Kuprin Alexander Ivanovich (1870 - 1938)

“We must be grateful to Kuprin for everything - for his deep humanity, for his subtle talent, for his love for his country, for his unshakable faith in the happiness of his people and, finally, for the ability that never died in him to light up from the most insignificant contact with poetry and free and leHow to write about this."

K. G. Paustovsky

Kuprin Alexander Ivanovichwas bornOn September 7, in the city of Narovchat, Penza province, in the family of a minor official who died a year after the birth of his son. After the death of her husband, his mother (from the ancient family of Tatar princes Kulanchakov) moved to Moscow, where the future writer spent his childhood and youth. At the age of six, the boy was sent to the Moscow Razumovsky boarding school (orphanage), from where he left in 1880. The same year he entered the Moscow Military Academy, transformed into the Cadet Corps, p.After graduating, he continued his military education at the Alexander Junker School (1888 - 90). “Military youth” is described in the stories “At the Turning Point (Cadets)” and in the novel “Junkers”. Even then he dreamed of becoming “a poet or novelist.”Kuprin's first literary experience was the remaining unpublished poems. FirstThe story "The Last Debut" was published in 1889.

In 1890, after graduating from military school, Kuprin, with the rank of second lieutenant, was enlisted in an infantry regiment stationed in the Podolsk province. The life of an officer, which he led for four years, provided rich material for his future works. In 1893 - 1894, his story “In the Dark” and the stories “On a Moonlit Night” and “Inquiry” were published in the St. Petersburg magazine “Russian Wealth”. A series of stories are dedicated to the life of the Russian army: “Overnight” (1897), “Night Shift” (1899), “Hike”. In 1894, Kuprin retired and moved to Kyiv, without any civilian profession and with little life experience. He wandered around Russia a lot, tried many professions, greedily absorbed life impressions, which formed the basis for future works.

In the 1890s, he published the essay "Yuzovsky Plant" and the story "Moloch", the stories "Wilderness", "Werewolf", the stories "Olesya" and "Kat" ("Army Ensign").During these years, Kuprin met Bunin, Chekhov and Gorky. In 1901 he moved to St. Petersburg, began working as a secretary of the “Magazine for Everyone,” married M. Davydova, and had a daughter, Lydia.

Kuprin's stories appeared in St. Petersburg magazines: "Swamp" (1902); "Horse Thieves" (1903); "White Poodle" (1904). In 1905, his most significant work was published - the story "The Duel", which was a great success. The writer’s performances reading individual chapters of “The Duel” became an event in the cultural life of the capital. His works of this time were very well-behaved: the essay “Events in Sevastopol” (1905), the stories “Staff Captain Rybnikov” (1906), “River of Life”, “Gambrinus” (1907). In 1907 he married his second wife, sister of mercy E. Heinrich, and had a daughter, Ksenia.

Kuprin's work in the years between the two revolutions resisted the decadent mood of those years: the cycle of essays "Listrigons" (1907 - 11), stories about animals, the stories "Shulamith", "Garnet Bracelet" (1911). His prose became a notable phenomenon of Russian literature at the beginning of the century.

After the October Revolution, the writer did not accept the policy of military communism, the “Red Terror”; he feared for the fate of Russian culture. In 1918 he came to Lenin with a proposal to publish a newspaper for the village - "Earth". At one time he worked at the World Literature publishing house, founded by Gorky.

In the fall of 1919, while in Gatchina, cut off from Petrograd by Yudenich's troops, he emigrated abroad. The seventeen years that the writer spent in Paris were an unproductive period. Constant material need and homesickness led him to the decision to return to Russia.

In the spring of 1937, the seriously ill Kuprin returned to his homeland, warmly received by his admirers. Published the essay "Native Moscow". However, the new creative plans were not destined to come true.

It is quite difficult and at the same time easy to write about Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin. It’s easy because I’ve known his works since childhood. And who among us doesn’t know them? A capricious, sick girl demanding an elephant to visit her, a wonderful doctor who fed two frozen boys on a cold night and saved an entire family from death; a knight immortally in love with a princess from the fairy tale “Blue Star”...

Or the poodle Artaud, performing incredible cubrets in the air, to the sonorous commands of the boy Seryozha; cat Yu-yu, gracefully sleeping under the newspaper. How memorable, from childhood and from childhood itself, all this, with what skill, how concisely - easily written! As if on the fly! Childlike - direct, lively, bright. And even in tragic moments, bright notes of love of life and hope are heard in these simple-minded stories.

