Arkady Gaidar, Janusz Korchak, Lev Kassil, Mark Twain - all these are the names of famous children's writers, whose works everyone read. Their stories and stories are filled with kindness, humanity. What is known about the life of these writers? Were they as kind and humane as their books?
There was little information about famous children's writers, especially domestic ones, in Soviet times. In anthologies and textbooks there were, of course, biographies of the authors, but they were meager, formulaic and often false. A writer who created moralizing works for children could not have vices and weaknesses.
Today information about this or that famous person open. We can find out what a popular author was like in his personal life, what he loved, what he suffered from, how he spent the last days of his life. The biography of the most famous children's writers today, of course, is not without fiction, but much more reliable than thirty or forty years ago.
Below are interesting facts from the life of authors whose works are known to everyone. Or almost everyone. The names of famous children's writers are listed in alphabetical order.
Hans Christian Andersen
Perhaps this is the most famous children's writer. Who has not read Andersen's fairy tales? " The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "Thumbelina", "Wild Swans", "Ugly Duckling" - everyone remembers the plot of these fairy tales.
Childhood famous writer passed in need. Andersen's father was a shoemaker, his mother was a couple. The future storyteller was a very receptive, emotional child. Hans' mother, apparently, was a kind and considerate woman. She sent her son to a charity school - one of the rare educational institutions at that time in which physical punishment was not practiced. At the age of 14, Hans Christian Andersen went to Copenhagen. He dreamed of becoming famous. As you know, his dream came true.
Agniya Barto
A woman who wrote many poems for children experienced a terrible loss - the death of her own child. Agnia Barto was born in Moscow, in the intellectual Jewish family. Since childhood, she studied at a ballet school, graduated from a choreographic school. The maiden name of the poetess is Volova. "Barto" she inherited from her first husband, a poet and ornithologist. Son Garik died 4 days before Great Victory- May 5, 1945.
According to some reports, Agniya Barto, being the author of good children's poems, did not differ in kindness in life. She took an active part in the persecution of Chukovsky's daughter. Barto's signature was also in a collective letter dedicated to one of the works of Korney Ivanovich, which the censors called "charlatan awkward nonsense."
Arkady Gaidar
The works of this author used to be present in every home library. Usually short curriculum vitae included in the introduction. About the famous children's writer, however, the truth was not written. She was way too ugly.
Those born in the USSR remember such works as Blue Cup, Chuk and Gek, Timur and his team. Some of Gaidar's books were included in the school curriculum, many of them were included in the list of literature for the summer. However, Soviet readers did not know anything about the fact that the famous children's writer was a mentally unbalanced person and a murderer.
Arkady Gaidar began his military career at the age of fourteen. At seventeen he was already at the head of a regiment. At twenty he was accepted into the special purpose unit and sent to Khakassia. Here he had to find and destroy the white officers who acted under the leadership of Kolchak. This Gaidar did not succeed, and therefore he became angry and began to execute simple, innocent people. Even the active participants in the "Red Terror" were shocked by these actions. Gaidar was removed from his post. He spent some time in a psychiatric hospital.
Amadeus Hoffman
What works come to mind first? in the name of this famous children's writer? The list of Hoffmann's books is quite extensive, the most famous are The Golden Pot, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, The Sandman, Elixirs of Satan. The last work, however, is far from being aimed at a children's audience.
Amadeus Hoffmann is the most famous German romantic writer. Several ballets have been created based on his works, many films have been shot. At the same time, Hoffmann, however, like many of his other colleagues, spent most of his life in poverty. All his attempts to make a living from literature led to poverty. Only in recent years did he manage to improve his financial situation thanks to a small inheritance.
Lev Kassil
The famous Russian children's writer graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow State University. As a third-year student, he suddenly experienced an irresistible craving for literary creativity. First of all, this was expressed in lengthy letters that Kassil regularly sent to his relatives. Each of his messages was about thirty pages long.
The younger brother took the letters to the local editorial office, where they were happily published, about which the author knew nothing for a long time. When he became aware that his messages had some artistic value (otherwise they would not have been published in the newspaper), he decided to earn money by writing literary works. The most famous book by Lev Kassil is "Konduit and Shvambrania".
Rudyard Kipling
The parents of the creator of The Jungle Book dreamed that their beloved son would become an officer. Rudyard himself was not opposed to a military career. However, from childhood he suffered from myopia, and therefore had to take up literary work. Rudyard wrote short stories while still in military school. A real writing career began after several trips to Asia and the United States as a correspondent.
Janusz Korczak
According to one of the Polish musicians who lived in Warsaw at the end thirties, the writer was a surprisingly noble person. For many years Korczak was engaged in literary creativity, but during his lifetime he was not classified as a prose writer of the first rank. The thing is that his work belonged to a rather specific area.
He wrote only for children and only about children. In his books you can see a deep knowledge of child psychology. But the main thing, perhaps, was not even how Korczak wrote, but how he lived. He devoted every minute to the children. The teacher did not change this position even in the last hours of his life.
