Prishvin Russian writer and hunter.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin (1873-1954) was an outstanding Russian and Soviet writer, novelist and publicist, correspondent, traveler, photographer, local historian, teacher. But perhaps the most famous aspect of Mikhail Prishvin's life and work is his passion for hunting. Hunting is not simple, but filled with the deepest love and respect for nature. Prishvin considered hunting not only a simple means of subsistence, but also a way of communicating with nature and understanding its ways. He used his experience as a hunter in his works, enriching them, enlivening the world of nature for readers. During the hunt, Prishvin often took photographs and notes. These drafts then endowed the landscapes of his stories with living force and almost physically tangible properties, as if the reader himself found himself in these places, they were so authentic. Prishvin was a hunter, but he did not hunt just for the excitement, all his hunting was in moderation and did not harm the wild. Wandering with a hunting rifle, Mikhail Prishvin, for the most part, simply observed nature, noticed features and the unknown, which often escapes our gaze. Prishvin was a pioneer of photography in Russia. And despite the huge size of the cameras in those days, the writer took a photo accessory on his long hunting trips. Prishvin illustrated his first book, "In the Land of Undeterred Birds," with his photographs taken in 1906 during a hike in the North with the help of a bulky camera belonging to a fellow traveler. Particular value has Prishvin diaries, which he kept throughout his life, for more than half a century – from 1905 to his death, trying not to miss a single day. It contains the entire epoch of the first half of the twentieth century, lived by an attentive and sensitive person. They are constantly arguing with oneself, searching for one's place in the world, and reflecting on society, country, and time. And of course they describe the great hunts of the great writer.