Something childish and surprised always, almost until the very end, until death, lived in this large and overweight man with clearly defined oriental cheekbones and a slightly cunning squinting of his eyes.

Svetlana Makorenko

On September 6 and 7, the XXVIII Kuprin Literary Festival and the summing up of the results of the XII creative competition “Garnet Bracelet” will be held in Penza and Narovchat.

COMMANDMENTSKUPRINA

"1. If you want to depict something... first imagine it absolutely clearly: color, smell, taste, position of a figure, facial expression... Find figurative, unworn words, best of all unexpected ones. Give a juicy perception of what you have seen, and if you don’t know how to see for yourself, put down your pen...

6. Don't be afraid of old stories, but approach them in a completely new, unexpected way. Show people and things in your own way, you are a writer. Don’t be afraid of your real self, be sincere, don’t invent anything, but present it as you hear and see.

9. Know what you actually want to say, what you love and what you hate. Bring out the plot within yourself, get used to it... Walk and look, get used to it, listen, take part yourself. Never write from your head.

10. Work! Don’t be sorry to cross out, work hard. Be careful with your writing, criticize mercilessly, do not read unfinished work to friends, be afraid of their praise, do not consult with anyone. And most importantly, work while living... I’ve stopped worrying, pick up my pen and then again don’t give yourself rest until you achieve what you need. Achieve persistently, mercilessly.”

The “Commandments,” according to V.N. Afanasyev, were expressed by Kuprin during a meeting with one young author, and years later, reproduced by this author in the “Women’s Journal” for 1927.

But, perhaps, the main commandment Kuprin left to his descendants is love for life, for what is interesting and beautiful in it: for sunsets and sunrises, for the smells of meadow grass and forest prairie, for a child and an old man, for a horse and a dog. , to pure feeling and a good joke, to birch forests and pine groves, to birds and fish, to snow, rain and hurricanes, to the ringing of bells and a hot air balloon, to freedom from attachment to perishable treasures. And complete rejection of everything that disfigures and stains a person.

(August 26, old style) 1870 in the city of Narovchat, Penza province, in the family of a minor official. The father died when his son was two years old.

In 1874, his mother, who came from an ancient family of Tatar princes Kulanchakov, moved to Moscow. From the age of five, due to his difficult financial situation, the boy was sent to the Moscow Razumovsky orphanage, famous for its harsh discipline.

In 1888, Alexander Kuprin graduated from the cadet corps, and in 1890 from the Alexander Military School with the rank of second lieutenant.

After graduating from college, he was enrolled in the 46th Dnieper Infantry Regiment and sent to serve in the city of Proskurov (now Khmelnitsky, Ukraine).

In 1893, Kuprin went to St. Petersburg to enter the Academy of the General Staff, but was not allowed to take the exams due to a scandal in Kyiv, when, in a barge restaurant on the Dnieper, he threw overboard a tipsy bailiff who was insulting a waitress.

In 1894, Kuprin left military service. He traveled a lot in the south of Russia and Ukraine, tried himself in various fields of activity: he was a loader, storekeeper, forest walker, land surveyor, psalm-reader, proofreader, estate manager and even a dentist.

The writer's first story, "The Last Debut," was published in 1889 in the Moscow "Russian Satirical Sheet."

He described army life in the stories of 1890-1900 “From the Distant Past” (“Inquiry”), “Lilac Bush”, “Overnight”, “Night Shift”, “Army Ensign”, “Hike”.

Kuprin's early essays were published in Kyiv in the collections "Kyiv Types" (1896) and "Miniatures" (1897). In 1896, the story “Moloch” was published, which brought the young author wide fame. This was followed by "Night Shift" (1899) and a number of other stories.

During these years, Kuprin met writers Ivan Bunin, Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky.

In 1901, Kuprin settled in St. Petersburg. For some time he headed the fiction department of the Magazine for Everyone, then became an employee of the World of God magazine and the Znanie publishing house, which published the first two volumes of Kuprin’s works (1903, 1906).

Alexander Kuprin entered the history of Russian literature as the author of the stories and novels “Olesya” (1898), “Duel” (1905), “The Pit” (part 1 - 1909, part 2 - 1914-1915).

He is also known as a great master of storytelling. Among his works in this genre are “At the Circus”, “Swamp” (both 1902), “Coward”, “Horse Thieves” (both 1903), “Peaceful Life”, “Measles” (both 1904), “Staff Captain Rybnikov " (1906), "Gambrinus", "Emerald" (both 1907), "Shulamith" (1908), "Garnet Bracelet" (1911), "Listrigons" (1907-1911), "Black Lightning" and "Anathema" ( both 1913).

