Critic and translator V. Goryachikh was born on March 29, 1916—July 22, 1972, in the city of Biysk, in a working-class family.
In 1935, he graduated from high school in the city of Alexandrovsk on Sakhalin. He studied at the Moscow Institute of Communication Engineers, and from 1935 to 1940—at the correspondence department of the Moscow Institute of History, Philosophy, and Literature.
He began his working biography at the age of 13 as an apprentice at brick and lime factories, working as a lathe operator.
From 1936 to 1938, he worked as head of the department at the editorial office of the newspaper "Soviet Sakhalin," and as the responsible secretary of Mytishchi broadcasting in the Moscow region (1939—1940); as a literary employee, head of the department, and responsible secretary at the editorial office of the newspaper "Soviet Kyrgyzstan" (1940—1942 and 1946—1947); as a correspondent for the Soviet Information Bureau in Kyrgyzstan (1948—1949). In the following years, he served as a literary consultant at the Kyrgyz Writers' Union, and as the responsible secretary of the literary and artistic almanac "Kyrgyzstan" (1949—1950), and head of the department at the editorial office of the magazine "Literary Kyrgyzstan" (1957—1963).
V. Goryachikh was a participant in the Great Patriotic War. In 1942, he volunteered for the front, graduated from a military-political school, and served until the end of the war at the newspaper "Courage" of the 27th Army, where he was wounded twice.
The beginning of V. Goryachikh's literary work dates back to 1936. At that time, he wrote the play "Nivkh from Kotongli." In 1936, a collection of essays "Island of Joy" was published by the "Soviet Sakhalin" publishing house. In 1947, in collaboration with S. Bektursunov, he wrote the play "Heroes with a Fulfilled Dream," published in the almanac "Kyrgyzstan." In the post-war years, V. Goryachikh mainly engaged in the artistic translation of works by Kyrgyz writers. He translated the trilogy "Kanybek" by K. Djantošev, the novel "Shepherd from Khantengry," stories about the Kyrgyz satirist and witty man Kudaibergen Omurzakov "The Laughter of Kuiruchuk" by K. Bektenov, "The Long Path" by M. Elebaev, and works by A. Tokombaev, G. Shukurbekov, K. Malikov, Ch. Aitmatov, T. Abdumomunov, and others.
He has been a member of the USSR Writers' Union since 1963.
He was awarded the Orders of the Red Banner of Combat, the Patriotic War II degree, and the Red Star; medals "For the Capture of Budapest," "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941—1945."
TRANSLATIONS
Djantošev K. Kanybek: Novel. Book I. — Fr.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1958.— 401 p.
Omurbaev S. Stormy Days: Novel. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1959. —264 p.
Djantošev K. Kanybek: Novel in 2 volumes. Book 1. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1980. — 412 p.
Djantošev K. Kanybek: Novel in 2 volumes. Book 2. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1980. — 504 p.
Elebaev M. The Long Path: Story. — Fr.: Mektep, 1982.— 128 p.
