Which Russian writer wrote Alyonushka's fairy tales. Biography of my mother's Siberian

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BIOGRAPHY of Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak Prepared by primary school teacher GBOU secondary school No. 349 of the Krasnogvardeisky district of St. Petersburg Pechenkina Tamara Pavlovna

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Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak 10/25/1852 – 11/02/1912 Russian prose writer and playwright

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Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak (real name Mamin) was born in the factory village of Visimo-Shaitan, Perm province in the family of a factory priest. Father really wanted Dmitry to follow in his footsteps and devote his life to serving God. Dmitry's family was very enlightened, so he received his first education at home. After this, the boy went to the Visim school for children of workers. The parents' desire to guide their child along a spiritual path led Dmitry to the Yekaterinburg Theological School in 1866. He studied there for two years, and then moved to the Perm Theological Seminary (he did not complete the full course until 1872). Dmitry's extraordinary character can be seen already in these years: he becomes a member of a circle of advanced seminarians, studies the ideas of Dobrolyubov, Chernyshevsky, Herzen. While studying at the seminary, Dmitry writes his first stories - not very good yet, but already indicating literary inclinations.

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In 1872, Dmitry entered the St. Petersburg Medical-Surgical Academy in the veterinary department. Since 1874, to earn money, he wrote reports on meetings of scientific societies for newspapers. In 1876, without graduating from the academy, he transferred to the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University. After studying for a year, he was forced to leave the university due to financial difficulties and a sharp deterioration in health. In the summer of 1877 he returned to the Urals to his parents. The following year, his father died, and the entire burden of caring for the family fell on Dmitry. In order to educate his brothers and sister and be able to earn money, he moved to the large cultural center of Yekaterinburg, where he married Maria Yakimovna Alekseeva, who became for him not only his wife and friend, but also an excellent adviser on literary issues. During these years, the future writer made many trips around the Urals, studied literature on the history, economics, and ethnography of the Urals, and became acquainted with folk life.

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Soon after this, travel essays were published under the general title “From the Urals to Moscow.” They were published for the first time by the newspaper Russkie Vedomosti. The success of Mamin-Sibiryak’s prose forces the publications “Delo”, “Foundations”, “Russian Thought”, “Bulletin of Europe”, “Otechestvennye Zapiski” to pay attention to him. Then Mamin becomes Mamin the Siberian. He often signed his works with the literary pseudonym D. Sibiryak, which Dmitry decided to add to his real name. After the publication of these works, the main motives of Mamin-Sibiryak’s work become noticeable: a unique description of the nature of the Urals, its influence on human life. During this period, Mamin-Sibiryan traveled a lot around the Urals, carefully studying the economy, history, and ethnography of the region. Communication with local residents, immersion in the original life of ordinary people provides enormous material for works.

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In 1883, the writer completed work on his first novel from factory life in the Urals, Privalov’s Millions, which took ten whole years to create. The novel first appeared in the magazine “Delo” and gained great popularity. The following year, the novel “Mountain Nest” was published in the pages of the journal Otechestvennye zapiski. This work brought Mamin-Sibiryak the fame of a talented realist writer. Scene from the play "Privalov's Millions"

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In 1890, he divorced his first wife, married Maria Abramova, an artist of the Yekaterinburg Drama Theater, and moved to St. Petersburg. A year later, Abramova died, leaving her sick daughter Alyonushka in the arms of her father, shocked by this death. This tragedy became a very big shock for the writer, which he could not fully cope with until his death. Deep depression was reflected in the letters that Mamin-Sibiryak sent to his relatives during this period.

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However, the writer overcomes the shock of loss and gives maximum attention to his daughter. Creativity at this time is very fruitful, many works for children appear. The cycle of fairy tales “Alyonushkina Tales”, written by Mamin-Sibiryak for his daughter, became one of the best examples of his work. Animals, birds, fish, insects, plants and toys live and talk happily in them. For example: Komar Komarovich - long nose, Shaggy Misha - short tail, Brave Hare - long ears - slanting eyes - short tail, Sparrow Vorobeich and Ruff Ershovich. Talking about the funny adventures of animals and toys, the author skillfully combines fascinating content with useful information, kids learn to observe life, they develop feelings of camaraderie and friendship, modesty and hard work.

