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Ėmilʹ Azhar bukvalʹno vorvalsi͡a v literaturu v 1974 godu. Ego oshelomli͡ai͡ushchiĭ uspekh prevzoshel vse ozhidanii͡a skryvshegosi͡a pod ėtim psevdonimom znamenitogo Romena Gari. Ėto stalo samoĭ gromkoĭ literaturnoĭ mistifikat͡sieĭ KhKh veka. Taĭna byla raskryta tolʹko posle samoubiĭstva Gari v ego posmertno opublikovannom tekste "Zhiznʹ i smertʹ Ėmili͡a Azhara". Tak Gari-Azhar okazalsi͡a edinstven-nym pisatelem, udostoennym Gonkurovskoĭ premii dvazhdy: pervyĭ raz kak Romen Gari za knigu "Korni neba" (1956), vtoroĭ - dvadt͡satʹ let spusti͡a za "azharovskiĭ" roman "Vsi͡a zhiznʹ vperedi" (1975). Vtorui͡u premii͡u, prisuzhdennui͡u "Azharu", Gari prini͡atʹ otkazalsi͡a. "Vsi͡a zhiznʹ vperedi"- istorii͡a arabskogo malʹchika-siroty, kotorogo vospityvaet starai͡a evreĭskai͡a zhenshchina, chudom ut͡selevshai͡a v nat͡sistskom lagere smerti. Madam Roza derzhit u sebi͡a v kvartire pansion dli͡a deteĭ parizhskikh prostitutok. Malenʹkiĭ Momo nikogda ne videl ni ott͡sa, ni materi. On li͡ubit madam Rozu bolʹshe vsekh na svete i rastet v postoi͡annom strakhe poteri͡atʹ ee. Roman stal mirovoĭ sensat͡sieĭ i byl dvazhdy ėkranizirovan. Filʹm 1977 goda s Simonoĭ Sinʹore v glavnoĭ roli poluchil "Oskara" za luchshiĭ inostrannyĭ filʹm. V italʹi͡anskoĭ ėkranizat͡sii 2020 goda glavnui͡u rolʹ sygrala Sofi Loren. Publikuetsi͡a v novom perevode Natalʹi Mavlevich.

Emil Azhar literally broke into literature in 1974. His stunning success surpassed all expectations of the famous Romain Gary hiding under this pseudonym. It became the most notorious literary hoax of the twentieth century. The mystery was revealed only after Gary's suicide in his posthumously published text “The Life and Death of Emil Azhar.” Thus, Gari-Azhar turned out to be the only writer who was awarded the Goncourt Prize twice: the first time as Romain Gari for the book “The Roots of Heaven” (1956), the second — twenty years later for the "Azhar” novel “The Whole Life Ahead" (1975). Gary refused to accept the second prize awarded to Azhar. “The whole life is ahead” is the story of an Arab orphan boy who is raised by an old Jewish woman who miraculously survived the Nazi death camp. Madame Rosa runs a boarding school for the children of Parisian prostitutes in her apartment. Little Momo had never seen his father or mother. He loves Madame Rosa more than anyone else in the world and grows up in constant fear of losing her. The novel became a worldwide sensation and was filmed twice. The 1977 film starring Simone Signoret won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. In the Italian film adaptation of 2020, Sophia Loren played the main role. Published in a new translation by Natalia Mavlevich.