The writer organized several orphanages, collected donations, and hosted children's radio programs. In 1940, he ended up in the Warsaw ghetto along with his pupils. Korczak could have avoided death. He was quite famous person and had the opportunity, with the help of his admirers, to hide on the "Aryan" side. But of course he didn't. In August 1942, about two hundred children were sent to Treblinka. Korczak preferred to stay with his pupils and die in the gas chamber.
Lewis Carroll
The creator of the famous series of works about the adventures of Alice was born in the family of a priest. Lewis Carroll, in addition, had outstanding mathematical abilities. He received a bachelor's degree, then won a competition for lecturing at one of the English universities. Even when he became a famous writer, he continued to publish scientific works under his own name. Lewis Carroll's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.
Mark Twain
The American prose writer, as you know, wrote not only for children. His work covers many genres. This is satire, and philosophical fiction, and journalism. Mark Twain traveled a lot, worked for correspondents for most of his life. The writer had an amazing sense of humor, while being a sensitive, romantic person. He fell in love with his future wife at first sight. Olivia became disabled after an injury she received in her youth. Twain took care of her until the end of his life.
Korney Chukovsky
The writer's childhood is known from the autobiographical book Silver Coat of Arms. Chukovsky's mother was a servant in the home of a wealthy man named Emmanuil Levenson. From him she gave birth in 1882 year of the boy who later became one of the best Soviet children's writers. The father decided to connect his life with a woman of his circle. The childhood of the future poet and prose writer passed in Odessa. Here he studied for some time at the gymnasium, which he failed to graduate due to his low birth.
Real name writer - Nikolai Korneichukov. In the metric he has like illegitimate, there was no patronymic. He later took on a pseudonym and added a fictitious middle name. The writer had four children, of whom he survived three. He dedicated many poetic works to his daughter Murochka, who died at the age of 11.
And one more fact from the biography of Korney Chukovsky. His work was highly appreciated by critics and literary figures. He was a laureate of the State Prize. But like no other, he supported talented fellow writers who fell into disgrace, and therefore, at the end of his life, he acquired many ill-wishers.
Anatoly Orlov is a talented Russian writer who continues the traditions of Mikhail Prishvin and Konstantin Paustovsky in his works. Attention to the life of nature (by profession Anatoly Orlov is a forester) in his texts is combined with attention to working with the word, which is especially important for books designed for children. One of his first stories, Pim the Deer, has already managed to catch the fancy of many readers: it tells about the very beginning of the life of the musk deer, the smallest deer-like animal living on the territory of Russia.
Grigory Oster is still one of the most famous children's writers in Russia. His "Bad Advice" is still relevant today, despite the fact that it was written decades ago. Winner of numerous literary awards, the 69-year-old writer is actively involved in cultural life country. We recommend reading his stories with children, and remember a kitten named Woof, funny monkeys and a curious baby elephant.
Children's writer, poet, screenwriter and playwright - Andrei Usachev, perhaps, is one of those authors who perfectly understand that stories for children should be kind and funny at the same time. At the same time, laughter in his books is never “evil”, which is especially important in our case. Short memorable stories with bright characters are great for Andrey. Separately, we note that his books are always beautifully illustrated.
The talented young writer Maria Verkhistova writes easily, so children will definitely like her books. The focus of the author, of course, is the guys themselves and their fictional fantasy worlds, where a domestic cat becomes a real friend with whom you can go on any adventure. Great for evening reading.
The 79-year-old classic of children's literature, Eduard Uspensky is familiar to every person in our country. There is hardly anyone who has not read his stories about the crocodile Gena and Cheburashka, about the cat Matroskin and Uncle Fyodor. Note that he continues to write in our time: for example, in 2011 his book “The Ghost from Prostokvashino” was published. If you haven't read it yet, you should read it with your kids!
Anastasia Orlova wrote poetry from childhood, after which, already in adulthood, she took a significant break in her work - until the birth of her second child. It was then that the writer again began to create stories and poems for children, so successfully that she won the important Russian competition "New Children's Book". The publishing house "Rosmen" publishes her book about the adventures of a truck and its trailer - a funny story about strong friendship and mutual assistance.
The young and very talented writer has already published more than 20 books for children, each of which many readers in Russia have been looking forward to. Anna Nikolskaya is a master at creating adventure stories and romantic stories. Her books are always accompanied by excellent illustrations. Separately, it is worth noting that she has a rich language: an abundance of epithets is what the writer's texts are famous for.
An amazing Soviet writer who continues to create works for children, having stepped over her eighth decade. Her subtle and clever kind tales are not about distant kingdoms and worlds - they are about the fact that magic is nearby, it is all around us. The heroes of amazing adventures are either schoolchildren, or their grandmothers, and sometimes suddenly come to life clouds. Sofia Prokofieva's books are required reading.
Not only funny and kind, but also very informative stories of Olga Kolpakova will tell children about fairy tale characters and the life of nature, about incredible worlds and Russian life. The combination of fascination and quite real knowledge is a distinctive feature of Olga's texts. Mom of two children, she knows well how to make a child laugh and how to make him think about something.
