When it comes to the wisers-humorists of the beginning of the twentieth century, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Sasha Black, Arkady Averchenko, remember. But the only woman, whose wit was adored and ordinary people, and high ranks, was the hope of TEFFI. Then her books flew out like hot cakes, and now few people remember about her. But TEFFI stories have not lost relevance, although they have been created more than 100 years ago. Just because she sincerely wrote about people with love, and their problems, as you know, are the same at all times.
We are in adme.ru very interesting fate of talented humorous, whose works are able to make a modern reader.
The writing path began with rivalry between TEFFI and her native sister
- Nadezhda Lohwitsky, as truly called the TEFFI, was born in an intelligent family, where they adored literature and wrote them all. The girl grew very curious and read on books. Once, young Nadya went to Lion Tolstoy to ask him to change the fate of Andrey Bolkonsky, his beloved character. But when she saw a writer lively, so the man was, that only extended him a photo for autograph.
- TEFFI could not become a writer because of his sister who did not tolerate when someone's close rival with her. Mirrian Lohwitsky managed to become a famous poet, and in childhood sisters decided that they would try to conquer the literary world in turn and the first will be Mirra - as an older sister.
Sister TEFFI - Mirra Lohvitskaya.
- But the rivalry between the sisters arose. Mirra was indignant when hope published his poem "I dreamed of sleep, insane and beautiful" and subscribed to family surname. Lohwitskaya should be only one! And Nadia thought about the pseudonym.
- The fact that she will be engaged in literature seriously, Nadezhda decided already in adulthood. She was already married, her children gave birth, divorced, was the first world war, being a sister of mercy. Tafffi tried to write lyrics: this genre was habit. But I quickly understood: her fate is satirical poems or prose, and such that makes people laugh.
"Give a person the opportunity to laugh is equally important than serve alms. Or a piece of bread. You wake up - and hunger does not torment ".Teffi
Alexander Kuprin almost put a cross on her career
- Kubrin is somehow after reading one of the stories of TEFFI, he told her: "Such a cute woman, and the writer you are no." Thinking that she has no talent, Nadezhda decided to quit literature, but fortunately, a journalist of one of the newspapers fell on the way. He needed to fill the column, and he suggested that she write a story: "For 12 rubles you can buy adorable shoes from Weis. After all, do you like beautiful shoes? " "Once it came about Wece's shoes, it was impossible to postpone," said TEFFI. And, about a miracle, the new work was terribly liked Cover. Later he will say about her: "Often, when Tafffi want to praise, they say that she writes like a man. In my opinion, nine out of ten men should have to learn the immaculateness of the Russian language. "
"Women writers often choose a male pseudonym. It is very clever and carefully. To the ladies, it is customary to relate with a light smile and even distrust: - And where did she think it? - It is probably a husband writes for her. "Effephy
- TEFFI decided that for a pseudonym it is better to choose something incomprehensible, the name of some spaces. Such a simpler was the servant Stepan, whom everyone called STEFFI. The first letter was thrown away, and the name of the new literary star appeared.
Myself Nicholas II was read on with the stories of the sole female of the Silver Century
- After the coming out of the collection "Humorous stories", Nadezhda became famous. In honor of TEFFI produced perfume and candy. When the writer ate the candy box, suddenly felt bad, so that he had to call a doctor. She later said that in this way "sanking glory."
- She loved ordinary people and noble people. They even said that Nicholas II did not go to bed without reading his story for the night. When the king was asked what a writer he would like to see Romanov's House on the celebration of the Three hundredth anniversary, he replied: "TEFFI, only TEFFI."
The plots of their stories Tafffi took from life, but he beat so that it was impossible to tear away from them
- She wrote about people and seemingly simple life situations in which they fell. But I knew how to present the events that everyone knew yourself, sadly and immediately laughed. Zoshchenko said that she knew the mystery of laughing words.
- The strong side of TEFFI was not even a joke, but the style, the construction of the phrase. The writer itself very much annoyed that, despite popularity, almost no one recognized the stylist in it. She knew how to mix turnover from different language layers so that it was unexpectedly and funny.
- Her works have 2 sides: cheerful and sad. After all, if they retell them in their own words, it turns out that it is often about stupidity, vulgarity, uneducation. "Jokes are funny when they are told. And when they live, it is a tragedy, "Writing TEFFI. But the magic of her creativity was that the writer did not condemn anyone, and the reader felt this kindness and the compassion with which she treated her characters. In the center of any of her story - "Little tragedy, humoristically turned".
"To climb into my soul, you can not do without Kalosh. After all, my soul is my throat from unpaid tears, they all remain in it. Outside, I have laughter, "Great Such", as it was written on old barometers, and inside a solid swamp, not a soul, but a solid swamp ".tefi
Her memoirs became a real cut of the life of writers and society
- Moreover, TEFFI was equal to men in the profession, in his personal life she sometimes came in female flirtary. For example, always retailed your own photos, hid my years. The researchers found out that when hope emigrated, filling the documents, it reduced its age for 15 years. The writer always dressed up with taste, followed myself, skillfully used the cosmetics and tinted the hair.
- Tafffi was forced to leave Russia to Paris and lived in emigration for many years. It was there that her work was a little modified: she began to create more memoirs, memories of their friends writers. These essays then united in the book "My Chronicle". But she was still published in different publications and was popular. Tafffi missed, did not leave hope for a return, but never could return.
- For about ten years, TEFFI lived in a civil marriage with Pavel Tikston, with whom was very happy. And after his death, she was thinking about to leave literature and engage in sewing dresses or start masked hats. But the writer continued to engage in creativity to the Second World War.
- In recent years, Nadezhda lived in need and loneliness. War and emigration separated it with relatives. The same ingenious and inclined to lead a secular life, Tafffi tried to resist the diseases, continued to record memories and printed in Russian-speaking publications. In 1952 her last book came out.
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