In 1912, Kuprin traveled through France and Italy, the impressions of which were reflected in the series of travel essays “Côte d'Azur”.

During this period, he actively mastered new activities that were previously unknown to anyone - he ascended in a hot air balloon, flew on an airplane (almost ended tragically), and went underwater in a diving suit.

In 1917, Kuprin worked as editor of the newspaper Free Russia, published by the Left Socialist Revolutionary Party. From 1918 to 1919, the writer worked at the World Literature publishing house, created by Maxim Gorky.

After the arrival of white troops in Gatchina (St. Petersburg), where he had lived since 1911, he edited the newspaper "Prinevsky Krai", published by Yudenich's headquarters.

In the fall of 1919, he emigrated with his family abroad, where he spent 17 years, mainly in Paris.

During the emigrant years, Kuprin published several collections of prose: “The Dome of St. Isaac of Dolmatsky”, “Elan”, “The Wheel of Time”, the novels “Zhaneta”, “Junker”.

Living in exile, the writer lived in poverty, suffering both from lack of demand and from isolation from his native soil.

In May 1937, Kuprin returned with his wife to Russia. By this time he was already seriously ill. Soviet newspapers published interviews with the writer and his journalistic essay “Native Moscow.”

On August 25, 1938, he died in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) from esophageal cancer. He was buried on the Literary Bridge of the Volkov Cemetery.

Alexander Kuprin was married twice. In 1901, his first wife was Maria Davydova (Kuprina-Iordanskaya), the adopted daughter of the publisher of the magazine "World of God". Subsequently, she married the editor of the magazine "Modern World" (which replaced "World of God"), publicist Nikolai Iordansky, and she herself worked in journalism. In 1960, her book of memoirs about Kuprin, “Years of Youth,” was published.

“Writer of Balaklava fishermen,
Friend of silence, comfort, sea, villager,
Shady Gatchina homeowner,
He is dear to us with the simplicity of his heartfelt words..."
From a poem by Igor Severyanin in memory of Kuprin

"But quietly from heaven
He is looking at us all...
He is with us.
We are together
In "paradise lost"..."
From a poem by Tatyana Perova in memory of Kuprin

Biography

The small town of Proskurov in the Podolsk province, where the young lieutenant Alexander Kuprin was serving, was full of melancholy and boredom. In order to somehow embellish the dull everyday life, Kuprin plunges headlong into cards, carousing and love affairs. Nothing and no one can curb his hot temper... no one except his first love - a timid orphan girl, definitely the most charming in the entire province. Kuprin is ready to give up the wild life and even get married, but there is one “but”: they agree to give up the girl for him only if Alexander graduates from the Academy of the General Staff. Well, the young man packs his bags and goes to St. Petersburg to take his exams. True, he fails to reach his destination safely. In Kyiv, Kuprin meets friends and goes with them to a floating restaurant. There the guys quarrel on such a scale that they attract the attention of the police supervisor. He makes a remark to the noisy company, for which he is immediately thrown out the window. Such behavior by a future officer is not according to his rank: Kuprin is prohibited from entering the Academy. Now one can only dream about a military career and the hand of one’s beloved, but life, meanwhile, goes on.

Having no civilian profession, Kuprin wanders around the south of Russia, testing himself as a fisherman, circus wrestler, bailiff, actor, journalist, digger, psalm-reader, hunter... The motto of Kuprin’s life actually becomes the words of one of the characters he created from the story “The Pit” : “By God, I would like to become a horse, a plant or a fish for a few days, or be a woman and experience childbirth; I would like to live my inner life and see the world through the eyes of every person I meet.” In a word, Alexander experiences life in all its manifestations, not forgetting, by the way, about literary activity. True, Kuprin does not spend a long time at his pen, but works only according to his mood, from time to time. However, the writer’s creative vocation intensifies with his move to St. Petersburg and his acquaintance with the local bohemia - Bunin, Chaliapin, Averchenko.

Here, in St. Petersburg, Kuprin meets his first wife, Maria Davydova. True, they did not have a happy union: Davydova deeply appreciated her husband’s talent, but could hardly tolerate his drunken antics, which often went beyond what was permitted. Although Kuprin’s creative career, the marriage only benefited him. In particular, his best story “The Duel” would hardly have seen the light of day without Davydova’s pressure.

