Sergey Egorovich Bodryagin

Background

Sergey Egorovich Bodryagin was born on July 5, 1867, in Tarusa, Russian Federation in a poor peasant family.

Education

At the age of 11, Sergey Egorovich was brought to Moscow and trained at a greengrocer's in Zamoskvorechye. However, he could not stand the hard life, fell ill, after which his father made him suitable for his assistant. He distributed newspapers and magazines. Sergey Egorovich had been a newspaper distributor for almost his entire life. In addition, he studied at Surikovsky's literary and musical circle.

Career

In the mid-1880s, Sergey Egorovich met Leonid Leonov. In the 1900s, his bookstore near Red Square was the place where many writers gathered and where their publications were represented. Additionally, he had an extensive library of Russian literature. The first his poems - Sonnet and From a distant warm land (1890). At the beginning of the 20-s, he was edited in various collections published by Surikovtsy.

According to the memoirs of his contemporaries, Sergey Egorovich, together with his brother Vladimir, wrote prose, published in Rasvet (May 1912) the almanacs Shipy, Kolyuchki, Tsap-Tsarap, Tsar' Berendey entirely composed of his brother's works.

In 1919, Sergey Egorovich moved to Borisoglebsk, where he worked as a watchman at the Gribovsky sugar factory.

Connections

Brother:

Vladimir Bodryagin

Friend:

Leonid LEONOV

References

• Russian writers. 1800-1917. Biographical Dictionary. Volume 1
  1989