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Mamin-Sibiryak took children's literature very seriously. He called a children's book a "living thread" that takes the child out of the children's room and connects him with the wider world of life. Addressing writers, his contemporaries, Mamin-Sibiryak urged them to truthfully tell children about the life and work of the people. He often said that only an honest and sincere book is beneficial. Mamin-Sibiryak’s works for older children tell about the life and work of workers and peasants in the Urals and Siberia, about the fate of children working in factories, industries and mines, about young travelers along the picturesque slopes of the Ural Mountains. A wide and diverse world, the life of man and nature, is revealed to young readers in these works. Mamin-Sibiryak’s story “Emelya the Hunter,” which was awarded an international prize in 1884, was highly appreciated by readers.

A difficult life, full of hardships. Death of loved ones, poverty, illness. The biography of Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak has many difficult, sometimes almost hopeless pages. He was not recognized for a long time; famous writers called his works uninteresting and mediocre. But he was able to overcome himself, cope with difficulties, ascend to the literary Olympus and even receive the unspoken title “voice of the Urals.”

His works are still relevant today, his fairy tales are read by modern children. With the help of fictional characters: Komar Komarovich, Ruff Ershovich, Brave Hare, they learn to love nature, respect elders, be kind, sympathetic and fair.

Childhood

Dmitry Mamin, the pseudonym Sibiryak added to the surname later, was born on November 6, 1852, in the small village of Visimo-Shaitan, Perm province (now the village of Visim, Sverdlovsk region). His father was a factory priest, his mother raised four children.

Father Narkis Matveevich was very fond of books, especially the classics: Pushkin, Gogol, Krylov. The essays were kept in a custom-made brown cabinet with glass doors. For Mom, he was something like a family member.

Dmitry Narkisovich recalls that since childhood he read serious works. It was difficult to get children's literature, so buying the first such book was a real event for him. In the autobiographical story “From the Distant Past,” the writer will write: “How now I remember this children’s book, the name of which I have already forgotten. But I clearly remember the drawings contained in it, especially the living bridge of monkeys and paintings of tropical nature. Of course, I never came across a better book than this one.”

Education

Until the age of eight, Dmitry was home-schooled. His life was limited to the territory of the courtyard. They were rarely allowed outside of it. Everything changed when I entered the factory primary school, new friends and hobbies appeared. Teachers described the boy as talented, interested and enthusiastic.

The parents did not have funds for studying at the gymnasium. The son is sent to the Yekaterinburg Theological School. Studying there was torment for Mamin-Sibiryak. What remains in my memory is corporal punishment and cramming. Then Dmitry is enrolled in the Perm Theological Seminary, but the young man understands that he will not follow in his father’s footsteps and will not become a clergyman. He reads the banned Herzen, Dobrolyubov, Chernyshevsky, and dreams of reforms in the country.

In search of himself, Dmitry goes to St. Petersburg. He enters the Medical Academy in the veterinary department. At the same time, he attends revolutionary circles, reads Marx, and participates in political debates. He does this so clearly and convincingly that the police set up surveillance. He lives very poorly. He rents a tiny, cold room and saves on literally everything.

Two years later, Mamin-Sibiryak understands that veterinary medicine is not his life’s work, and transfers to the Faculty of Law. But getting a higher education is not destined. His father becomes seriously ill, he has nothing to pay for his studies, and Dmitry himself develops tuberculosis. In the summer of 1877, after 6 years of metropolitan life in St. Petersburg, a young man returned to the Urals. These years of wandering will form the basis of the autobiographical work “Characters from the Life of Pepko.”