Kuprin's second marriage turned out to be much more successful. Kuprin met his new love, Elizaveta Heinrich, before he received a divorce from Davydova. However, in the person of his second wife, Alexander Ivanovich finds true love and a faithful life partner. Only now does he realize the delights of quiet family happiness: a cozy house with five rooms, children’s laughter, gardening in the summer, skiing in the winter... Kuprin gives up drinking and debauchery, writes a lot and, it would seem, now nothing can prevent his happiness. But war breaks out in the world, and then the October Revolution, which forces the Kuprins to leave their cozy family nest and go in search of happiness to distant Paris.

The Kuprins lived in France for seventeen long years and, in the end, homesickness took its toll. Alexander Ivanovich, already a gray-haired old man and, obviously, anticipating his imminent death, once declared that he was ready to go to Moscow, even on foot. Meanwhile, his health was seriously deteriorating. “Elizaveta Moritsovna Kuprina took her sick old husband home. She was exhausted, looking for ways to save him from hopeless poverty... The most respected, beloved, famous Russian writer could no longer work because he was very, very sick, and everyone knew about it,” the Russian poetess Teffi would later write . A year after returning to Russia, the writer died. The cause of Kuprin's death was acute pneumonia, contracted while watching the parade on Red Square. “Kulunchakovskaya Tatar blood” has cooled forever. Kuprin's death was reported by TASS and a number of popular newspapers. The funeral of Alexander Kuprin took place on the Literary Bridge of the Volkovsky Cemetery in St. Petersburg. Kuprin's grave is located near the resting places of Turgenev, Mamin-Sibiryak and Garin-Mikhailovsky.

Life line

September 7, 1870 Date of birth of Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin.
1876 Young Alexander is placed in the Moscow Razumovsky orphanage.
1880 Kuprin enters the Second Moscow Cadet Corps.
1887 The young man is enrolled in the Alexander Military School.
1889 The writer's first story, “The Last Debut,” appears.
1890 Alexander Kuprin was released into the 46th Dnieper Infantry Regiment with the rank of second lieutenant.
1894 Kuprin resigns and moves to Kyiv.
1901 The writer moves to St. Petersburg and receives the position of secretary at the “Magazine for Everyone.”
1902 Alexander Kuprin marries Maria Davydova.
1905 The release of Kuprin's most significant work - the story "The Duel".
1909 Kuprin receives a divorce from Davydova and marries Elizaveta Heinrich.
1919 The writer and his wife emigrate to Paris.
1937 At the invitation of the USSR government, Kuprin and his wife return to their homeland.
August 25, 1938 Date of death of Kuprin.
August 27, 1938 Date of Kuprin's funeral.

Memorable places

1. The city of Narovchat, where Alexander Kuprin was born.
2. Alexander Military School (now the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces), where Alexander spent his military youth.
3. The city of Proskurov (now Khmelnitsky), where Kuprin served his military service.
4. House on Podol in Kyiv, where Alexander Kuprin lived in 1894-1896.
5. Restaurant “Vena” in St. Petersburg (now the mini-hotel “Old Vienna”), where Kuprin loved to spend time.
6. The city of Gatchina, where Alexander Kuprin lived with his wife Elizaveta Heinrich and children.
7. The city of Paris, where the Kuprins lived in 1919-1937.
8. Monument to Kuprin in Balaklava.
9. Kuprin’s sister’s house in Kolomna, where Alexander Ivanovich often visited.
10. Literary bridges at the Volkovsky cemetery in St. Petersburg, where Kuprin is buried.

Episodes of life

In 1905, Alexander Kuprin witnessed the suppression of the Sevastopol uprising. The burning cruiser "Ochakov" was shot from guns, and the sailors fleeing by swimming were mercilessly showered with lead hail. On that sad day, Kuprin managed to help several sailors who miraculously reached the shore. The writer got them civilian clothes and even diverted the attention of the police so that they could freely get out of the danger zone.

One day, having received a large advance, Alexander Ivanovich began to drink heavily. In a drunken stupor, he dragged a dubious group of drinking buddies into the house where his family lived, and, in fact, the fun continued. Kuprin's wife endured the revelry for a long time, but a flaming match dropped on her dress was the last straw. In a fit of fury, Davydova broke a carafe of water on her husband’s head. The husband could not bear the insult. He left the house, scribbling on a piece of paper: “It’s all over between us. We won't see each other again."

