The books written by Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev cannot fail to touch every corner of the reader's soul. This man of merchant origin was not only an outstanding Russian writer, but also a publicist, a representative of the conservative Christian trend in Russian literature and even an Orthodox thinker.
1.From the end of the 17th century, namely from the time of Tsarevna Sophia, the Shmelev family was known, from which Ivan Sergeevich comes.
2. The uncle of Marina Tsvetaeva, who was a gymnasium teacher, was very respectful of Shmelev's creations, which he created in his youth.
3.First met with love Ivan Sergeevich at the age of 18.
4. The first love of the writer was a representative of the oldest Scottish family.
5. A. I. Kuprin said about Shmelev that he was "the most pre-Russian writer."
6. For all the years of emigration, Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev dreamed of returning to his homeland.
7. The family of the great writer has ancient roots.
8. The little writer had the nickname "Roman orator" due to the fact that in the process of studying at the Moscow gymnasium he was drawn to eloquence and made the first attempts at writing.
9.Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev was nominated for the Nobel Prize for his achievements in literature.
10. The novel "Sun of the Dead" brought the writer European popularity.
11. The most famous and brightest creation of Shmelev is considered to be the work with the title "The Lord's Summer", which is also called the encyclopedia of Orthodox life.
12. Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev liked to read the works of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Korolenko and Leskov.
The writer spent 13.27 years of his life in Paris.
14.Love for monasteries distinguished Shmelev from other writers of that time.
15. The writer spent almost all his life in emigration.
16. Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev died of a heart attack in the arms of the nuns of the Intercession Monastery.
17. The grandfather of the future writer was a peasant from the Moscow province.
18 In marriage with his wife, Olga Aleksandrovna Okhterloni, Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev lived for 41 years.
19. The writer got married when he was 18 years old.
20. Friendship of Shmelev with Ilyin, who was a Russian philosopher, originated in Paris.
21. The writer had a serious stomach illness, and therefore he needed an operation, which Shmelev did not dare to do. The need for the operation disappeared by itself after a sudden dream.
22. The writer died on the day of the name day of Hieromonk Barnabas.
23.The wedding journey of Shmelev and his lawful wife took place in Baalam.
24. Disappointed in socialist views, Ivan Sergeevich did not accept the October Revolution, and therefore moved from Moscow to Alushta.
25. Based on Ivan Shmelev, the film "My Love" was created.
26.The Shmelev family was patriarchal and religious.
27. Ivan Sergeevich loved his father very much, but he died when the boy was 7 years old.
28 In 1894, the writer entered the Faculty of Law.
29. For several years after graduation, the writer served as an official.
30. After the resignation, Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev lived in Moscow.
31. Shmelev's collection entitled "Severe Days" was written during the First World War.
32. The writer's son was being treated for tuberculosis, and Shmelev himself did not know about it.
33. The work "Sun of the Dead", which was written by Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev, is an autobiographical creation.
34. The writer's wife died before him.
35. Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev in 2000 was reburied in the Moscow Don Monastery, as the writer himself wished.
36. When the future writer was educated at home, his mother was his teacher.
37. The creativity of A.S. Pushkin played a huge role in the formation of Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev as a writer.
38. In childhood, Shmelev spent most of his time talking with working people.
39 In 1895, the first work of this writer was published.
40.The son of Shmelev was arrested and shot by the Bolsheviks, and his father was very worried about this loss.
41. Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev belonged to the class of merchants.
42. The worldview of the future writer was formed by artisans from his childhood environment.
43. Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev had to work as a tax inspector over the years of his life.
44. At the invitation of Bunin, Shmelev and his wife moved to live in Berlin.
45 In the Shmelev family, the names Ivan and Sergey were passed down from generation to generation.
46.The writer's grandfather died early, at the age of 30.
47. Ivan Sergeevich wrote about his father not once, but about his mother - never.
48. The writer's strength and health were finally undermined after the death of his beloved wife, whose loss he was grieving.
49. After Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev died, his books were returned to their homeland.
50.Since 1909 Shmelev was a member of the literary circle "Wednesday".
51. Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev is considered a prominent representative of critical realism.
52. Pushkin has always remained for this writer "a symbol of faith."
53 In Crimea, Shmelev and his family had a house.
54.The last years of his life confined Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev to bed.
55.Shmelev was never close to his mother Evlampia Gavrilovna.
56. Shmelev's wife and Ivan Sergeevich himself were buried in the same coffin.
57. Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev was an idealist.
58. During his life in the USSR, Shmelev was branded a traitor.
59. The eight-volume edition of Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev was published by the Russkaya Kniga publishing house.
60. The writer, despite all his troubles, has always been an open and rainbow person.