Books by Anton Soya regularly cause parental disputes: is it worth it or not to read to children? Many are frightened by the abundance of slang expressions in the author's stories, and many, on the contrary, like his language. It’s better to decide for yourself: for our part, we note that the undoubted advantage of Soya’s books is masterfully created plots - they quickly captivate children, so at least the child will surely reach the end of the story and will not leave the book in the middle.
After analyzing the personalities and work of most children's and youth writers of the 20th century, we present you a list of authors who are the best in terms of the quality of energy and the purity of their works.
In our opinion, the education of a child should begin with familiarization with their work.
The information contained in Bazhov's books will be developing for people for the next 100 years, the books of Lewis Carroll - the next 50 years. The rest of the works presented here will potentially carry an evolutionary message for about 20 more years.
Parents, remember! Many books can be found in audio format, don't be lazy, listen to something yourself!
January 15 (27), 1879 - December 3, 1950 - teacher, journalist, ethnographer, writer. The book of essays "The Urals were", the autobiographical story "The Green Filly", the author's collections of tales: "The Malachite Box", "The Key Stone", "Tales of the Germans". Some of the most famous tales are: “Mistress of the Copper Mountain”, “Malachite Box”, “Stone Flower”, “Mining Master”, “Fragile Twig”, “Iron Tires”, “Two Lizards”, “Kazakhschikov's soles”, “Juicy pebbles” , "Grass Trap", "Tayutkino Mirror", "Cat's Ears", "About the Great Snake", "Snake Track", "Zhabreev Walker", "Golden Dikes", "Fire Jumper", "Blue Snake", "Key land”, “Sinyushkin Well”, “Silver Hoof”, “Ermakov Swans”, “Golden Hair”, “Dear Name”.
July 14, 1891 - July 3, 1977 - mathematician, teacher, translator, writer. He is best known as the creator of the six-book series The Wizard of the Emerald City: The Wizard of the Emerald City, Oorfene Deuce and His Wooden Soldiers, The Seven Underground Kings, The Fire God of the Marranos, The Yellow Mist, The Mystery of the Abandoned castle." His other works: “Architects”, “Wanderings”, “Two Brothers”, “Wonderful Ball”, “Invisible Fighters”, “Aircraft at War”, “Following the Stern”, “Travellers in the Third Millennium”, “Adventures of Two friends in the country of the past”, “Prisoner of Constantinople”, “Petya Ivanov’s Journey to an Extraterrestrial Station”, “In the Altai Mountains”, “Lapatinsky Bay”, “On the Buzha River”, “Birthmark”, “Good Day”, “By the Campfire ".
Lewis Carroll, real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, January 27, 1832 - January 14, 1898 English writer, mathematician, logician, philosopher and photographer. His most famous works are: "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice Through the Looking-Glass", "Sylvia and Bruno", the humorous poem "The Hunt for the Snark", "Phantasmagoria", as well as a collection of riddles and games "The Story with Knots".
Borice Vladimirovich Zakhoder September 9, 1918 - November 7, 2000 - writer, poet, translator. Some of his collections of poems: "On the back desk", "Martyshkino tomorrow", "No one and others", "Who looks like whom", "Comrades for children", "School for chicks", "Counting", "My Imagination", " If they give me a boat”, some works in prose: “Monkey tomorrow”, “Good Rhino”, “Once upon a time there was Fip”, fairy tales “ gray star”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Hermit and the Rose”, “The Story of the Caterpillar”, “Why the Fish Are Silent”, “Ma-Tari-Kari”, “The Tale of Everyone in the World”.
Zakhoder is also well known as a translator of many masterpieces of foreign literature for children: fairy tales by A.A. Wonderland”, fairy tales by K. Chapek and the Brothers Grimm, the play by J.M. Barry “Peter Pan”, various poems.
, June 22, 1922 - December 29, 1996 - poet, prose writer, screenwriter. Novels and stories: “He was a real trumpeter”, “Station Boys”, “The Secret of Fenimore”, “Where the sky begins”, “Sentry Petrov”, “Where the battery stood”, “Fence with a blue eye”, “Salute”, “I I'm going after a rhinoceros", "Semyon-striped", "Temporary tenant", "Playing the beauty", "Sretensky gate", "Heart of the earth", "The son of a pilot", "Self-portrait", "Ivan-Willis", "Company commander ”,“ Kingfisher ”,“ Ballerina of the political department ”,“ Girl, do you want to act in films? ”,“ Travesty ”,“ Persecution of redheads ”,“ Elephant driver ”,“ Passion for four girls ”,“ Difficult bullfight ”,“ Heavy blood”, “Lalya Bullet”, “Party”, “Teacher”, “Faithful friend of Sancho”, “Samantha”, “But Vorobyov didn’t break the glass”, “Ledum”, “Bambus”, “Game of beauty”, “Boy with skates", "Boy with skates", "Knight Vasya", "Gathering clouds", "Peshekhodov's sons", "History teacher", "Girls from Vasilyevsky Island", "Captain Gastello's friend", "Naughty boy Icarus", " Memory", "Last Fireworks", "Sapper", "Goalkeeper", "Bavaklava", "Flower of Bread", "One Voice ”,“ Change of weather ”,“ Letter to Marina ”,“ Awakened by nightingales ”,“ Relic ”,“ Violin ”,“ Rider galloping over the city ”,“ My familiar hippopotamus ”,“ Old horse for sale ”,“ Sheared devil ”, "Umka", "Urs and Kat", "Visiting a Dog", "Memories of a Cow", "Girl from Brest", "Daughter of the Commander", "Daughter of the Preferans", "We are Destined to Live", "Invisible Cap" , “Lullaby for men”, “Our address”, “But passaran”, “The day before yesterday there was a war”, “Post number one”, “Constellation of locomotives”.
