Ivan Shepeta Biography

The poet’s name is well known not only in the literary circles of Russia, but also far beyond its borders. It was regularly published in the magazines “Far East”, “New World”, “Literary Study”, “Soviet Literature”, including foreign languages, in the newspaper Literary Russia, the Almanac “Best Poems of the Year”, “Border” and many other publications. The spelling of verses Ivan Shepet became carried away in the school years, later poetry became the work of his whole life.

According to the artistic director of the KSC "Polymetal" Anna Konevskaya, the idea of ​​holding an event arose with the poet's family. Ivan Shepeta is our fellow villager, and although he was born in Cheremshans, his childhood and youth passed in the village of Rologochensky. We have his memoirs where he describes the moment when poetry has firmly entered his life, and the craving for poetic creativity was born in Lyubov Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova, who once asked the students to write an essay on the topic: “Who am I?!

Alivenly interested in the work of domestic and foreign poets, he additionally began to visit the options, which was led by the teacher of the Russian language and literature Tatyana Pavlovna Goltsova. As a result, the gifted student made the final decision to go to the Faculty of Faculty of FESU, which he did in the year. After the university, Ivan Ivanovich worked as a teacher of the Russian language and literature, and also taught sambo.

In his biography there is also a fact when in the nineties, becoming an experienced manager of the enterprise unique for Russia, he practically moved away from active literary activity. In fact, he created this powerful poetic festival, and carried out a large organizational work there. The publishing house of the Almanac "Rubezh" in Vladivostok sponsored. Ivan Shepeta arose the idea of ​​engaging in publishing, when his name received wide fame in literary circles, when there was already rich life experience in the baggage, including entrepreneurial activity.

The idea received a practical embodiment - the publishing house, along with the release of works and collections of Ivan Shepet, began to give a “ticket to life” to the creative works of modern authors, coastal poets and prose writers. Ivan Ivanovich helped original authors.

His publishing house published interesting novels that exciting detectives. In literary circles, they talked about him as a man of great knowledge, as a true patriot. Ivan Ivanovich deeply studied the history and work of Russian writers, poets, representatives of classical literature, not limited to “encyclopedic” knowledge. Once on this basis he even had a small conflict.

At one of the literary festivals “liter” Moscow prose writer Zakhar Prilepin, telling about the little -known facts of the biography and the death of the Russian poet Sergey Yesenin, made some inaccuracies. Shepeta sharply reacted to this and wrote an article “The visitors overcome us”. Ivan Ivanovich was known as a champion of a strict and objective presentation of historical facts, always opposed the distortion of history.

On duty, as the head of the publishing house, Ivan Shepeta perfectly mastered the “great and powerful” many about him said that he was a lyricist who stubbornly making Vladivostok “Vaccinations of literature” ... The evening of Ivan Shepet’s memory was held in a very warm and friendly atmosphere, the poet’s classmates were present here, as well as representatives of the Veterans Council Elena Stulova, Svetlana Krokhova and others.

Poets who personally knew Ivan Ivanovich arrived from Dalnegorsk, they read poetry from his collections and their poems-conservation. Pupils of the Rologychensk school read poetry from the creative heritage of Ivan Shereta. The audience was watched by the photographs from the poet’s family archive, provided by his wife Elena and children Catherine and Andrei. Then the guests were invited to a tea party, the memories of the old days continued at the table, the audience exchanged impressions and could not part for a long time.

Lyudmila Nikolaevna Radchenko gave the local library a collection of her poems and the collection of poet Ivan Shepet “Reserve”. According to Anna Konevskaya, who personally knew Ivan Shepet, he was a quiet, pet, but with an internal rod and high human qualities. Many songs have been written on his poems, so we want to hold another event dedicated to the work of our countryman.

And it will be song, ”Anna Konevskaya concluded the meeting with the announcement.