Peter Pavlovich Ershov, the author of "The Humpbacked Horse" - an open man with many secrets

The author of "The Humpbacked Horse" Peter Pavlovich Ershov, after his death in 1890, 7 volumes of manuscripts disappeared without a trace, is considered the author of one work. Although even during his lifetime, the novels "Autumn Evenings" were written, written in the style of a through story and combined into a large cycle. But even the epitaph on the tombstone, he is immortalized as the author of "The Humpbacked Horse", his only work.

By his own admission, he was lazy. In addition, for his life he married 3 times and in these marriages had 16 own children and 4 adopted children. At the same time, Ershov was not rich, and he earned money for maintenance. Being "besserebrennikom", with a good track record, he managed to retire without retirement. Such conditions clearly did not contribute to the serial release of masterpieces.

And he was not always lucky. The very fact that he was the true author of the "Humpbacked Horse", challenging the lack of significant subsequent works, was disputed. As if history does not know the geniuses whose pen belongs to a single novel ("Manon Lescot" by the Abbot Prevost, "Leopard" di Lampeduso). Pyotr Pavlovich was also blamed for his youth. As the author of "The Humpbacked Horse" he became famous at the age of 19. Being a student at St. Petersburg University, he gave his teacher Pletnev in 1834 a wonderful work as a course work (again, T. Mann wrote his Buddenbrook at 25). Even riches do not cause such burning envy, as ingenious giftedness. Belinsky poured mud on him and accused him of plagiarism.

But still everyone knows the tale. In just one decade (1870-1880) she produced 40 fakes, during the life of Ershov she was reprinted 7 times, and in the pre-revolutionary period - all 26. She had a great influence on subsequent works of this kind and inspired L. Filatov to create a work "About Fedota- Archer, a young man ".

The tale was repeatedly banned entirely and fragmentarily. The work is read easily, in one breath, with a constant smile on your face, because the author of the fairy tale "The Humpbacked Horse" is an incredibly witty person. It is written in a 4-foot iambic with a double rhyme. By the simplicity of writing and reading it is akin to the best works of Pushkin and Nekrasov.

Peter Pavlovich Ershov (1815-1890) was born in Siberia - a land saturated with tales and legends, he listened to them from childhood, and then, having collected all the impressions together, he wrote such a wonderful work that Astafyev brought to his biggest "Collection of Russian Folk tales. " One of the greatest confessions for the author is expressed in the fact that the author's work was considered popular.

The "Humpbacked Horse", whose author P. P. Ershov was, like A. Griboedov's "Woe from Wit", literally was riddled with citations.

In 1947, the animated film "The Little Humpbacked Horse" appeared on the screens, the author of which Ivanov-Vano did not diminish the importance of the original source, the picture is still popular now.

The subsequent works of Ershov also had dozens of reasons for the ban on release, including mystical ones. There is a version that the story "Panin bugor" from the series "Autumn evenings" because of the name of the romantic hero - Stalin - after the death of the author saw the light only in 1984.