Konstantin paustovsky biography sample
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ALMOST THERE | ISSUE SEVEN
Konstantin Paustovsky: an interesting life
Paustovsky’s real life was every bit as intriguing as one of his stories
Introduction
As inom mentioned in a previous brev, there are a good number of talented Russian writers of the Soviet period that are barely known in the West, and as a consequence it is difficult to find their works in translation. I intend to make my own modest contribution towards redressing the balance by translating Snow, a short story by Konstantin Paustovsky.
This also gives me an excuse to provide a little biographical background on a man who was in his day, one of the most popular writers in the USSR and whose literary output and qualities as a human being make him, in my opinion, someone who should be much more well-known than he is.
Early life
Paustovsky’s early life was a strange mix of comedy, tragedy, incredible twists of fate and above all adventure.¹ It all began conventionally enough.
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A Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky
: “… my generation was fated to experience enough wars, coups, trials, hopes, troubles and joys to last several generations of our forefathers. In the amount of time it takes Jupiter to orbit the sun, we had experienced so much that just thinking about it makes my heart ache.”
So writes Konstantin Paustovsky in his memoir The Story of a Life (,, , ) (English Translation, Vintage Douglas Smith, ), a work which takes the reader from the author’s childhood in Ukraine at the vända of the 19th century, through to the formation of the Soviet system, Paustovsky is likely to be the most famous Russian author you have never heard of.
This is not one single book, but three books in one volume written across decades: Book One, The Faraway Years, Book Two, Restless Youth and Book Three, The Dawn of an Uncertain Age. There are three more books that have yet to be translated. I hope it happens quickly because I am qu