Grigory Adamov: Biography and Creativity

Today we will tell you who Grigory Adamov is. The books of this Soviet writer are written in the genre of fiction. He was born in 1886, on May 6 (18). The author's real last name is Gibbs.

Biography

The writer Grigory Adamov was born in Kherson. Some sources indicate Zhitomir as the birthplace. It comes from the family of a working woodworker. Was the seventh child. At the age of 15 he became a member of the revolutionary youth circle. Joined the Kherson organization of the Bolsheviks. Repeatedly arrested. For this reason he fled to Nikolaev.

Revolution and first work

Grigory Adamov studied at the gymnasium. Of the penultimate class was expelled. In 1906 he was exiled. The reason was a violation of public order. I went to Arkhangelsk Province. He was running. Took part in the action, the purpose of which was the destruction of judicial documents relating to the uprising in Sevastopol on the battleship Prince Potemkin-Tavrichesky. He was condemned for carrying out revolutionary agitation on ships belonging to the Black Sea Fleet. He served three years in prison in Kherson. After leaving prison he worked as a journalist. From 1911 to 1914 he edited the Social Democratic newspaper "Yug". After 1917 he worked in the State Publishing House and the People's Commissariat of Food. Published in the pages of the magazine "Our achievements". He served as a correspondent for a newspaper called "For Industrialization." Since 1930 he became a professional writer. In 1934 he began to create works for young people and children. At first it was stories. Later he wrote novels and novels. Consisted in the joint venture of the USSR. The son of our hero is Adam Arkady Grigorievich. He is also a writer. He works in a detective genre.

Literary Activity

Grigory Adamov began his journalistic work with the editing of the newspaper "Yug". In 1931 he published a collection of essays and short stories "United Columns". Mainly known for his science fiction works. The first publication in this genre took place in 1934. The work is called "The Story of Diego". The works of "Accident" and "Oasis of the Sun" are devoted to the energy future in the Karakum and the Arctic regions. The first novel of the writer in the sci-fi genre is called "The winners of the bowels". Its main theme is the mastery of energy sources. The basis of the plot is the movement on the "podzemohod", as well as the construction of a underground power station in the depths of the earth. After the publication of this novel, the author won a positive evaluation from Academician VA Obruchev. The most famous work of Adamov is called "The Secret of Two Oceans". In 1940, the writer began to create a new work, "The Exile of the Lord". This work reveals the topic of heating the northern territories by raising the temperature of the Gulf Stream. The author went to the Arctic and proceeded to collect the materials. The novel was published in 1946, when the writer passed away.

Bibliography

Grigory Adamov in 1931 published essays entitled "United Columns". Literary works:

• In 1934 appeared "The Story of Diego".
• In 1935 the work "Accident" came out.
• In 1936 the story "Oasis of the Sun" appeared.
• In 1937 there was a science fiction novel "Winners of the bowels".
• In 1938, Grigory Adamov published works "In the Stratosphere", "Attack of Magnetic Torpedoes", "In Ice Captivity."
• In 1941, the book "In the Arctic of the Future" appeared.

In 1946, the author wrote a science fiction novel called "The Exile of the Lord".

The best book

"The Mystery of Two Oceans" is a work in which the hike of the USSR submarine called "Pioneer" to Vladivostok from Leningrad is described. The novel was written in the 1930s - on the wave of Stalinist patriotism. For the first time the work was partially published in the pages of the journal "Knowledge is Strength". Then he published a newspaper called Pionerskaya Pravda in 1938. The book edition was first published in 1939. The variants of the novel, which were published after 1953, have textual differences from the early ones, since they removed the statements that are associated with Stalin. The book tells how a boy, just 14 years old, named Pavlik, the son of a diplomat from the USSR, finds himself in the water after a shipwreck that occurred in the North Atlantic. He is taken aboard a submarine from the USSR under the name "Pioneer". It is a unique ship that absorbed the best achievements of science. The boat is sent to the Pacific Fleet from Leningrad. Its goal is to create a counterbalance to Japan's growing maritime power. The ship passes near Cape Horn. Miraculously escapes death in the Antarctic seas. It enters the waters of the Pacific Ocean. There he is attacked by the cruiser Izumo, a representative of the Japanese fleet. "Pioneer" destroys the enemy with the help of an ultrasonic beam. One member of the crew is an enemy agent. It damages the boat. However, the crew is repairing a ship near Easter Island, being on the ocean floor. The saboteur is rendered harmless, the Pioneer successfully leads to Vladivostok. The novel describes the scientific and technical fantastic innovations used on the ship.