Creative path

Dmitry Mamin begins writing in St. Petersburg. He immediately realizes that literature is his calling. He signs his first stories with the surname Tomsky, but critics, including the eminent Saltykov-Shchedrin, are not enthusiastic about the works of the novice author. The first impulse is to put an end to my creative career. But Mamin decides not to give up and year after year he improves his skills: he searches for his own style, literary techniques, and images.

It is published in the St. Petersburg newspaper “Russkiy Mir”, in the magazines “Krugozor” and “Son of the Fatherland”. His short stories “In the Mountains”, “Mermaids”, “Secrets of the Green Forest” tell about the Ural nature, the Ural way of life and the life of ordinary people.

Mamin-Sibiryak’s truly literary talent is revealed after returning to his native place. The disease recedes, but the father dies. Dmitry becomes the head of a large family. In search of work, he goes to Yekaterinburg; getting a job without education is difficult. The young man is engaged in tutoring and quickly gains fame as the best teacher in the city.

He writes mostly at night, and soon the works of the unknown Dmitry Sibiryak appear in famous magazines in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 1882, a series of travel essays “From Moscow to the Urals”, stories “In Thin Souls”, “At the Border of Asia” were published. The heroes of the books are simple Ural workers, their lives are very realistic. A lot of space on the pages is devoted to descriptions of nature. The author was talked about in literary circles. His collections sell out quickly. And the once categorical Saltykov-Shchedrin happily publishes the writer in his “Notes of the Fatherland.”

Dmitry Narkisovich signs his first major work, “Privalov's Millions,” with the double surname Mamin-Sibiryak, which will remain with the writer forever. Under it, the author will write many works of various genres. These are the novels “Mountain Nest”, “On the Street” and “Birthday Boy”, the play “Gold Miners”, the stories “Okhonin’s Eyebrows” and “The Gordeev Brothers”. With the birth of her daughter, Mamin-Sibiryak will also prove herself as a children's author. His "Alyonushka's Tales" are rightfully considered a children's classic.

Personal life

Dmitry Narkisovich was married twice. The first wife was Maria Alekseeva. The couple got married almost immediately after the young man returned from St. Petersburg to the Urals. The marriage lasted about ten years.

The second was not so long and lasted only 15 months. His wife, Yekaterinburg theater actress Maria Abramova died in childbirth, giving the writer a daughter, Alyonushka. The girl was very weak and the doctors openly declared that she would not survive. But the father literally took out the baby and subsequently dedicated all his fairy tales to his daughter.

With his second wife, Mamin-Sibiryak moves to St. Petersburg. The writer's further life takes place in the northern capital. Although his heart and soul are still inextricably linked with the Urals. In the last years of his life, the famous author was seriously ill; a cerebral hemorrhage and newly discovered tuberculosis seriously undermined his health. Dmitry Mamin died on November 15, 1912, shortly after his 60th birthday.

Obituaries will appear in famous newspapers and magazines. The Pravda newspaper will write: “A bright, talented, warm-hearted writer has died, under whose pen the pages of the past of the Urals came to life, an entire era of the march of capital, predatory, greedy, who did not know how to restrain himself in anything.” The writer will be buried at the Nikolskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg, next to his wife Maria Abramova. And on the granite monument with a bronze bas-relief the words “To live a thousand lives, to suffer and rejoice in a thousand hearts - that’s where real life and real happiness are.”

Daughter Alyonushka outlived her father by two years and died in 1914 from consumption at the age of 22. During his lifetime, he managed to order that his father’s house in Yekaterinburg become a museum.

In the 50s of the 20th century, the ashes of the Mamin family were transferred to the Volkovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg.

Heritage

• In 2002, the Mamin-Sibiryak Literary Prize was established. It is awarded annually to writers writing about the Urals.
• Mamin-Sibiryak streets exist in many Russian cities, including Yekaterinburg.
• The Nizhny Tagil Drama Theater and the library in Chelyabinsk also bear the name of Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak.