3 August 1910 – 18 August 1995, English children's writer, artist, film actor and theater director. Wrote two books of fairy tales: Forgotten Birthday, Journey along the River of Time. Here are the titles of some of his fairy tales: “The Dragon and the Wizard”, “Hide and Seek”, “Cows and the Wind”, “Mr. ”, “About a puddle and a bun with raisins”, “About the policeman Arthur and about his horse Harry”, “Dot-mother and Dot-daughter”, “Fog”, “Wow”, “Breadcrumbs”, “Cupid and the Nightingale” , "Blackie and Reggie", "Down!", "Big Wave and Small Wave", "Philosopher Beetle and Others", "Gingerbread Cookie", "Quacking Mailbox", "Crow and the Sun", "About a Boy Who growled at the tigers", "Miranda the Traveler", "Mice in the Moon", "Nelson and the Hen", "Knols and the Juniper", "Baby Penguin Named Prince", "About the Little Bus Who Was Afraid of the Dark", "About Zzzzzzzz", "Ernie the Parrot with Measles", "Olivia the Seagull and Rosalind the Turtle", "Joe's Journey", "Fish and Chips", "St. Pancras and King's Cross", "Olivia the Snail and the Canary ”, “Shhhhh!”, “Yak”, “Three hats of Mr. Kepi”, “About the bug and the bulldozer”, “About Pretty Cow", "About a Piglet Who Learned to Fly", "About a Tiger Cub", "About a Tiger Cub Who Loved to Take a Bath", "Daisy's Journey to Australia", "Annabelle", "Ant and Sugar", "Bam! ”,“ Everything is upside down ”,“ Ha-ha-ha! ”, “Komodo Dragon”, “Forgotten Komodo Birthday”, “Komodo Little Red Riding Hood”, “Grasshopper and Snail”, “Milkman's Horse”, “Rhinoceros and Good Fairy”, “Do you want, do you want, do you want ...”, “Eagle and lamb".
Born May 18, 1952, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. The following works are available in Russian:
Young Wizard Series: How to Become a Magician, Deep Magic, High Magic, Limitless Magic
Series "Magical Cats": "Book moonlit night”, “Visit to the Queen”
Series " Star Trek»: "Doctor's Prescriptions", "Spock's World", "Wounded Sky"
"X-Team", "Space Police", "Space Police. Brain Killer.
September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851, American novelist Novels: The Spy, or the Tale of No Man's Land, The Pilot, Lionel Lincoln, or the Siege of Boston, The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Red Corsair, Wishton Valley Vish", "Bravo, or in Venice", "Heidenmauer, or the Benedictines", "The Executioner, or the Abbey of the Winegrowers", "The Pathfinder, or the Lake-Sea", "Mercedes from Castile", "St. John's Wort, or the First Warpath", The Two Admirals, The Will-o'-the-Wisp, Wyandotte or House on the Hill, Land and Sea, Miles Wallingford, Satanstow, Surveyor, Redskins, Oak Clearings, or Bee hunter”, “Sea lions”, “Fantastic story of the eponymous brigantine “Sea Sorceress”.
August 28, 1925 - October 12, 1991, born April 15, 1933, Soviet writers, co-authors, screenwriters, classics of modern science and social fiction. Novels and stories: "Land of Crimson Clouds", "From Beyond", "The Way to Amalthea", "Noon, XXII Century", "Interns", "Attempt to Escape", "Distant Rainbow", "It's Hard to Be a God", "Monday Starts Saturday, Predatory Things of the Century, Anxiety, Ugly Swans, Snail on the Slope, Second Martian Invasion, Tale of the Troika, Inhabited Island, Hotel Climber", "Kid", "Roadside Picnic", "Guy from the Underworld", "Doomed City", "A Billion Years Before the End of the World", "A Tale of Friendship and Enemies", "Beetle in an Anthill", "Lame Fate ”, “Waves extinguish the wind”, “Weaved down with evil, or Forty years later”
Plays: "Jews of the city of St. Petersburg, or Sad conversations by candlelight", "Five spoons of elixir", "Without weapons"
Short stories: "Deep search", "Forgotten experiment", "Six matches", "SKIBR test", "Private assumptions", "Defeat", "Almost the same", "Night in the desert" (another name is "Night on Mars" ), "Emergency", "Sand Fever", "Spontaneous Reflex", "Pacific Man", "Moby Dick", "In Our interesting time”, “On the issue of cyclotation”, “The first people on the first raft”, “Poor evil people”.
