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Nikolay BrownRussian Soviet poet
Date of Birth: 15.01.1902
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Content:
- Early Life and Family
- Education and Early Career
- Literary Career
- Influence and Style
- Later in his career, Braun's poetry shifted towards realism.
- Personal Life
Early Life and Family
Kornei Ivanovich Braun was born on November 28, 1902, in Paraikhino, Tula Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Arsenevsky District, Tula Oblast). His exact birthplace is uncertain, and the year of his birth may have been 1900.
Braun's father, Leopold Vikentyevich Braun, was a wealthy German Catholic who owned several estates in the region. His mother, Efrosinya Ivanovna, was a Russian Orthodox Christian. Together, they had five children: Nikolai, Vladimir, Kornei, Anatoly, and Matilda.
Education and Early Career
Braun spent his youth in central Russia, attending school in Orel. In 1919-20, he studied at the Petrograd Poets' Guild under the guidance of renowned Russian poet Nikolai Gumilev.
Concurrently, Braun worked in various jobs, including as a stretcher-bearer, actor, and in student work brigades. He also contributed to the magazines "Krasnaya Gazeta" and "Zvezda".
Literary Career
In 1924, Braun joined the Union of Poets and became a member of its board. He also served on the board of the All-Russian Writers' Union. In the late 1920s, he co-founded the Leningrad writers' association "Sodruzhestvo".
In 1926, he published his first collection of poems, "Mir i master" ("World and Master"). He went on to work as a teacher and collaborate with various Leningrad magazines. Braun graduated from the literary faculty of the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute in 1929.
Influence and Style
Braun's early lyrics were influenced by Boris Pasternak, Osip Mandelstam, and Nikolai Tikhonov. He experimented with various techniques, seeking ways to "defamiliarize" language.
Later in his career, Braun's poetry shifted towards realism.
War and Later LifeDuring World War II, Braun served in the navy. He was present at the evacuation of Tallinn and later appointed as a war correspondent in besieged Leningrad. He contributed to the writing of the USSR anthem, for which he received recognition from the Council of Ministers.
After the war, Braun continued to write poetry and worked as an editor and translator.
Personal Life
Braun was married to Maria Komissarova, a fellow poet.Death and Legacy
Kornei Ivanovich Braun passed away on February 12, 1975, in Leningrad. He was buried in the village of Komarovo.
