Belyaev A.R. (1884-1942), writer

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BELYAEV Alexander Romanovich (1884-1942, Pushkin Leningrad Region), writer. He studied in Smolensky Holy Seminary and in Demidov Law Lyceum in Yaroslavl. From 1915 he was seriously ill. After changing many professions he devoted himself to writing by the end 1920s. He lived in Leningrad and in Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) in the 1930s. He worked in the Leningrad and Pushkin Periodical and at Leningrad Radio. Belyaev's creativity contributed greatly in the development of Soviet science fiction. Belyaev's works are charged with a certain ideological straightness (among the most popular are: Professor Dowell's Head, a story, 1925 and a novel with the same name, 1937; The Amphibian, 1928, etc.) but at the same time are marked by a certain dynamics of the story and brightness of images. He was the author of essays on Russian science, stories for children, and theoretical works on science fiction. He died of hunger in his bed during the German occupation. He lived at 19 Konyushennaya Street in Pushkin in 1938-42 (the house has not been preserved, there is a memorial plaque on the present-day house), and also in the House of Creativity at Proletarskaya Street (today 6 Tserkovnaya Street). He was buried in Kazanskoe Cemetery in Pushkin.

References: Ляпунов Б. В. Александр Беляев: Критико-биогр. очерк. М., 1967; Беляева С. А. Воспоминания об отце // Аврора. 1982. № 9. С. 137-145; Бунатян Г. Г. Город муз: Лит. памят. места г. Пушкина. СПб., 2001. С. 337-346.

D. N. Cherdakov. Belyaev Alexander Romanovich
Konyushennaya Street/Pushkin, town, house 19
Tserkovnaya Street/Pushkin, town, house 6
Ляпунов Б. В. Александр Беляев: Критико-биогр. очерк. М., 1967
Беляева С. А. Воспоминания об отце // Аврора, 1982
Бунатян Г. Г. Город муз: Лит. памят. места г. Пушкина. СПб., 2001