In addition, Arkady Strugatsky wrote several works alone under the pseudonym S. Yaroslavtsev: a fairy tale in three parts "Expedition to the underworld", the story "The Devil among people" and the story "Details of the life of Nikita Vorontsov".
Boris Strugatsky alone, under the pseudonym S. Vititsky, wrote the following works: "Search for Destiny, or the Twenty-seventh Theorem of Ethics", "The Powerless of This World".
Born in 1931, artist, illustrator, screenwriter and director, author and illustrator of seventy books for adults and children. Three of his books “The Adventures of the Hryullops Family”, “Kriktor”, “Adelaide. Winged kangaroo.
December 6, 1943 - April 30, 1992, poet and artist Published collections of poems: “Went forward - came back”, “Bird in a cage”, “Eccentrics and others”, “Hooligan poems”, author's collections: “Eccentrics”, “Talking Raven”, “Vitamin Growth”.
Born in 1952 - teacher, playwright, writer. He is the author of more than 20 books, the books The River Flowing Backward, The Winter Battle and Woe of the Dead King were published in Russian.
Born January 18, 1981, wrote two books: "Waffle Heart" and "Tonya Glimmerdal" Both of these books by Maria Parr have been translated into Russian.
Max Fry- literary pseudonym of the authors Svetlana Martynchik and Igor Stepin. Svetlana Yurievna Martynchik (born February 22, 1965, Odessa) - contemporary writer and an artist. Igor Stepin (b. 1967, Odessa) is an artist.
Books of the Echo Labyrinths series: "Labyrinth" ("Stranger"), "Volunteers of Eternity", "Simple Magical Things", "Dark Side", "Executor", "Glamours", "The Power of the Unfulfilled", "The Talkative Dead", " Menin Labyrinth. Books of the Chronicles of Echo series: "Chub of the Earth", "Tulan Detective", "Lord of Mormora", "The Elusive Khabba Han", "The Crow on the Bridge", "Mr. Gro's Woe", "Glutton Gull". Books outside the series: "My Ragnarok", "Encyclopedia of Myths", "Book of Complaints", "Nests of Chimeras", "Tales and Stories", "A Book for People Like Me", "Book of Vrak", "Book of Fictional Worlds", "Perfect Romance", "Yellow Metal Key".
Books will be developing for another 10 years.
(April 4, 1948; Peoria, Illinois) is a famous American science fiction writer. Books: 1985 Song of Kali, 1989 Phases of Gravity (not published in Russia), 1989 Carrion Comfort, 1989 Hyperion (Hyperion) 1990 The Fall of Hyperion, 1990 Entropy's Bed at Midnight (unreleased in Russia), 1991 Summer of Night (Summer of Night), 1992 The Hollow Man (not published in Russia), 1992 Children of the Night, 1995 Fires of Eden, 1996 Endymion, 1997 The Rise of Endymion, 1999 The Crook Factory, 2000 Darwin's Blade, 2001 Hardcase, 2002 A Winter's Haunting, 2002 Hard Freeze, 2003 Ilium, 2003 Hard as nails "("Hard as Nails"), 2005 "Olympus" ("Olympos"), 2007 "Terror" ("The Terror"), 2009 "Drood, or the man in black" ("Drood"), 2009 "Black Hills" (at this time not yet published in Russia), 2011 "Flashback" (not yet published in Russia).
Books will be developing for another 10-20 years.
Didactic guide for lessons literary reading in grades 1-4 "Children's writers in primary school»
Stupchenko Irina Nikolaevna, teacher primary school first category MBOU secondary school No. 5 town. Yablonovsky, Republic of Adygea
Target: Acquaintance with children's writers and their work
Tasks: show interest in the work of Russians and foreign writers and poets, to develop the desire to read children's fiction; develop cognitive interests, creative thinking, fantasy, speech, replenish active vocabulary
Equipment: portraits of writers and poets, exhibition of books, illustrations for fairy tales
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1805-1875)
The writer was born on April 2 in the city of Odense, located in the European country of Denmark, in the family of a shoemaker. Little Hans loved to sing, read poetry and dreamed of becoming an actor. When he studied at the gymnasium, he published his first poems. And becoming a university student, he began to write and publish novels. Andersen loved to travel and traveled to Africa, Asia and Europe.
Popularity came to the writer in 1835, after the publication of the collection Tales Told for Children. It included "The Princess and the Pea", "Swineherd", "Flint", "Wild Swans", "The Little Mermaid", "The King's New Dress", "Thumbelina". The writer wrote 156 fairy tales. The most popular of them are The Steadfast Tin Soldier2 (1838), The Nightingale (1843), The Ugly Duckling (1843), The Snow Queen (1844).
