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-jump", "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”, “The Adventures of Two friends in the country of the past", "Tsargrad captive", "Petya Ivanov's Journey to an extraterrestrial station", "In the Altai Mountains", "Lapatinsky Bay", "On the Buzha River", "Birthmark", "Lucky 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's Tomorrow", "Kind Rhino", "Once upon a time there was Fip", fairy tales "Grey Star", "The Little Mermaid", "The Hermit and the Rose", "The Story of the Caterpillar", " Why are the fish 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”, “Sons of Peshekhodov”, “History teacher”, “Girls from Vasilevsky Island”, “Friend of Captain Gastello”, “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 Zzzzzzz", "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
Magical Cat Series: Book of the Moonlit Night, Visit to the Queen
Star Trek Series: Medical 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 Vineyards", "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", "Man from Pacifis", "Moby Dick", "In our interesting time", "On the question 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) is a contemporary writer and 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.
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Art created for children is a diverse and extensive part of modern culture. Literature has been present in our lives since childhood, it is with its help that the concept of good and evil is laid, a worldview and ideals are formed. Even at preschool and primary school age, young readers can already appreciate the dynamics of poetry or beautiful fairy tales, and at an older age they begin to read thoughtfully, so books should be selected accordingly. Let's talk about Russians and foreign children's writers and their works.
Children's writers of the 19th and 20th centuries and the development of children's literature
For the first time, books especially for children in Rus' began to be written in the 17th century, in the 18th century the formation of children's literature began: at that time such people as M. Lomonosov, N. Karamzin, A. Sumarokov and others lived and worked. The 19th century is the heyday of children's literature, the "Silver Age", and we still read many books by writers of that time.
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
The author of "Alice in Wonderland", "Alice Through the Looking Glass", "The Hunt for the Snark" was born in a small village in Cheshire (hence the name of his character - the Cheshire Cat). The real name of the writer is Charles Dodgson, he grew up in a large family: Charles had 3 brothers and 7 sisters. He went to college, became a professor of mathematics, even received the rank of deacon. He really wanted to become an artist, he painted a lot, loved to take pictures. As a boy, he wrote stories, funny stories, adored the theater. If his friends had not persuaded Charles to rewrite his story on paper, Alice in Wonderland might not have seen the light of day, but nevertheless the book was published in 1865.
Carroll's books are written in such an original and rich language that it is difficult to find a suitable translation for some words: there are more than 10 versions of the translation of his works into Russian, and readers themselves can choose which one to prefer.
Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002)
Astrid Eriksson (Married Lindgren) grew up in a farmer's family, her childhood was spent in games, adventures and farm work. As soon as Astrid learned to read and write, she began to write various stories and the first poems.
The story "Pippi Longstocking" Astrid composed for her daughter when she was sick. Later, the novels “Mio, my Mio”, “Roni, the robber’s daughter”, a trilogy about the detective Callie Blumkvist, a triology loved by many, which tells about the cheerful and restless Carlson, were published.
Astrid's works are staged in many children's theaters around the world, and her books are adored by people of all ages. In 2002, the literary prize in honor of Astrid Lindgren was approved - it is awarded for her contribution to the development of literature for children.
Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940)
This is a Swedish writer, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Selma reluctantly recalled her childhood: at the age of 3, the girl was paralyzed, she did not get out of bed, and the only consolation for her was the tales and stories told by her grandmother. At 9 years old, after treatment, the ability to move in Selma returned, she began to dream of a career as a writer. She studied hard, received her PhD, became a member of the Swedish Academy.
In 1906, her book about the journey of little Niels on the back of Martin the goose was published, then the writer released the collection Trolls and People, which included fantastic legends, fairy tales and short stories, she also wrote many novels for adults.
