Mikhail Iosifovich Weller (genus. Member of the Russian PEN Center, International Big History Association and the Russian Philosophical Society.
There are many interesting facts in Weller's biography, which we will talk about in this article.
So, here is a short biography of Mikhail Weller.
Weller's biography
Mikhail Weller was born on May 20, 1948 in Kamyanets-Podolsk. He grew up and was brought up in the family of physicians Joseph Alexandrovich and Sulit Efimovna, who were Jews by nationality.
Childhood and youth
Until the age of 16, Mikhail regularly changed schools, since his father had to travel to various garrisons on duty. After graduating with honors from high school, the young man entered the Leningrad University at the Faculty of Philology.
In his student years, Weller showed the makings of a leader, as a result of which he became a Komsomol organizer of the course, and was also accepted into the Komsomol bureau at his branch.
In mid-1969, Mikhail made a bet, according to which he promised to get from Leningrad to Kamchatka without money within one month. As a result, he managed to win the argument. Moreover, he was able to trick him into the “border zone”.
The following year, Weller took an academic leave, after which he went to Central Asia. There he wanders for several months, and later leaves for Kaliningrad. In this city, he undergoes sailor courses, which allow him to sail off a voyage on a fishing trawler.
In 1971 Mikhail Weller is recovering at the university. During that period of his biography, he did not work for long as a pioneer leader at school. In addition, he wrote his first story, which was published in the student wall newspaper.
Career and literature
After graduating from the university, Mikhail was drafted into the army. He was assigned to an artillery unit, where he served for about six months as an officer. After that, the guy was discharged.
Returning home, Weller briefly worked as a teacher of Russian language and literature in a rural school. Then he got a job as a concrete worker in a workshop in which collapsible structures of ZhBK-4 were produced. Soon he mastered the professions of a feller and an excavator, working on the Kola Peninsula.
In 1974, Mikhail returned to Leningrad, where he worked at the State Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism. The next year he began to cooperate with the factory newspaper Skorokhodovsky Rabochy, in which he published his articles and essays.
In 1976, the writer drove domestic animals from Mongolia to the Altai Territory for several months. According to Weller, this was one of the happiest periods in his biography.
Soon, many events and impressions that a man experienced at that time will be reflected in his works. And although he had already written many stories, none of the editorial offices agreed to cooperate with the young writer.
Mikhail decided to improve his qualifications by signing up for seminars by the famous writer Boris Strugatsky. This bore fruit, and a year later, Weller's short satirical stories began to appear in city publications.
In the second half of 1976, Mikhail Iosifovich lived and worked in Tallinn. He received an Estonian passport and became a member of the Estonian Writers' Union. His work began to appear in several local newspapers and magazines.
In the following years of his biography, Weller managed to work as a feller in the Komi Republic, and then as a hunter at the Taimyrsky state industrial farm located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. However, he did not stop engaging in writing.
In 1981, Mikhail Weller presented his philosophical ideas for the first time in the short story "Report Line", which received quite good reviews. A couple of years later, he published another notable work "I want to be a janitor", which became popular not only in the USSR, but also in Europe.
Thanks to the patronage of Bulat Okudzhava and Boris Strugatsky, the young writer was admitted to the Union of Writers of the USSR. In 1988, he published a new work, "The Happiness Tests", which set out his philosophical reasoning. At the same time, the collection of stories "Heartbreaker" was published.
In 1990, Weller's pen was published a book "Rendezvous with a Celebrity", as well as a number of small works. An interesting fact is that based on his story "But those shish" a film was filmed at the "Debut" studio.
Soon, Mikhail Weller founded the first Jewish cultural magazine Jericho in the Soviet Union. The man became so popular that he was honored to give lectures in Milan and Turin.
In 1991, the prose writer published the famous novel The Adventures of Major Zvyagin. Later, his new works appeared on the shelves of bookstores, including "Legends of Nevsky Prospect" and "Samovar".
In 1998 Weller presented the 800-page philosophical work "All About Life", in which he described the theory of energy evolutionism. The following year, he recovered to the United States, where he performed in front of fans of his work.
During the period of his creative biography 1999-2016, Mikhail Weller wrote dozens of works, including "Monument to Dantes", "Messenger from Pisa", "B. Babylonian "," Legends of the Arbat "," Homeless "and many others. An interesting fact is that, according to one version, it is he who is the author of the famous expression "dashing 90s", which is first encountered in his book "Cassandra".
Scandals
Weller repeatedly left TV and radio broadcasts with a scandal. The loudest scandals occurred in 2017. On the air of the TVC channel, the writer threw a glass at the host of the program when he accused him of lying.
After that, Mikhail Iosifovich had a hard hit with radio host "Echo of Moscow" Olga Bychkova. This time, he splashed water into the girl's face, and then threw the microphone in her direction. The man explained his act by the fact that Bychkova constantly interrupted him, not allowing him to finish his thought.
Weller owns a literary prize - "Order of the White Star" 4th degree, which he was awarded in 2008. He often visits various television projects, where he expresses his opinion on various issues.
Personal life
Not much is known about the personal biography of Mikhail Weller, since he does not consider it necessary to make it public. He is married to a woman named Anna Agriomati. In this marriage, the couple had a daughter, Valentina.
The writer is critical of the current government in Russia, believing that only the communists can save the country. In his interviews, he has repeatedly stated that high-ranking officials receive "as much as possible, and the lower classes as little as possible."
Mikhail Weller today
In 2018, Weller published another book, Fire and Agony, and a philosophical brochure, Veritophobia. The following year he presented the philosophical and political work "The Heretic".
The man still travels to different countries of the world, where he gives lectures on current topics. He has official social media accounts with tens of thousands of followers.
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