Gerasim Pileš

Gerasim Dmitriyevich Kharlampyev, better known by his pen name Gerasim Pilesh, was a Soviet Chuvash writer, playwright, sculptor, and painter.

Biography

Gerasim Pilesh was born on 2 February 1913 in the village of Man Toktash in the Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic.
He studied at Bolshetoktashsky Initial School, Hodorsky Eight-Year School, and later attended Rabfak in Nizhny Novgorod and the Moscow Art Technical School. Pilesh was conscripted for military service and participated in the Great Patriotic War. He worked at the Chuvash Book Publishing House and served as the director of an art gallery.
Pilesh died on 2 November 2003 in Cheboksary.

Literary career

Pileš emerged in Chuvash literature as a master of short plays and children's stories. Later, Gerasim Dmitriyevich wrote stories and novels. His plays, such as "Кӑмӑл уҫӑлсан", "Ҫурхи кӗвӗсем", and "Юрату вилӗмсӗр", continue to be performed with pleasure in Chuvash theaters. The drama "Love Is Immortal" was staged at the Ukrainian State Drama Theater in Kiev.
Gerasim Dmitriyevich also participated in art exhibitions and wrote sketches about Chuvash artists M. Spiridonov and N. Sverchkov.
He was actively involved with Kapkan magazine.

Notable works

«Илемлӗ ир»
«Юрату вилӗмсӗр»
«Йӑлтӑр ҫӑлкуҫ»
«Тӑрнасен ташши»
«Пӗчӗк ҫеҫ юмахсем»
«Иртнӗ ҫулсенче»
«Ытарайми ҫӗршывра»
«Вӑрман юрри»

Literature

"Аликовская энциклопедия", editing: Efimov L.A., Efimov E.L., Anan'ev A. A., Terent'ev G. K., Cheboksary, 2009,.
"Чӑваш литературин антологийӗ", editing: D. V. Gordeev, J. A. Silem, Cheboksary, 2003. .
П. Афанасьев, "Писатели Чувашии", Cheboksary, 2006