Video: Audio fairy tale - Niels' wonderful journey with wild geese (S. Lagerlöf)
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)
This English writer cannot be called exclusively for children, since adults also read his books with delight. The author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit: A Journey There and Back, the creator of the amazing world of Middle-earth, on which incredible films are made, was born in Africa. When he was three years old, his mother, who was an early widow, brought two children to England. The boy was fond of painting, foreign languages \u200b\u200bwere easily given to him, he even became interested in studying "dead" languages: Anglo-Saxon, Gothic and others. During the war, Tolkien, who went there as a volunteer, catches typhus: it is in his delirium that he invents the "elvish language" that has become the hallmark of many of his heroes. His works are immortal, they are very popular in our time.
Clive Lewis (1898-1963)
Irish and English writer, theologian and scholar. Clive Lewis and John Tolkien were friends, it was Lewis who was one of the first to hear about the world of Middle-earth, and Tolkien about the beautiful Narnia. Clive was born in Ireland but lived most of his life in England. He published his first works under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton. In 1950-1955, his "Chronicles of Narnia" was first published, telling about the adventure of two brothers and two sisters in a mysterious and magical land. Clive Lewis traveled a lot, wrote poetry, liked to discuss various topics and was a comprehensively developed person. His works are loved by adults and children to this day.
Russian children's writers
Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (1882-1969)
Real name - Nikolai Korneychukov is known for children's fairy tales and stories in verse and prose. He was born in St. Petersburg, lived for a long time in Nikolaev, Odessa, from childhood he firmly decided to become a writer, but, having arrived in St. Petersburg, he was faced with refusals from the editors of magazines. He became a member of a literary circle, a critic, wrote poems and stories. For bold statements, he was even arrested. During the war, Chukovsky was a war correspondent, editor of almanacs and magazines. He spoke foreign languages and translated the works of foreign authors. The most famous works of Chukovsky are “Cockroach”, “Tsokotuha Fly”, “Barmaley”, “Aibolit”, “Wonder Tree”, “Moydodyr” and others.
Video: Moidodyr
Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964)
Playwright, poet, translator, literary critic, talented author. It was in his translation that many first read Shakespeare's sonnets, Burns' poems, and fairy tales from different peoples of the world. Samuel's talent began to manifest itself in early childhood: the boy wrote poetry, had the ability to learn foreign languages. Poetry books by Marshak, who moved from Voronezh to Petrograd, immediately enjoyed great success, and their feature is a variety of genres: poems, ballads, sonnets, riddles, songs, sayings - he was able to do everything. He has received many awards and his poems have been translated into dozens of languages. The most famous works are “Twelve Months”, “Luggage”, “The Tale of the Stupid Mouse”, “That's how absent-minded”, “Mustache-striped” and others.
Agnia Lvovna Barto (1906-1981)
Agniya Barto was an exemplary student, already at school she began to write poetry and epigrams for the first time. Now many children are brought up on her poems, her light, rhythmic poems have been translated into many languages of the world. Agnia has been an active literary figure all her life, a member of the jury of the Andersen competition. In 1976, she received the G.H. Andersen Prize. The most famous poems are “Bull”, “Bullfinch”, “Tamara and I”, “Lyubochka”, “Bear”, “Man”, “I am growing” and others.
Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913-2009)
He can be considered a classic of Russian children's literature: a writer, chairman of the Union of Writers of the RSFSR, a talented poet, writer, fabulist, playwright. It is he who is the author of two hymns: the USSR and the Russian Federation. He devoted a lot of time to social activities, although at first he did not have a dream of becoming a writer: in his youth he was both a laborer and a member of a geological exploration expedition. We all remember such works as "Uncle Styopa - a policeman", "What do you have", "Song of friends", "Three little pigs", "New Year's Eve" and others.