In our country, interest in the work of the Danish storyteller arose during his lifetime, when his fairy tales were translated into Russian.
HK Andersen's birthday has been declared International Children's Book Day.
AGNIA LVOVNA BARTO (1906-1981)
She was born on February 17 in the family of a veterinarian. She spent a lot of time in choreography classes, but she gave preference to literature. Her idols were K. I. Chukovsky, S. Ya. Marshak, V. V. Mayakovsky. The first book of the writer was published in 1925.
Agnia Lvovna wrote poems for children "Bear Thief" (1925), "Girl-Revushka" (1930), "Toys" (1936), "Bullfinch" (1939), "First Grader" (1944), "To School" ( 1966), I Grow Up (1969), and many others.
During the Great Patriotic War Agniya Barto often traveled to the front with speeches, and also spoke on the radio.
The poems of A.L. Barto are known to readers all over the world.
VITALY VALENTINOVICH BIANKI (1894-1959)
Born on February 11 in St. Petersburg in the family of an ornithologist. From childhood, the writer was instilled with an interest in nature. After graduating from university, the writer went on expeditions throughout Russia.
Bianchi is the founder of the natural history trend in children's literature.
He began his literary activity in 1923, publishing the fairy tale "The Journey of the Red-Headed Sparrow". And after The First Hunt (1924), Whose nose is better? (1924), "Tails" (1928), "Mouse Peak" (1928), "The Adventures of an Ant" (1936). To this day, the novels and stories “The Last Shot” (1928), “Dzhulbars” (1937), “Forest were and fables” (1952) are very popular. And, of course, the famous Forest Newspaper (1928) is of great interest to all readers.
JACOB and WILHELM GRIMM (1785-1863; 1786-1859)
The Grimm brothers were born into the family of an official, and lived in a kind and prosperous atmosphere.
The Grimm brothers successfully graduated from high school, received a law degree, and served as professors at the university. They are the authors of the German Grammar and the German Dictionary.
But the fairy tales “The Bremen Town Musicians”, “The Pot of Porridge”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Puss in Boots”, “Snow White”, “Seven Brave Men” and others brought glory to the writers.
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm have been translated into many languages of the world, including Russian.
VICTOR YUZEFOVYCH DRAGUNSKY (1913-1972)
V. Dragunsky was born in America, but after his birth the family returned to Russia. The boy began his labor activity at the age of 16, working as a saddler, boatman, actor. In 1940, he tried his hand at literary work (he created texts and monologues for circus and theater artists).
The first stories of the writer appeared in the magazine "Murzilka" in 1959. And in 1961, Dragunsky's first book was published, which included 16 stories about Denisk and his friend Mishka.
Dragunsky wrote more than 100 stories and thus made a huge contribution to the development of children's humorous literature.
SERGEY ALEKSANDROVICH ESENIN (1895-1925)
Born October 3 in a peasant family. He graduated from a rural school and a church teacher's school, after which he moved to Moscow.
The poem "Birch" (1913) was the first poem of the great Russian poet. It was published in the children's magazine Mirok. And although the poet practically did not write for children, many of his works were included in the circle of children's reading: “Winter sings, calls out ...” (1910), “Good morning!” (1914), "Powder" (1914), "Grandma's Tales" (1915), "Bird Cherry" (1915), "Fields are compressed, groves are bare ..." (1918)
BORIS VLADIMIROVICH ZAKHODER (1918-2000)
Born on September 9 in Moldova. He graduated from school in Moscow. After he studied at the Literary Institute.
In 1955, Zakhoder's poems were published in the collection On the Back Desk. In 1958 - "Nobody and Others", in 1960 - "Who Looks Like Whom?", in 1970 - "School for Chicks", in 1980 - "My Imagination". The author also wrote the fairy tales "Monkey's Tomorrow" (1956), "The Little Mermaid" (1967), "The Good Rhino", "Once upon a time there was Fip" (1977)
Boris Zakhoder is the translator of A. Milne "Winnie the Pooh and All-All-All", A. Lindgren "The Kid and Carlson", P. Travers "Mary Poppins", L. Carroll "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
IVAN ANDREEVICH KRYLOV (1769-1844)
Born on February 13 in Moscow. Childhood passed in the Urals and in Tver. He received worldwide vocation as a talented fabulist.
He wrote his first fables in 1788, and his first book was published in 1809.
The author wrote over 200 fables.
Recommended for children's reading are Crow and Fox (1807), Wolf and Lamb (1808), Elephant and Pug (1808), Dragonfly and Ant (1808), Quartet (1811), Swan, Pike and Cancer" (1814), "Mirror and Monkey" (1815), "Monkey and Glasses" (1815), "Pig under the Oak" (1825) and many others.
ALEXANDER IVANOVICH KUPRIN (1870-1938)
Born on September 7 in the Penza province in a poor noble family. After the death of his father, he moved with his mother to Moscow, where he was placed in an orphanage. Later he graduated from the Alexander Military School and served in an infantry regiment for several years. But in 1894 he left military affairs. He traveled a lot, worked as a loader, a miner, a circus organizer, flew in a balloon, went down to the seabed in a diving suit, and was an actor.