Dmitry Mamin was born on October 25 (November 6, n.s.) 1852 in the Visimo-Shaitansky plant in the then Perm province (now the village of Visim, Sverdlovsk region, near Nizhny Tagil) in the family of a priest. He was educated at home, then studied at the Visim school for children of workers.

Mamin’s father wanted him to follow in the footsteps of his parents in the future and be a minister of the church. Therefore, in 1866, the boy’s parents sent the boy to receive theological education at the Yekaterinburg Theological School, where he studied until 1868, and then continued his studies at the Perm Theological Seminary. During these years, he participated in a circle of advanced seminarians and was influenced by the ideas of Chernyshevsky, Dobrolyubov, and Herzen. His first creative attempts date back to his stay here.

After the seminary, Dmitry Mamin moved to St. Petersburg in the spring of 1871 and entered the medical-surgical academy in the veterinary department, and then transferred to medicine.

In 1874, Mamin passed the exams at St. Petersburg University. He studied at the Faculty of Science for about two years.

In 1876, he transferred to the university's law faculty, but never completed even a course there. Mamin was forced to leave his studies due to financial difficulties and a sharp deterioration in his health. The young man began to develop tuberculosis. Fortunately, the young body was able to overcome the serious illness.

During his student years, Mamin began writing short reports and stories for newspapers. The first short stories by Mamin-Sibiryak appeared in print in 1872.

Mamin well described his student years, his first difficult steps in literature, along with acute material need, in his autobiographical novel “Characters from the Life of Pepko,” which became not only one of the best, brightest works of the writer, but also perfectly demonstrated his worldview, views and ideas.

In the summer of 1877, Mamin-Sibiryak returned to his parents in the Urals. The following year his father died. The entire burden of caring for the family fell on Dmitry Mamin. In order to educate his brothers and sister, as well as to be able to earn money, the family decided to move to Yekaterinburg. Here began a new life for an aspiring writer.

Soon he married Maria Alekseeva, who also became a good adviser to him on literary issues.

During these years, he makes many trips throughout the Urals, studies literature on the history, economics, and ethnography of the Urals, immerses himself in folk life, and communicates with people who have extensive life experience.

Two long trips to the capital (1881-82, 1885-86) strengthened the writer’s literary connections: he met Korolenko, Zlatovratsky, Goltsev and others. During these years he wrote and published many short stories and essays.

In 1881-1882 a series of travel essays “From the Urals to Moscow” appears, published in the Moscow newspaper “Russian Vedomosti”. Then his Ural stories and essays appear in the publications “Foundations”, “Delo”, “Bulletin of Europe”, “Russian Thought”, “Domestic Notes”.

Some of the works of this time were signed with the pseudonym “D. Sibiryak”. Having attached a pseudonym to his name, the writer quickly gained popularity, and the signature Mamin-Sibiryak remained with him forever.

In these works of the writer, the creative motives characteristic of Mamin-Sibiryak begin to be traced: a gorgeous description of the grandiose Ural nature (not subject to any other writers), showing its impact on life, human tragedy. In the works of Mamin-Sibiryak, plot and nature are inseparable and interconnected.

In 1883, Mamin-Sibiryak’s first novel, “Privalov’s Millions,” appeared on the pages of the Delo magazine. He worked on it for ten (!) years. The novel was a great success.

In 1884, his second novel, “Mountain Nest,” was published in Otechestvennye zapiski, which secured Mamin-Sibiryak’s fame as a realist writer.

In 1890, Mamin-Sibiryak divorced his first wife and married the talented artist of the Yekaterinburg Drama Theater M. Abramova. Together with her, he permanently moves to St. Petersburg, where he passes the last stage of his life.

A year after the move, Abramova dies due to difficult childbirth, leaving her sick daughter Alyonushka in her father’s arms. The death of his wife, whom he loved dearly, shook Mamin-Sibiryak to the depths of his soul. He suffers very much and cannot find a place for himself. The writer fell into a deep depression, as evidenced by his letters to his homeland.

