. The investigator's suspicions turned out to be correct: Fimka wanted to find a substance that ants secrete. I would like to call its smell and taste ant language
In "The Tale of Yuppy, " the rhino told the animal that people have a Red Book. Then he decided to find her in order to clarify whether there was information in her about him and his relatives. Yuppy meets animals and remembers information about each in order to save it for the Red Book. The writer asserts the idea that the Red Book will not be needed when the Earth will become a common home for all people, and about what it takes to be done.
Alien civilization
In the book "Multistory Planet", the characters want to get to an unknown planet. The unknown world influenced them: unusual abilities intensified - to see in the dark, to distinguish objects with the help of smells, to withstand cosmic loads. On the way to the planet, Anya is sad because of love for Fimka, who remained on Earth. Matilda Vasilievna dies, and then reborn in the guise of a young alien. The writer came up with this option of contact with another civilization.
The germ of friendship and
love
The story "Tili-tili-dough" is named after the phrase familiar to everyone, because it is a story from life. A family with a girl, Natella, came to the cottage. Girls often made fun of her. Soon she began to play with Andreika. He took care of her: taught to apply plantain leaves to the skin, weave wreaths, braided pigtails. Once, the mother said that they would be teased by the bride and groom. Andrey was afraid of it. He knew the story of the eighth grader Volodya and Tanka. They too were teased. Then the student was locked at home and not released, and Tanya was taken to the hospital. He used to love taking Natella's hand, but now he was afraid. Lyubka and Zoyka did not cease to tease them with the bride and groom, and Andrei threw a stone at one of them. Frightened by blood, he fled. The boy was in serious condition: he could not walk and even wanted to die. So found his father Natella. Then the guys made peace and played all together. When the time came for the departure of summer residents, Andreika fled to the forest. Although he knew that the girl would come next summer, he was very worried. When the wagon was already far away, a boy appeared on the road and looked into the distance for a long time. Natella waved at him, but he did not.
Personal life
Husband N. Sukhanova, V.M. Piskunov is a writer. Son, Nikolai Konstantinov - avant-garde artist and musician. In his youth he was interested in animals, preparing for admission to the biofac. He claimed that he did not want to do art, but then he became interested in painting, and later music. Granddaughter of N. Sukhanova Angelina was born in 1983. In 2010, the great-granddaughter of Dasha was born to the writer.
Not old soul
As a representative of the creative intelligentsia, the writer, being aged, did not remain aloof from people. She often met with her colleagues and readers, including schoolchildren. She always saw the main purpose of literature in reminding a person for the thousandth time that he is a person. In recent years, as soon as I felt better, I wrote right away. Relatives and friends advised taking care of herself, and she replied that she could not live without this business. N. Sukhanova’s life ended in 1916. On June 10, her 85th birthday was celebrated in Rostov-on-Don, and on June 13th she died.
