poet Mikhail A. Svetlov wrote poems talented, and his jokes, aphorisms and sharpness passed from mouth to mouth.Here are a few tales about this witty person.
at literary evenings, after reading his poems, Mikhail Svetlov responded to the note.But some notes went unanswered.
- Why do not you answer all the questions?- A voice from the audience
- If I could answer all the questions - said Svetlov - I would become uninteresting to live.
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Once Svetlov came to a familiar poet and asked for a loan of 100 rubles.This poet was very fond of spirits and often borrowed money without a return.Svetlov immediately advised fellow artists:
- My dear, you just have to borrow money from pessimists, as only they know in advance that they will not give up.And I, unfortunately, impecunious optimist.
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Mikhail Svetlov was in the hospital and felt very bad.At this time, his friends and students came to visit the Institute of Literature of the poet.During the visit, one of the students enthusiastically exclaimed:
- My God, me living legend!
- What are you - the poet said quietly - almost alive.
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one time, Mikhail Svetlov was assessor in the national court.Listen to a rape her physician patient.The absence of signs of violence suffered due to the fact that anesthesia was applied.When the situation became hopeless doctor dozing Svetlov woke up and asked the victim:
- Say you were raped under general or local anesthesia?
Court acquitted the doctor.
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At a meeting of the Writers' Union discussed the behavior of the young poet, abusing alcohol.Therefore, in youth or stupidity, he did not repent and strive:
- Who are the judges?Just think, drink, drink, too, Pushkin!And Lermontov, and Beethoven, and even the great Mozart!
- And what Mozart saw?- I asked somebody from the audience.
And at this moment Attendance Svetlov said:
- And he poured Salieri, he drank!
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in the Central House of Writers (CDL) celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of a very mediocre poet N. One of his friends and colleagues in the profession and spoke, congratulating the hero of the day, with irony said that the poet N. - a good guy, a good friendand on this solemn day, he invites all those present at the banquet in a restaurant.Then he solemnly said:
- The most significant event in the life of the jubilee is that he was born on the same day, when he died the great Russian poet Sergei Yesenin.
Mikhail Svetlov immediately very quietly remarked:
- Yes, yes.The trouble never comes alone - and immediately went to the snack bar to drink beer.
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in the Central House of Writers was a conference on language and translation.One of the writers began to argue that the Greek and Russian languages have common roots.All his arguments evoked in present confusion.And he brought a very fantastic examples:
- Greek word for "Aphrodite" is synonymous with the Russian word "give birth", and based on the Greek word for "Poseidon" is Russian utterance "ON BOTTOM these things."
present at the conference, Mikhail Svetlov not resist ranting speakers and artless kind asked:
- Do not you think that the Greek word "PALIRA" is derived from the Russian "half-liter"?
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at the Writers Mikhail Svetlov met his fellow writers.The poet was sad.
- What are you so upset?- I asked lightly.
- Yes here, and decided to divorce his wife, - muttered sadly poet - imagine how much I had not been published, it always miss my fees.And my poetry, she did not read.
- Yes, my friend, - sighed sympathetically Mikhail A. - so you need a beautiful woman, gathering clouds, but not fees.
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Mikhail Svetlov in Chisinau could not get royalties for Russian translations of poems Moldovan poets.
Mikhail Abramovich is counting on the money, but for some reason he was not given.Then he came to the director of the publishing house and angrily said:
- If tomorrow does not get the money, all these poems have been translated back into Moldovan!
threat to take effect.
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