In 1889 he met A.P. Chekhov, who became both a mentor and a teacher for Kuprin.
The writer creates such works as "The Miraculous Doctor" (1897), "Elephant" (1904), "White Poodle" (1904).
MIKHAIL YURIEVICH LERMONTOV (1814-1841)
Born October 15 in Moscow. He spent his childhood with his grandmother on the Tarkhany estate in the Penza region, where he received an excellent home education.
He began writing his first poems at the age of 14. The first work published in print was the poem "Khadzhi Abrek" (1835)
And such poems as "Sail" (1832), "Two Giants" (1832), "Borodino" (1837), "Three Palm Trees" (1839), "Cliff" (1841) and others entered the circle of children's reading.
The poet died in a duel at the age of 26.
DMITRY NARKISOVICH MAMIN-SIBIRYAK (1852-1912)
Born on November 6 in the family of a priest and a local teacher. He was educated at home, graduated from the Perm Theological Seminary.
He began to print in 1875. Wrote stories and fairy tales for children: "Emelya the hunter" (1884), "In learning" (1892), "Adopted" (1893), "Spit" (1897), "GreySheyka", "Green War", "Stand by", "The Stubborn Goat", "The Tale of the Glorious Tsar Pea and His Beautiful Daughters - Princess Kutafya and Princess Goroshina".
The famous Alyonushka Tales (1894-1897) Dmitry Narkisovich wrote for his sick daughter.
SAMUIL YAKOVLEVICH MARSHAK (1887-1964)
Born on November 3 in the city of Voronezh. Early began to write poetry. In 1920 he created one of the first children's theaters in Krasnodar and wrote plays for it. He is one of the founders of children's literature in Russia.
Everyone knows his works "The Tale of the Silly Mouse" (1923), "Luggage" (1926), "Poodle" (1927, "That's how absent-minded" (1928), "Mustache-striped" (1929), "Children in a Cage" (1923) And many, many widely known and beloved poems and stories in verse.
And the famous stories "Cat's House" (1922), "Twelve Months" (1943), "Teremok" (1946) have long found their readers and remain the most beloved children's works of millions of people of all ages.
SERGEY VLADIMIROVICH MIKHALKOV (1913)
Born March 13 in Moscow in a noble family. He received his primary education at home and immediately entered the 4th grade. Little Sergei liked to write poetry. And in 15 lats the first poem was published.
Fame for Mikhalkov was brought by the poem "Uncle Styopa" (1935) and its continuation "Uncle Styopa - a policeman" (1954).
Readers' favorite works are "About Mimosa", "Merry Tourist", "My friend and I", "Vaccination", "My Puppy", "Song of Friends"; Fairy tales "Feast of Disobedience", "Three Little Pigs", "How the old man sold the cow"; fables.
S. Mikhalkov has written more than 200 books for children and adults. He is the author of the anthem of Russia (2001).
NIKOLAI ALEKSEEVICH NEKRASOV (1821-1878)
Born December 10 in Ukraine.
In his work, Nekrasov paid great attention to the life and life of the Russian people, the peasantry. Poems written for children are mostly addressed to simple peasant children.
Schoolchildren know such works as "Green Noise" (1863), "Railway" (1864), "General Toptygin" (1867), "Grandfather Mazaya Hares" (1870), the poem "Peasant Children" (1861).
NIKOLAI NIKOLAEVICH NOSOV (1908-1976)
Born on November 23 in Kiev in the family of an actor. The future writer was engaged in self-education, theater and music a lot. After the institute of cinematography, he worked as a film director, director of animated and educational films.
He published his first story "Entertainers" in 1938 in the magazine "Murzilka". Then came the book Knock-Knock-Knock (1945) and the collections Funny Stories (1947), Kolya Sinitsyn's Diary (1951), Vitya Maleev at School and at Home (1951), On the Hill (1953). ), "Dreamers" (1957). The most popular trilogy was The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends (1954), Dunno in the Sunny City (1959), Dunno on the Moon (1965).
Based on his works N.N. Nosov wrote screenplays for the feature films "Two Friends", "Dreamers", "The Adventures of Tolya Klyukvin".
KONSTANTIN GEORGIEVICH PAUSTOVSKY (1892-1968)
Born May 31st. He spent his childhood in Ukraine with his grandfather and grandmother. He studied at the Kiev gymnasium. Later he moved to Moscow. He worked as a nurse, a tutor, a tram conductor and a factory worker. Traveled a lot.
Since 1921, he began to engage in literary work. There are stories and fairy tales of the writer for children. These are "Badger Nose", "Rubber Boat", "Cat Thief", "Hare Paws".
Later, Lyonka from a Small Lake (1937), Dense Bear (1947), Disheveled Sparrow (1948), Tree Frog (1954), Basket with fir cones”,“ Warm bread ”and others.
