Pechersky Nikolai Pavlovich was a Russian prose writer, mostly children's book writer. He is the author of more than 20 books of short novels, such as “At the very mountains” (1950), “Genka Pyzhov - the first resident of Bratsk” (1958), “Red carriage" (1960), "Kesha and a cunning god "(1977).
Background
Pechersky Nikolai Pavlovich was born on January 27, 1915 in Kharkiv in the times of the Russian Empire. He spent his childhood in Ukraine. He began to write poems and stories in the 5th grade of secondary school. He traveled a lot with his parents through his native country, visited Bukhara, Dushanbe, Tashkent, Semipalatinsk.
Education
Pechersky Nikolai Pavlovich graduated from the Zaporozhe State Pedagogical Institute in 1939.
Career
In 1937 he began to print his works.
In 1950 his first book "At the very mountains" was published.
He was a journalist in Ukraine.
Since 1951 he was a resident correspondent for the newspaper “Pravda”, also worked in Tajikistan and Dagestan. In 1952-1959 he lived in Siberia, Irkutsk.
Pechersky became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers in 1952.
During 1963-1969, Pechersky was a resident correspondent for the newspaper “Pravda” in Voronezh, where published several books: “Boys are boys” (1967), “Goodbye, Borka!” (1968), “Outblaze!” (1969 ), "White Feather" (1973) and others.
The author reflected his impressions about Voronezh in the books: “Seriozhka Pokusaev, his life and suffering” (Moscow, 1970), “Be my son” (Voronezh, 1972).
Pechersky moved from Voronezh to Moscow, worked in the editorial office of the newspaper “Pravda”.