Covenant

“Language is the history of a people. Language is the path of civilization and culture. Therefore, studying and preserving the Russian language is not an idle activity because there is nothing to do, but an urgent necessity.”

Documentary film “Kuprin’s Ruby Bracelet” from State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company “Culture”

Condolences

“Kuprin is a bright, healthy talent.”
Maxim Gorky, writer

“By the scope of his talent, by his living language, Kuprin graduated not only from the ‘literary conservatory’, but also from several literary academies.”
Konstantin Paustovsky, writer

“He was a romantic. He was the captain of youthful novels, a sea wolf with a nose-warmer in his mouth, and a regular at port taverns. He felt brave and strong, rough in appearance and poetically tender in spirit.”
Teffi, poetess

Russian writer Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin (1870–1938) was born in the town of Narovchat, Penza province. A man of difficult fate, a career military man, then a journalist, emigrant and “returnee,” Kuprin is known as the author of works included in the golden collection of Russian literature.

Stages of life and creativity

Kuprin was born into a poor noble family on August 26, 1870. His father worked as a secretary in the regional court, his mother came from a noble family of Tatar princes Kulunchakov. In addition to Alexander, two daughters grew up in the family.

The life of the family changed dramatically when, a year after the birth of their son, the head of the family died of cholera. The mother, a native Muscovite, began to look for an opportunity to return to the capital and somehow arrange the life of the family. She managed to find a place with a boarding house in the Kudrinsky widow's house in Moscow. Three years of little Alexander’s life passed here, after which, at the age of six, he was sent to an orphanage. The atmosphere of the widow's house is conveyed by the story “Holy Lies” (1914), written by a mature writer.

The boy was accepted to study at the Razumovsky orphanage, then, after graduation, he continued his studies at the Second Moscow Cadet Corps. Fate, it seems, destined him to be a military man. And in Kuprin’s early works, the theme of everyday life in the army and relationships among the military is raised in two stories: “Army Ensign” (1897), “At the Turning Point (Cadets)” (1900). At the peak of his literary talent, Kuprin writes the story “The Duel” (1905). The image of her hero, Second Lieutenant Romashov, according to the writer, was copied from himself. The publication of the story caused great discussion in society. In the army environment, the work was perceived negatively. The story shows the aimlessness and philistine limitations of the life of the military class. A kind of conclusion to the dilogy “Cadets” and “Duel” was the autobiographical story “Junker”, written by Kuprin already in exile, in 1928-32.

Army life was completely alien to Kuprin, who was prone to rebellion. Resignation from military service took place in 1894. By this time, the writer’s first stories began to appear in magazines, not yet noticed by the general public. After leaving military service, he began wandering in search of income and life experiences. Kuprin tried to find himself in many professions, but the experience of journalism acquired in Kyiv became useful for starting professional literary work. The next five years were marked by the appearance of the author’s best works: the stories “The Lilac Bush” (1894), “The Painting” (1895), “Overnight” (1895), “Barbos and Zhulka” (1897), “The Wonderful Doctor” (1897), “ Breget" (1897), the story "Olesya" (1898).

The capitalism that Russia is entering has depersonalized the working man. Anxiety in the face of this process leads to a wave of workers' revolts, which are supported by the intelligentsia. In 1896, Kuprin wrote the story “Moloch” - a work of great artistic power. In the story, the soulless power of the machine is associated with an ancient deity who demands and receives human lives as a sacrifice.

“Moloch” was written by Kuprin upon his return to Moscow. Here, after wandering, the writer finds a home, enters the literary circle, meets and becomes close friends with Bunin, Chekhov, Gorky. Kuprin marries and in 1901 moves with his family to St. Petersburg. His stories “Swamp” (1902), “White Poodle” (1903), “Horse Thieves” (1903) are published in magazines. At this time, the writer is actively involved in public life; he is a candidate for deputy of the State Duma of the 1st convocation. Since 1911 he has lived with his family in Gatchina.

Kuprin’s work between the two revolutions was marked by the creation of love stories “Shulamith” (1908) and “Pomegranate Bracelet” (1911), distinguished by their bright mood from the works of literature of those years by other authors.

During the period of two revolutions and the civil war, Kuprin was looking for an opportunity to be useful to society, collaborating either with the Bolsheviks or with the Socialist Revolutionaries. 1918 became a turning point in the life of the writer. He emigrates with his family, lives in France and continues to work actively. Here, in addition to the novel “Junker,” the story “Yu-Yu” (1927), the fairy tale “Blue Star” (1927), the story “Olga Sur” (1929), a total of more than twenty works, were written.