Mamin-Sibiryak begins to write a lot again, including for children. So he wrote “Alenushka’s Tales” (1894-96) for his daughter, which gained great popularity. “Alyonushka’s Tales” are full of optimism, a bright faith in goodness. “Alyonushka's Tales” have forever become a children's classic.

In 1895, the writer published the novel “Bread”, as well as the two-volume collection “Ural Stories”.

The writer's last major works were the novels “Characters from the Life of Pepko” (1894), “Shooting Stars” (1899) and the story “Mumma” (1907).

“Can you really be satisfied with your life alone? No, living a thousand lives, suffering and rejoicing in a thousand hearts - that’s where life and real happiness are!”, says Mamin in “Characters from the Life of Pepko.” He wants to live for everyone, to experience everything and feel everything.

At the age of 60, on November 2 (November 15, n.s.), 1912, Dmitry Nirkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak died in St. Petersburg.

In 2002, on the 150th anniversary of the writer D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak, a prize named after him was established in the Urals. The prize is awarded annually on the birthday of D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak - November 6

Authors whose works continue the literary traditions of classical Russian prose and poetry, and are also connected with the Urals, can take part in the competition. In addition to the gold medal with the image of Mamin the Sibiryak, each laureate receives 1 thousand dollars. The chairman of the award jury is the Ural writer Vladislav Krapivin.

Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin, whom readers know by his last name Mamin-Sibiryak, born on November 6, 1852 in the village of Visim in the Perm province in the family of a hereditary priest Narkisa Mamina. The writer recalled his childhood with reverence: “There was not a single bitter memory, not a single childhood reproach,” and in his numerous letters to his parents he wrote the words “Mom” and “Dad” with a capital letter.

But in his adult life, Dmitry faced terrible trials with poverty, serious illnesses, dozens of unpublished works and drama in his personal life...

“Wrote 100 volumes, published 36”

While studying at the Yekaterinburg Theological School, Dmitry Mamin was practically starving. He will write about that period later: “the school did not give anything to my mind, I did not read a single book... and did not acquire any knowledge.”

Next was studying at the veterinary department of the Medical-Surgical Academy of St. Petersburg. Without completing his studies, he transferred to the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University. In order to somehow feed himself, he wrote for newspapers and earned money by tutoring. “I spent three years going to private lessons 12 hours a day.” The writer recalled the life of that period as a very difficult period - sometimes he had no food for several days, his clothes were old and full of holes. Of course, constant malnutrition and hypothermia made themselves felt - Dmitry fell ill with a severe form of tuberculosis. Due to illness, he quits his studies and goes to the Urals to the city of Nizhnyaya Salda, where his parents had moved by that time. But soon a new misfortune befell the future writer - his father passed away from a serious illness. And Dmitry takes upon himself all the worries of supporting his mother and sister.

Trying to make money, he literally does not get up from his desk and writes, writes articles, essays, novels. It was a difficult period that not everyone could survive - for 9 years. Mamin sent dozens of his works to a variety of editors and was rejected everywhere. “There are 100 volumes, but only 36 have been published,” he admitted later. The author Dmitry Sibiryak signed - then everything that was beyond the Ural ridge was considered Siberia. And under the novels the writer signed Mamin-Sibiryak. Unlike other writers, Mamin-Sibiryak mastered almost all literary genres: novel, essay, story, short story, fairy tale, legend.

It was only in 1881 that the Russian Vedomosti newspaper in Moscow finally published a series of essays “from the Urals to Moscow.” Later, the St. Petersburg magazine “Delo” published essays about the Ural land and the novel “Privalov’s Millions.”

M. Gorky, D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak, N. D. Teleshov and I. A. Bunin. Yalta, 1902. Magazine “Neva”, No. 49, 1914. P. 947.