CHARLES PERROT (1628-1703)
Born January 12 in Paris. The collection “Tales of Mother Goose” (1697) brought worldwide fame to the author. We are widely known for the fairy tales “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Donkey Skin”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “Cinderella”, “Bluebeard”, “Puss in Boots”, “A Boy with a Thumb”.
In Russia, the tales of the great French storyteller were translated into Russian in 1768 and immediately attracted attention with their riddles, secrets, plots, heroes and magic.
ALEXANDER SERGEEVICH PUSHKIN (1799-1837)
Born June 6 in the family of a nobleman. He received an excellent home education. Pushkin had a nanny, Arina Rodionovna, who told the future poet many Russian fairy tales, which were reflected in the work of the brilliant classic.
A. S. Pushkin did not write specifically for children. But there are wonderful works that were included in the circle of children's reading: “The Tale of the Priest and His Worker Balda” (1830), “The Tale of Tsar Saltan, His Son, the Glorious and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich, and the Beautiful Swan Princess” (1831 ), "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" (1833), "The Tale of dead princess and about the seven heroes "(1833)," The Tale of the Golden Cockerel "(1834).
On the pages of school textbooks, children get acquainted with such works as the poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila", "A green oak near the Lukomorye" (1820), excerpts from the novel "Eugene Onegin" (1833): "The sky was already breathing in autumn", "The dawn is rising in dark cold…”, “That year the autumn weather…”, “Winter! The peasant is triumphant ... "They study many poems" Prisoner "(1822)," Winter evening"(1825)," Winter Road "(1826). "Nanny" (1826), "Autumn" (1833), "Cloud" (1835).
Based on the works of the poet, many feature films and animated films have been shot.
ALEXEY NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY (1883-1945)
Born on January 10 in the family of a landowner. Received a home primary education, later studied at the Samara School. In 1907 he decided to devote himself to writing. He went abroad, where he wrote the autobiographical story "Nikita's Childhood" (1920).
A. Tolstoy is known to young readers as the author of the fairy tale "The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio."
LEV NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY (1828-1910)
Born on September 9 in the estate of Krasnaya Polyana in the Tula province in a noble noble family. Received home education. Later he studied at Kazan University. He served in the army, participated in the Crimean War. In 1859 he opened a school for peasant children in Yasnaya Polyana.
In 1872 he created the "ABC". And in 1875 he published a textbook for teaching reading "The New Alphabet" and "Russian Books for Reading". Many people know his works “Filipok”, “Bone”, “Shark”, “Lion and Dog”, “Fire Dogs”, “Three Bears”, “How a Man Divided Geese”, “Ant and a Dove”, “Two Comrades”, “What is the grass on the dew”, “Where did the wind come from”, “Where does the water from the sea go”.
DANIEL HARMS (1905-1942)
Daniil Ivanovich Yuvachev was born on January 12 in St. Petersburg.
S. Marshak was attracted to children's literature. In 1928, his cheerful poems "Ivan Ivanovich Samovar", "Ivan Toropyshkin", "Game" (1929), "Million", "Merry Siskins" (1932), "A man came out of the house" (1937) appeared.
In 1967, the work "What It Was" was published. In 1972 - "12 chefs".
EVGENY IVANOVICH CHARUSHIN (1901-1965)
Born November 11 in the family of an architect.
More than anything, he loved to draw. Later he graduated from the Petrograd Academy of Arts. In 1929, his picture books "Free Birds", "Different Animals" were published.
The first stories appeared in 1930, including "Schur", "Chicks", "Chicken City", "Bear", "Animals". Later, "Nikitka and his friends", "About Tomka" and others appeared.
E.I. Charushin illustrated books by Mamin-Sibiryak, Bianka, Marshak, Chukovsky, Prishvin.
ANTON PAVLOVICH CHEKHOV (1860-1904)
Born on January 29 in the family of a small merchant. He studied first at school, then at the gymnasium. From an early age he was fond of literary creativity.
From 1879-1884 he studied at the medical faculty of Moscow University and, having received a medical degree, worked for some time in his specialty.
But then he began to pay great attention to literature. Participated in the creation of handwritten magazines. Published in humorous magazines, wrote short stories, signing them to Antosh Chekhonte.
Chekhov wrote many works for children: “Kashtanka”, “White-fronted”, “Horse Family”, “Vanka”, “Burbot”, “Chameleon”, “Boys”, “Fugitive”, “I want to sleep”.
KORNEY IVANOVICH CHUKOVSKY (1882-1969)
Born March 31st. The real name of the writer is Nikolai Vasilyevich Korneichukov.
Since childhood, he loved to read a lot, was engaged in self-education.
In 1901, an article appeared in the newspaper, signed by the pseudonym Korney Chukovsky.
After the publication of the poetic tales "Moydodyr", "Cockroach", "Fly-Tsokotuha", "Wonder Tree", "Fedorino's grief", "Barmaley", "Telephone", "The Adventures of Bibigon" became truly the best children's storyteller.
K.I. Chukovsky is the author of retellings for children of novels by D. Defoe, R. Raspe, R. Kipling, Greek myths, stories from the Bible.