In 1937, after an entry permit approved by Stalin, the already very ill writer returned to Russia and settled in Moscow, where a year after returning from emigration, Alexander Ivanovich died. Kuprin was buried in Leningrad at the Volkovsky cemetery.

Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin is a famous Russian writer and translator. He made a significant contribution to the fund of Russian literature. His works were particularly realistic, thanks to which he received recognition in various strata of society.

Brief biography of Kuprin

We present to your attention a short biography of Kuprin. She, like everything, contains a lot.

Childhood and parents

Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin was born on August 26, 1870 in the city of Narovchat, in the family of a simple official. When little Alexander was only one year old, his father, Ivan Ivanovich, died.

After the death of her husband, the mother of the future writer, Lyubov Alekseevna, decided to go to Moscow. It was in this city that Kuprin spent his childhood and youth.

Training and the beginning of a creative path

When young Sasha was 6 years old, he was sent to study at the Moscow Orphan School, from which he graduated in 1880.

Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin

In 1887, Kuprin was enrolled in the Alexander Military School.

During this period of his biography, he had to face various difficulties, which he would later write about in the stories “At the Turning Point (Cadets)” and “Junkers”.

Alexander Ivanovich had good ability to write poetry, but they remained unpublished.

In 1890, the writer served in an infantry regiment with the rank of second lieutenant.

While in this rank, he writes such stories as “Inquiry”, “In the Dark”, “Night Shift” and “Hike”.

Creativity flourishes

In 1894, Kuprin decided to resign, being at that time already in the rank of lieutenant. Immediately after this, he begins to travel around, meeting different people and gaining new knowledge.

During this period, he manages to meet Maxim Gorky and.

Kuprin’s biography is interesting in that he immediately took all the impressions and experiences he received during his considerable travels as the basis for future works.

In 1905, the story “The Duel” was published, which received real recognition in society. In 1911, his most significant work, “The Garnet Bracelet,” appeared, which made Kuprin truly famous.

It should be noted that it was easy for him to write not only serious literature, but also children's stories.

Emigration

One of the most important moments in Kuprin’s life was the October Revolution. In a short biography it is difficult to describe all the writer’s experiences associated with this time.

Let us briefly note that he flatly refused to accept the ideology of war communism and the terror associated with it. Having assessed the current situation, Kuprin almost immediately decides to emigrate to.

In a foreign land, he continues to write novels and short stories, as well as engage in translation activities. For Alexander Kuprin it was unthinkable to live without creativity, which is clearly visible throughout his biography.

Return to Russia

Over time, in addition to material difficulties, Kuprin increasingly begins to feel nostalgia for his homeland. He manages to return back to Russia only after 17 years. At the same time he wrote his last work, which is called “Native Moscow”.

Last years of life and death

Soviet officials benefited from a famous writer returning to his homeland. They tried to create from him the image of a repentant writer who came from a foreign land to sing the praises of the happy.

About Kuprin’s return to the USSR, 1937, Pravda

However, the internal memos of the competent authorities record that Kuprin is weak, ill, incapacitated and, practically, unable to write anything.

By the way, this is why information appeared that “Native Moscow” belongs not to Kuprin himself, but to the journalist assigned to him, N.K. Verzhbitsky.

On August 25, 1938, Alexander Kuprin died of esophageal cancer. He was buried in Leningrad at the Volkovsky cemetery, next to the great writer.

• When Kuprin was not yet famous, he managed to master many different professions. He worked in a circus, was an artist, teacher, land surveyor and journalist. In total, he mastered more than 20 different professions.
• The writer's first wife, Maria Karlovna, really did not like the unrest and disorganization in Kuprin's work. For example, having caught him sleeping at work, she deprived him of breakfast. And when he did not write the necessary chapters for a story, his wife refused to let him into the house. How can one not remember the American scientist who was under pressure from his wife!
• Kuprin loved to dress in national Tatar attire and walk the streets like that. On his mother's side he had Tatar roots, which he was always proud of.
• Kuprin personally communicated with Lenin. He suggested that the leader create a newspaper for villagers called “Earth”.
• In 2014, the television series “Kuprin” was filmed, telling about the life of the writer.
• According to the recollections of his contemporaries, Kuprin was truly a very kind person who was not indifferent to the destinies of others.
• Many settlements, streets and libraries are named after Kuprin.

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