Fedor Abramov: Wounded Heart. Trushin O.D.

The book about the famous and unknown Fedor Alexandrovich Abramov (1920-1983) - philologist, teacher, critic, writer, vivid representative of village prose. The drama of his literary biography, the aggravated sense of justice, the uncompromising of views give rise to the question: why did he not become a dissident? However, a big mystery remains the reason for his departure in 63 years. They murmured for the truth in the word, for bold performances from large and small stands, but they loved and respected for this. He was akin to the rebellious protopop Avvakum, who was able to captivate the power of persuasion. Biography is based not only by the memories of those who knew the writer, but also the materials stored in St. Petersburg in the personal archive of F. A. Abramov Irley RAS (Pushkin house). The author of the book is the writer, historian Oleg Dmitrievich Trushin for the first time investigated this archive, which helped him reveal many new facts regarding literary activity, as well as to find out the details of the writer’s personal life, who previously represented the secret.