Smelyakov Ya. Lenin's Messenger. The rarest lifetime book !

Smelyakov Ya. Lenin's Messenger. The rarest lifetime book !
M. Molodaya Gvardiya. 1970, 48 p Softcover, 11 x 14 cm. Excellent condition.

After the release of the signal copies, GLAVLIT gave the order to destroy the circulation - the author twice sat in camps and suffered from alcoholism. 

Yaroslav Vasilievich Smelyakov (January 8, 1913, Lutsk, Volyn province — November 27, 1972, Moscow) was a Russian Soviet poet and translator, literary critic. In 1934-1937, he was repressed. He was rehabilitated in 1956. Winner of the USSR State prize (1967). Member Of the Board of the JV USSR and JV RSFSR.

He graduated from the printing factory school (1931). Worked in a printing house. At the insistence of a friend, journalist Vsevolod jordansky, he brought his poems to the editorial office of the youth magazine "Growth", but mixed up the doors and got into the magazine" October", where he was accepted by his idol, the poet Mikhail Svetlov, who gave the young poet a green street. Ironically, on one of the first working days in the printing office, he was entrusted to type his own poems.

He was engaged in literary circles at the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda "and the magazine"Ogonyok". Member of the USSR joint venture since 1934.

In 1934-1937, he was repressed. During the same years of the Great terror, two close friends Of ya. V. Smelyakov-poets Pavel Vasiliev and Boris Kornilov-were shot.

Since 1937-Executive Secretary of the newspaper "Dzerzhinets" trudkommuny named after Dzerzhinsky (Lyubertsy).

In 1939, he was restored to the Soviet Union, responsible instructor of the prose section.

Participant of the great Patriotic war. From June to November 1941, he was a private on the Northern and Karelian fronts. He was surrounded, held in Finnish captivity, and returned from captivity in 1944.

In 1945, he was again repressed and fell under Stalinogorsk (now Novomoskovsk, Tula region) in the verification and filtration special camp # 283 (PFL # 283), where he was "filtered"for several years.

Through the efforts of journalists P. V. Poddubny and S. ya. Pozdnyakov, the poet was released and worked as the Executive Secretary of the newspaper "Stalinogorskaya Pravda", led the literary Association under it. Together with him in the camp was Alexander Tvardovsky's brother, Ivan. After the camp, ya. Smelyakov was banned from entering Moscow. I went to Moscow stealthily, and in no case did I spend the night. Thanks to Konstantin Simonov, who put in a word for him, he was able to return to writing again. In 1948, the book "Kremlin firs" was published.

In 1951, after denouncing two poets, he was again arrested and sent to the polar INTA.

In total, he wrote 112 works. Author of publicistic and critical articles; engaged in translations from Ukrainian, Belarusian and other languages.

He died on November 27, 1972. He was buried in Moscow at Novodevichy cemetery (plot 7).