Friedrich Gorenstein
Friedrich Gorenstein | |
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Kiev | |
Died | 2 March 2002 Berlin | (aged 69)
Occupation | Author and screenwriter |
Language | Russian |
Nationality | Soviet |
Notable works | "Дом с башенкой" (The House with the Tower) (1964) Solaris (1972) |
Friedrich Gorenstein (
Biography
Gorenstein was born in a family of Ukrainian Jews, his father, Naum Isaevich Gorenstein (1902—1937), was a professor of political economy. His mother, Enna Abramovna Prilutskaya, was an educator. During the
Following World War II, Gorenstein struggled as an unskilled worker, until
Gorenstein moved to Moscow in 1962 to complete his scenarist course at the State Film University. He began writing screenplays to support himself. Most of his adaptions were censored, but he managed to finish his works, including writing the script for the 1972 science fiction film Solaris, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.[2] He also wrote books, but none were published except "Дом с башенкой" (The House with the Tower; 1964).[2]
In 1977 Gorenstein released his works through foreign emigration presses to bypass censorship. That and his membership in the forbidden writers union and Almanach Metropol by Vasily Aksyonov got him in trouble with the Soviet government. He received a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service and emigrated to Berlin in 1979, working there as a writer until his death in 2002.[2][4] His novel Place was nominated for the 1992 Russian Booker Prize.[5]
In 1995 he was a member of the jury at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival.[6]
Themes
Gorenstein's themes reflect the repressive political life he witnessed in Communist Russia. He expressed his belief in a united, peaceful nation with
Selected works
- Die Sühne [The Atonement] (in German). ISBN 3472864907.
- Gorenstein, Friedrich (1988). Compagnons de Route [Traveling Companions] (in French). L'Age D'Homme. ISBN 2877060047.
- Kim ou l'hiver 53: Nouvelles [Kim, or Winter '53: Novellas]. Editions Gallimard. 1989. ISBN 2070713156.
- Rue Des Aubes Rouges [Street of the Red Dawn] (in French). L'Age D'Homme. 1990. ISBN 2825100595.
- La Place: roman politique tiré de la vie d'un jeune homme [The Place: A political novel from the life of a young man] (in French). L'Age D'Homme. 1991. ISBN 2877061035.
- Psalm: Ein betrachtender Roman über die vier Strafen Gottes [Psalm: A Contemplative Novel About the Four Judgments of God] (in German). Rütten & Loening. 1992. ISBN 3352004420.
- Tschok-Tschok (in Russian). Rütten & Loening. 1993. ISBN 3352004692.
- Skrjabin: Poem der Ekstase; Roman [Skrjabin: Poem of Ecstasy, A Novel]. Aufbau Verlag GmbH. 1994. ISBN 3351022468.
- Malen, wie die Vögel singen: ein Chagall-Roman [Paint, As The Birds Sing: a Chagall novel] (in French). Aufbau Verlag GmbH. 1996. ISBN 3351023634.
- Champagner mit Galle [Champagne With Gall: Stories] (in German). Aufbau Verlag GmbH. 1997. ISBN 3351028342.
- Redemption. The Russian Library. Translated by Andrew Bromfield. Columbia University Press. 2019. ISBN 978-023118515-8.
Filmography
- 1966: Первый учитель (The First Teacher)
- 1972: Нечаянные радости (Unintentional Joy) (unfinished)
- 1972: Solaris
- 1974: The Seventh Bullet (1972 film)
- 1975: Prisoners of Love[3]
- 1976: Раба любви (The Slave of Love)
- 1978: Комедия ошибок (The Comedy of Errors) (TV)
- 1985 (produced in 1991): Infanticide[7]
External links
- Friedrich Gorenstein at IMDb
References
- ^ Perova, Natasha (1993). Love and Fear. Northwestern University Press. p. 236.
- ^ a b c d e f Фридрих Наумович Горенштейн (1932-2002) [Friedrich Naumovich Gorenstein (1932-2002)] (in Russian). Electronic Library. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-9637326912.
- ^ Amory Burchard (4 March 2003). "Geschichten vom Verlust" [Stories of Losses] (in German). Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Archive – 1992" (in Russian). Russian Booker Prize. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "19th Moscow International Film Festival (1995)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ISBN 978-0231144247.