Video: We read poems by Russian classic poets to young children
Contemporary children's writers
Grigory Bentsionovich Oster
Children's writer, in whose works adults can learn a lot of interesting things. He was born in Odessa, served in the Navy, his life is still very active: he is a leading, talented author, cartoon screenwriter. "Monkeys", "A Kitten Named Woof", "38 Parrots", "Got Bitten" - all these cartoons were filmed according to his script, and "Bad Advice" is a book that has gained immense popularity. By the way, an anthology of children's literature has been published in Canada: the books of most writers have a circulation of 300-400 thousand, and Auster's Bad Advice has sold 12 million copies!
Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky
From childhood, Eduard Uspensky was a ringleader, participated in KVN, organized skits, then he first tried his hand at writing, later he began to write plays for children's radio programs, children's theaters, dreamed of creating his own magazine for children. The cartoon "Crocodile Gena and his friends" brought fame to the writer, since then the eared symbol - Cheburashka, has settled in almost every home. We also still love the book and cartoon “Three from Prostokvashino”, “Koloboks are Investigating”, “Plasticine Crow”, “Baba Yaga Against!” and others.
JK Rowling
Speaking of modern children's writers, it's simply impossible not to think about the author of the Harry Potter series of books, the wizard boy and his friends. It's the best-selling book series in history, and the movies made from it have been huge box office hits. Rowling had a chance to go from obscurity and poverty to worldwide fame. At first, no editors agreed to accept and publish a book about a wizard, believing that such a genre would be of no interest to readers. Only the small publishing house Bloomsbury agreed - and did not lose. Now Rowling continues to write, is engaged in charity and social activities, she is a self-fulfilled author and a happy mother and wife.
Art created for children is a diverse and extensive part of modern culture. Literature has been present in our lives since childhood, it is with its help that the concept of good and evil is laid, a worldview and ideals are formed. Even at preschool and primary school age, young readers can already appreciate the dynamics of poetry or beautiful fairy tales, and at an older age they begin to read thoughtfully, so books should be selected accordingly. Let's talk about Russians and foreign children's writers and their works.
Children's writers of the 19th and 20th centuries and the development of children's literature
For the first time, books especially for children in Rus' began to be written in the 17th century, in the 18th century the formation of children's literature began: at that time such people as M. Lomonosov, N. Karamzin, A. Sumarokov and others lived and worked. The 19th century is the heyday of children's literature, the "Silver Age", and we still read many books by writers of that time.
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
The author of "Alice in Wonderland", "Alice Through the Looking Glass", "The Hunt for the Snark" was born in a small village in Cheshire (hence the name of his character - the Cheshire Cat). The real name of the writer is Charles Dodgson, he grew up in a large family: Charles had 3 brothers and 7 sisters. He went to college, became a professor of mathematics, even received the rank of deacon. He really wanted to become an artist, he painted a lot, loved to take pictures. As a boy, he wrote stories, funny stories, adored the theater. If his friends had not persuaded Charles to rewrite his story on paper, Alice in Wonderland might not have seen the light of day, but nevertheless the book was published in 1865. Carroll's books are written in such an original and rich language that it is difficult to find a suitable translation for some words: there are more than 10 versions of the translation of his works into Russian, and readers themselves can choose which one to prefer.
Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002)
Astrid Eriksson (Married Lindgren) grew up in a farmer's family, her childhood was spent in games, adventures and farm work. As soon as Astrid learned to read and write, she began to write various stories and the first poems.
The story "Pippi Longstocking" Astrid composed for her daughter when she was sick. Later, the novels “Mio, my Mio”, “Roni, the robber’s daughter”, a trilogy about the detective Callie Blumkvist, a triology loved by many, which tells about the cheerful and restless Carlson, were published.
Astrid's works are staged in many children's theaters around the world, and her books are adored by people of all ages. In 2002, the literary prize in honor of Astrid Lindgren was approved - it is awarded for her contribution to the development of literature for children.
Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940)
This is a Swedish writer, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Selma reluctantly recalled her childhood: at the age of 3, the girl was paralyzed, she did not get out of bed, and the only consolation for her was the tales and stories told by her grandmother. At 9 years old, after treatment, the ability to move in Selma returned, she began to dream of a career as a writer. She studied hard, received her PhD, became a member of the Swedish Academy.
In 1906, her book about the journey of little Niels on the back of Martin the goose was published, then the writer released the collection Trolls and People, which included fantastic legends, fairy tales and short stories, she also wrote many novels for adults.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)
This English writer cannot be called exclusively for children, since adults also read his books with delight. The author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit: A Journey There and Back, the creator of the amazing world of Middle-earth, on which incredible films are made, was born in Africa. When he was three years old, his mother, who was an early widow, brought two children to England. The boy was fond of painting, foreign languages \u200b\u200bwere easily given to him, he even became interested in studying "dead" languages: Anglo-Saxon, Gothic and others. During the war, Tolkien, who went there as a volunteer, catches typhus: it is in his delirium that he invents the "elvish language" that has become the hallmark of many of his heroes. His works are immortal, they are very popular in our time.
Clive Lewis (1898-1963)
Irish and English writer, theologian and scholar. Clive Lewis and John Tolkien were friends, it was Lewis who was one of the first to hear about the world of Middle-earth, and Tolkien about the beautiful Narnia. Clive was born in Ireland but lived most of his life in England. He published his first works under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton. In 1950-1955, his "Chronicles of Narnia" was first published, telling about the adventure of two brothers and two sisters in a mysterious and magical land. Clive Lewis traveled a lot, wrote poetry, liked to discuss various topics and was a comprehensively developed person. His works are loved by adults and children to this day.
Russian children's writers
Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (1882-1969)
Real name - Nikolai Korneychukov is known for children's fairy tales and stories in verse and prose. He was born in St. Petersburg, lived for a long time in Nikolaev, Odessa, from childhood he firmly decided to become a writer, but, having arrived in St. Petersburg, he was faced with refusals from the editors of magazines. He became a member of a literary circle, a critic, wrote poems and stories. For bold statements, he was even arrested. During the war, Chukovsky was a war correspondent, editor of almanacs and magazines. He spoke foreign languages and translated the works of foreign authors. The most famous works of Chukovsky are “Cockroach”, “Tsokotuha Fly”, “Barmaley”, “Aibolit”, “Wonder Tree”, “Moydodyr” and others.
Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964)
Playwright, poet, translator, literary critic, talented author. It was in his translation that many first read Shakespeare's sonnets, Burns' poems, and fairy tales from different peoples of the world. Samuel's talent began to manifest itself in early childhood: the boy wrote poetry, had the ability to learn foreign languages. Poetry books by Marshak, who moved from Voronezh to Petrograd, immediately enjoyed great success, and their feature is a variety of genres: poems, ballads, sonnets, riddles, songs, sayings - he was able to do everything. He has received many awards and his poems have been translated into dozens of languages. The most famous works are “Twelve Months”, “Luggage”, “The Tale of the Stupid Mouse”, “That's how absent-minded”, “Mustache-striped” and others.
Agnia Lvovna Barto (1906-1981)
Agniya Barto was an exemplary student, already at school she began to write poetry and epigrams for the first time. Now many children are brought up on her poems, her light, rhythmic poems have been translated into many languages of the world. Agnia has been an active literary figure all her life, a member of the jury of the Andersen competition. In 1976, she received the G.H. Andersen Prize. The most famous poems are “Bull”, “Bullfinch”, “Tamara and I”, “Lyubochka”, “Bear”, “Man”, “I am growing” and others.
Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913-2009)
He can be considered a classic of Russian children's literature: a writer, chairman of the Union of Writers of the RSFSR, a talented poet, writer, fabulist, playwright. It is he who is the author of two hymns: the USSR and the Russian Federation. He devoted a lot of time to social activities, although at first he did not have a dream of becoming a writer: in his youth he was both a laborer and a member of a geological exploration expedition. We all remember such works as "Uncle Styopa - a policeman", "What do you have", "Song of friends", "Three little pigs", "New Year's Eve" and others.
