Fedor Alexandrovich Abramov was one of the outstanding Russian writers of the 20th century and a laureate of the State Prize of the USSR. His books have been translated into many languages, and the play "Brothers and Sisters" by the Small Dramatic Theater, based on his eponymous tetralogy, was awarded the State Prize of the USSR, the Golden Sofit theater award, and several international prizes.

Abramov was born on February 29, 1920, in the village of Verkola in the Arkhangelsk region into a peasant family and was the youngest of five children. In 1938, he graduated with honors from the Karpogorsk Secondary School and enrolled in the philological faculty of Leningrad State University. In 1941, he voluntarily went to the front.

His first novel "Brothers and Sisters" was published in 1958, and in 1963, the novella "Around and About" was published in the magazine "Neva," which received criticism in the USSR but was positively received abroad. In 1968, a continuation of the novel "Brothers and Sisters" titled "Two Winters and Three Summers" was published in the magazine "Novy Mir." The trilogy "Prjasliny," for which Abramov received the State Prize of the USSR in 1975, concluded with the novel "Paths and Crossroads."

Abramov was also known as a talented publicist. His works remain relevant today, addressing not only social but also moral issues. He asserted that social, economic, and environmental problems are inextricably linked to spiritual ones, and the revival of Russia is impossible without improving human nature.

Abramov's last unfinished novel "The Clean Book" was first published in the magazine "Neva" in 1998.

On May 14, 1983, Fedor Alexandrovich Abramov passed away in Leningrad from heart failure after a serious operation. He is buried in the village of Verkola in the Arkhangelsk region on the right bank of the Pinega River. On the opposite bank is the Artemiev-Verkolski Monastery, the restoration of which was important to Abramov in the last years of his life. A museum dedicated to his memory has been opened in Verkola.