Mark Zaretsky biography

We agreed right away - no officialdom. And how could it be different about a person who, without any official support, became a teacher for so many people. Not all of them became poets, but poetry has firmly entered their lives. In the basement of the museum "Wandering Dog", students of Mark Zaretsky of different generations gathered. They remembered how he was, how he taught, how indignant.

They talked about living, kindly, with a smile. The poetess Alena Karimova, who today leads the name of M. Zaretsky, noted that thanks to the efforts of Mark Davidovich today in Kazan, there was and is the place where people come, bring and discuss their poems. The poet Mikhail Tuzov noted that the majority came to Zaretsky in Litobobe, not so much to show themselves as to look at the brand.

Surprisingly, this person, selflessly devoted to the service of her majesty poetry, published only two thin books of his poems - “Speech” and “Exciting” over 66 years of his life. And he himself edited many wonderful poets. Being an editor in the Tatar book publishing house, he could fall upon a young author with a rather sharp critic, but was convinced that if a person wants to become a real poet, he would not be offended and will surely return.

And he will not return, the better - both for him and for literature. They say that the famous Evgeny Yevtushenko then agreed with his editors, when the Kazan University poem was published in Kazan, and the very next day he brought a new option - taking into account the comments of Mark Davidovich. During the memoirs of Lithuanians, an amazing portrait was drawn. Mark Zaretsky was biblical beautiful.

A colorful appearance, a thunderous voice - only an addition to his character. He was obsessed with poetry and instilled it for his students. Not “white and fluffy”, sometimes he was even sharp, he could offend for a bad poem.

But at the same time, he loved to savor the verses of his students. After the author’s reading picked up the manuscript and read the poem in all ways, as if trying it in taste. Classes in Lito never fit in the allotted time, so he was keen on what he was talking about, and carried away those who were ready to listen and listen to him. For his ability to speak with knowledge and enthusiastically, Timur Aldoshin compared Zaretsky with Irakli Andronikov.

He was afraid of drafts and dentists, timid in front of officials, but, as Alexei Ztudin noted, he was far from a timid dozen. The whole association tried to feed him, because it was felt that he was in the starvation. On the day of his death, Lilia Gazizova wrote: “And although he never made the impression of a lonely person, nevertheless, in the last minutes of his life, there was no one next to him who could hold his hand.

So it happened we remained in debt to Mark Davidovich. ” Marc Davidovich’s memory was unique. He knew an unthinkable number of poems! They say that once in the book publishing house where he worked, they argued who could read poetry without a break for the longest. Mark Zaretsky on Paris read poetry all day. True or not, you can't know today