Background

Gerasimov was born on November 14, 1922 in Minsk into a family from Lodz (Poland).

Education

In 1948, Gerasimov graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Ural State University in Sverdlovsk.

Career

In 1948-1955 Gerasimov was a special correspondent of the newspaper "Soviet Moldavia". In 1955-1959, he was an employee of the magazine "Dnester" in Kishinev. From 1947 Gerasimov had his works published in such magazines as "Novy Mir", "Znamya", "Neva", "Molodaya Gvardiya", "Pod’em". In 1960-1965 he lived in Voronezh, where he wrote novels "Far Vega", "Nightingales" (about Novovoronezh NPP), "Circles on the water" (with Voronezh motives).

Achievements

• At the beginning of perestroika Gerasimov organized one of the first non-state publishing houses in the USSR - "Pik" (“Pisatel I koperativ" – "Writer and Cooperative").

Works

• book

  • Hot Summer

    1953

  • The Tale of Good Hope

    1963

  • And the Winds Come Back ...

    1964

  • Selected Works

    1982

  • Night trams

    1988

  • Knock on the door

    1991

Membership

• Union of the Soviet Writers

  1956

Connections

Father:

Gershenbaum Abram Lazarevich

He was executed by shooting in 1928.

Mother:

Gershenbaum Leya (Elizabeth) Isaakovna

Spouse:

Kozhevnikova Kapitolina Vasiliyevna

She was a journalist and the author of books "Soul's signals" (1972) and "The warmth of your household" (1975).