"I owe her too much"

By the way, he finished this novel in September 1883 in the house Maria Yakimovna Alekseeva, with whom the writer lived in a civil marriage from 1878 to 1891. Narodnik Sergeev from Nizhny Tagil recalled that she was one of the most educated women in the Urals at that time, spoke several foreign languages, was a good literary editor, and played the piano. Maria Yakimovna was older than Mamin-Sibiryak and left her husband for the sake of the young writer, even despite the presence of three children. She edited Dmitry's works, sometimes even rewriting entire sections, and did not allow him to fall into melancholy due to the fact that the novels were not published.

Dmitry will write to his mother in one of his letters: “I owe too much to Maria Yakimovna in everything, and in my stories a good half belongs to her,” “she is always ready to give her last to help another.”

Thanks to Alekseeva, Dmitry Narkisovich began to publish more actively over time, and managed to save up for a house in the center of Yekaterinburg for his mother and sister. Major works “Bread”, “Mountain Nest”, “Gold”, “Three Ends” were published. In the novel “Three Ends,” Mamin-Sibiryak described all the hardships of life for factory workers in the Urals in the first decade after the abolition of serfdom. Classic Chekhov will say about Mamin-Sibiryak’s style: “Mamin’s words are all real, but he speaks them himself and doesn’t know others.”

And yet, for the public, for many years the writer was a “talented provincial” and nothing more. His novels never became, in modern terms, bestsellers, unlike the works of his colleagues. This incredibly hurt Mamin-Sibiryak; in 1889 he complained to a friend in a letter that “he gave them a whole region with people, nature and all the riches, but they don’t even look at my gift.” Capital criticism did not notice his works, which extremely depressed the writer. He became depressed and started drinking.

Maria Moritsovna Heinrich-Abramova. Source: Public Domain

Bright comet of happiness

But then what comes into the life of Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak is not just love—passion. A 40-year-old writer meets a 25-year-old actress from St. Petersburg Maria Moritsevna Heinrich-Abramova and falls in love with her. But their romance took place in the most difficult conditions - firstly, the husband will not give Maria a divorce, secondly, all relatives and friends dissuade Dmitry Narkisovich from this union, thirdly, the writer is tormented by a wild feeling of guilt before Yakimova, who put their family on the altar life is literally everything... Fourthly, because of gossip, Abramova is not allowed to play...

As a result, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak and Maria Abramova leave for St. Petersburg. About that period, Dmitry Narkisovich will write to one of his friends that there were “15 months of absolute happiness” in his life. On March 20, 1892, the writer’s beloved gives birth to a girl. The child comes at a huge price - Maria Moritsevna died the day after giving birth. Mamin-Sibiryak will write to his mother: “... happiness flashed by like a bright comet, leaving a heavy and bitter aftertaste... Sad, difficult, lonely. Our girl remained in our arms, Elena- all my happiness." During that period, Dmitry Narkisovich almost committed suicide, started drinking again, and almost went crazy. In a letter to his sister, he says: “I have one thought about Marusya... I go for a walk so that I can talk loudly with Marusya.”

Stories for Alyonushka

The only thing that keeps him grounded is his daughter, who suffers from cerebral palsy, whom he calls Alyonushka. A nanny, “Aunt Olya,” later helps to nurse the girl Olga Frantsevna Guvale will become the wife of Mamin-Sibiryak.

Sitting by his daughter's bed, the writer tells her fairy tales. This is how the cycle of works for children “Alyonushka’s Tales” appeared, published in 1896. Mamin-Sibiryak says: “This is my favorite book. It was written by love itself.”

Unfortunately, Dmitry Narkisovich had to spend a lot of effort trying to achieve paternity rights. After all, the girl was listed as “the illegitimate daughter of the bourgeois Abramova.”

And only many years later, thanks to the enormous efforts of the writer’s wife Olga Frantsevna, official documents were finally received.

