Prosaist and essayist V. Svetlichny was born on March 31, 1906, in the village of Polibino, Ryazan province, now in the Lipetsk region, into a peasant family. In 1924, he graduated from Berezovskaya Secondary School and studied at evening courses at the Mining Academy in Moscow from 1928 to 1930.
He began his labor biography in 1924 as an inspector for the elimination of illiteracy in the Dankovsky district of the Lipetsk region, while also working as a rural correspondent for the district newspaper until 1928.
From 1928 to 1930, he worked on construction sites in Moscow, and from 1930 to 1932, he worked as a drilling master in the oil fields of Southern Kazakhstan.
Since 1939, V. Svetlichny has been engaged in journalism, working for newspapers in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as in the editorial office of All-Union Radio in Moscow.
From 1952 to 1967, he worked as an essayist and head of the literature and art department at the editorial office of the newspaper "Soviet Kyrgyzstan."
His first book was a collection of essays titled "Achi-Say," published in 1935 in Kyzylorda. He is the author of several collections of essays and short stories, as well as the novella "Anarkhay Preludes" (1984). He also co-translated the works of S. Sasykbaev into Russian, published under the title "My Contemporaries" in 1980.
A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1947 and a member of the Union of Soviet Writers since 1962.
He was awarded the medal "For Valorous Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" and Honorary Certificates from the Supreme Soviet of the Kyrgyz SSR.
SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS
in Russian:
Achi-Say. —Kyzylorda: 1935. —56 pages.
The Road to the Desert: Essays. —F.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1960. —215 pages.
Grass of the Village: Essays and Stories. —F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1965. —154 pages.
Under the Shepherd's Star: Tales of the Shepherd's Land. —F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1981. —208 pages.
Anarkhay Preludes: Novella. —F.: Mektep, 1984. —81 pages.