Writer Kerdan Alexander: biography and review of creativity

The Russian writer Kerdan Alexander Borisovich is a man of an interesting destiny. His rich life experience is reflected in poetic and prosaic literary works, which are loved by the general public.

Childhood

Kerdan Alexander was born in the small town of Korkino in the Chelyabinsk region on January 11, 1957. Neither the surrounding situation of a small, deeply provincial, mining town, nor a family far from creative work, nothing seemed to contribute to the development of the literary talent of the boy, but fate decreed otherwise.

The writer remembers that for three years now he began to rhyme words. So, seeing a woman in pants, which at that time was a rarity, he gave out a "poem": "nah-nah-nganah - there is a woman in pants." At school, Alexander was a permanent editor of the wall newspaper, which regularly appeared his satirical works on topical topics: truants, dandies. However, no one, including the future writer himself, paid any attention to these poetic opuses. Ability and desire to write was considered as a minor ability, which is hardly useful in the future.

Career Military

After school, Kerdan Alexander decides to become a regular military and enters the Kurgan Higher Military-Political Aviation School, which ends in 1978 with a gold medal and a diploma with distinction. He studies brilliantly in the Military-Political Academy at the Pedagogical Faculty and at the Adjuncture of the Military University in Moscow. For 27 years Kerdan Alexander served in the Russian army. He went from a political worker and a teacher of a military high school to a military journalist: children's talents made themselves felt. Kerdan wrote for the central journals of the Ministry of Defense: "I have the honor", "Landmark", "Russian Warrior". Having risen to the rank of colonel, in 2001 he leaves for the reserve, his new life begins.

Path to science

Teaching work inspired Alexander Kerdan to study science. In 1996, his culturological research on the topic "Art in the system of means of forming the honor of an officer of the Armed Forces of Russia" became the basis for defending a thesis for the degree of Candidate of Philosophy. In 2007, he defended his doctoral dissertation on cultural studies on the theme "Social prestige of public service in Russia: cultural analysis (on the example of becoming an officer's honor)." Kerdan has a number of scientific and methodical publications.

The first writers' experiments

His first poems Kerdan wrote and published, while still a cadet military school. It is published in the newspapers Patriot, Gornyatskaya Pravda to the printed organ of the city of Korkino, in the Kurgan regional newspaper for young people "Young Leninist", in the Kirov regional newspaper for teenagers and youth "Komsomol tribe". In 1975-78 the young poet was becoming. In the Urals literature there is a new author - Alexander Kerdan. The writer writes for a long time as an amateur, but publishes his poems in literary magazines. He works quite productively, and for 20 years his collections appear in the magazines "Ural", "Aurora", "Moscow", "Ladoga", "Fires of Kuzbass", "Rural Nova" and many others.

In the 80's Kerdan wrote a lot of journalism, trying his hand at prose. While studying at a military school, he participates in all-army and all-union meetings of young writers, talks with professionals, learns from them, receives first lessons in writing skills, masters the basics of literary crafts.

Poetic heritage

The first poetic collection "Legacy" was published only in 1990, before that he had been lying in the publishing house for eight years, waiting for his turn. During this time Kerdan managed to accumulate a huge baggage of poetry, and when publications become available, a lot is published. For 25 years he publishes about thirty poetic collections.

The main themes of A. Kerdan's work are patriotism, man's honor and dignity, respectful attitude to the ancestors and history of the Fatherland, chanting the beauty of a woman. He continues the traditions of the Russian poetry school. Rubtsov, Zabolotsky, Yesenin are close to him in style and spirit. His collections "The Court of Officers' Honor", "The Legacy", "The Game of Soldiers", "The Soul Found An Unintentional Shelter" received a wide response from readers and positive reviews of critics.

The Way of the Prose

Kerdan is a unique author, he creates talented works not only in poetry, but also in prose. He is interested in the history of the Motherland, and he writes in the genre of the historical novel and novel. There is a special category of writers who try to tell their readers not only about their inner world and attitude, but also about the real events of history. Kerandan Aleksandr Borisovich belongs to such authors. "The distant bank" and "Commander's Cross" - this is a diction about the pioneers of the Russian land: Rezanov, Krusenstern, Bering. Novels are distinguished by a dynamic plot, vivid character characters, exciting events.

Historical adventures are a genre, especially in demand among young people, which the writer Kerdan Aleksandr Borisovich is fostering. "Slaves of honor" is another novel from the series about pioneers, it is devoted to the history of the development of Russian America. The author continues the tradition of Russian historical prose, it clearly feels the writer's keen love for the Motherland and pride in her history. In the same series, the author also writes the novel "The Stone of Spirits," this time he refers to the history of the Russian fort Ross in California.

Another topic close to Alexander Kerdan is military adventure, many stories and stories of the author are devoted to it, as well as the novel "The Guard", telling about the wars in Afghanistan and Chechnya, about military exploits, everyday life and fame. Works differ sincerity of experiences and autobiography, which captivates and touches the reader.

In total Kerdan Alexander wrote 8 prose collections and novels.

Social activity

Writer Alexander Kerdan is a member of the Writers' Union since 1993, later he becomes secretary of the Board and heads the Association of Writers of the Urals. He works as the editor-in-chief of two literary and art magazines: "The Circular Bowl" and "The Big Bear". He spends a lot of effort organizing meetings and writers' meetings in his region, he is the initiator of the creation of the literary competition . D.N. Mamina-Sibiryaka, is a member of the group of founders of the publishing house "ASPUR".

Alexander Kerdan, whose books are widely popular, was repeatedly awarded various prizes, in particular, A. Green, A. Suvorov, Tatishchev, he won many times in literary contests. Kerdan Alexander was awarded the Order of Friendship, is a well-deserved figure of Russian culture and an honorary citizen of Korkino.