The last period of the writer’s life was incredibly difficult. One by one his fellow writers pass away Anton Chekhov, Gleb Uspensky, Konstantin Stanyukovich, Nikolay Garin-Mikhailovsky. Mamin the Sibiryak himself is practically not published; he is in poverty. In 1910, his beloved mother died. In 1911, the writer suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was paralyzed. In the summer of 1912, Mamin-Sibiryak fell ill with pulmonary pleurisy. The “singer of the Urals” passed away in November 1912 in St. Petersburg. In two years, his beloved daughter Alyonushka will die of tuberculosis.

The article is dedicated to the popular writer-storyteller - D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak. You will learn biographical information about the author, a list of his works, and also get acquainted with interesting annotations that reveal the essence of some fairy tales.

Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak. Biography. Childhood and youth

Dmitry Mamin was born on November 6, 1852. His father Narkis was a priest. His mother paid a lot of attention to Dima's upbringing. When he grew up, his parents sent him to school, where the children of workers of the Visimo-Shaitansky plant studied.

Dad really wanted his son to follow in his footsteps. At first everything was as Narkis had planned. He entered the theological seminary in Perm and studied there for a whole year as a student. However, the boy realized that he did not want to devote his entire life to the work of a priest, and therefore decided to leave the seminary. The father was extremely dissatisfied with his son's behavior and did not share his decision. The tense situation in the family forced Dmitry to leave home. He decided to go to St. Petersburg.

Trip to St. Petersburg

Here he wanders around medical institutions. For a year he studies to become a veterinarian, after which he transfers to the medical department. Then he entered St. Petersburg University at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, after which he began to study law.

As a result of six years of “walking” through different faculties, he never received a single diploma. During this period of time, he realizes that with all his heart he wants to become a writer.

From his pen the first work is born, which is called “Secrets of the Dark Forest”. Already in this essay his creative potential and extraordinary talent are visible. But not all of his works immediately became masterpieces. His novel “In the Whirlpool of Passions,” which was published in a small-circulation magazine under the pseudonym E. Tomsky, was criticized to the nines.

Homecoming

At the age of 25, he returns to his homeland and writes new works under the pseudonym Sibiryak, so as not to be associated with the loser E. Tomsky.

In 1890, his divorce from his first wife followed. He marries the artist M. Abramova. Together with his new wife, Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak moves to St. Petersburg. Their happy marriage did not last long. The woman died immediately after the birth of her daughter. The girl was named Alyonushka. It was thanks to his beloved daughter that Mamin-Sibiryak revealed himself to readers as a charming storyteller.

It is important to note this interesting fact: some of Mamin-Sibiryak’s works were published under the pseudonyms Onik and Bash-Kurt. He died at the age of sixty.

List of works by Mamin-Sibiryak

• "Alyonushka's Tales".
• "Balaburda."
• "Spit."
• "In a stone well."
• "Wizard".
• "In the mountains".
• "In learning."
• "Emelya the Hunter."
• "Green War".
• Series “From the Distant Past” (“The Road”, “The Execution of Fortunka”, “Illness”, “The Story of a Sawyer”, “The Beginner”, “The Book”).
• Legends: “Baymagan”, “Maya”, “Swan of Khantygay”.
• "Forest Tale".
• "Medvedko".
• "On a way".
• "About Nodi."
• "Fathers".
• "First correspondence".
• "Steady."
• "Underground".
• "Foster child."
• "Siberian Stories" ("Abba", "Despatch", "Dear Guests").
• Fairy tales and stories for children: “Akbozat”, “The Rich Man and Eremka”, “In the Wilderness”, “Winter Quarters on Studenoy”.
• "Gray neck"
• "Stubborn goat."
• "Old Sparrow"
• "The Tale of the Glorious King Pea."

Annotations to the tales of Mamin-Sibiryak

A truly talented storyteller is Mamin-Sibiryak. The fairy tales of this author are very popular with children and adults. They feel soulfulness and special penetration. They were created for a beloved daughter whose mother died during childbirth.