Contemporary children's writers
Grigory Bentsionovich Oster
Children's writer, in whose works adults can learn a lot of interesting things. He was born in Odessa, served in the Navy, his life is still very active: he is a leading, talented author, cartoon screenwriter. "Monkeys", "A Kitten Named Woof", "38 Parrots", "Got Bitten" - all these cartoons were filmed according to his script, and "Bad Advice" is a book that has gained immense popularity. By the way, an anthology of children's literature has been published in Canada: the books of most writers have a circulation of 300-400 thousand, and Auster's Bad Advice has sold 12 million copies!
Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky
From childhood, Eduard Uspensky was a ringleader, participated in KVN, organized skits, then he first tried his hand at writing, later he began to write plays for children's radio programs, children's theaters, dreamed of creating his own magazine for children. The cartoon "Crocodile Gena and his friends" brought fame to the writer, since then the eared symbol - Cheburashka, has settled in almost every home. We also still love the book and cartoon “Three from Prostokvashino”, “Koloboks are Investigating”, “Plasticine Crow”, “Baba Yaga Against!” and others.
JK Rowling
Speaking of modern children's writers, it's simply impossible not to think about the author of the Harry Potter series of books, the wizard boy and his friends. It's the best-selling book series in history, and the movies made from it have been huge box office hits. Rowling had a chance to go from obscurity and poverty to worldwide fame. At first, no editors agreed to accept and publish a book about a wizard, believing that such a genre would be of no interest to readers. Only the small publishing house Bloomsbury agreed - and did not lose. Now Rowling continues to write, is engaged in charity and social activities, she is a self-fulfilled author and a happy mother and wife.
There are many curious facts connected with Russian poets and writers that shed light on this or that event. It seems to us that we know everything, or almost everything, about the life of great writers, but there are unexplored pages!
So, for example, we learned that Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin was the initiator of the fatal duel and did everything possible to make it happen - it was a matter of honor for the poet ... And Leo Tolstoy lost his house due to gambling addiction. And we also know how the great Anton Pavlovich loved to call his wife in correspondence - “the crocodile of my soul” ... Read about these and other facts of Russian geniuses in our selection of “the most interesting facts from the life of Russian poets and writers”.
Russian writers came up with many new words: substance, thermometer ( Lomonosov), industry ( Karamzin), dizziness ( Saltykov-Shchedrin), fade away ( Dostoevsky), mediocrity ( Northerner), exhausted ( Khlebnikov).
Pushkin was not handsome, unlike his wife Natalya Goncharova, who, in addition to everything, was 10 cm taller than her husband. For this reason, when attending balls, Pushkin tried to stay away from his wife, so as not to once again focus the attention of others on this contrast.
During the period of courtship for his future wife Natalya, Pushkin told his friends a lot about her and at the same time usually said: “I am delighted, I am fascinated, In short, I am disappointed!”
Korney Chukovsky- it is a nickname. The real name (according to available documents) of the most published children's writer in Russia is Nikolai Vasilievich Korneichukov. He was born in 1882 in Odessa out of wedlock, was recorded under his mother's surname, and published his first article in 1901 under the pseudonym Korney Chukovsky.
Lev Tolstoy. In his youth, the future genius of Russian literature was quite passionate. Once, in a card game with his neighbor, the landowner Gorokhov, Leo Tolstoy lost the main building of the hereditary estate - the estate of Yasnaya Polyana. A neighbor dismantled the house and took it to him for 35 miles as a trophy. It is worth noting that it was not just a building - it was here that the writer was born and spent his childhood, it was this house that he warmly remembered all his life and even wanted to buy it back, but for one reason or another did not do it.
The well-known Soviet writer and public figure burred, that is, he did not pronounce the letters "r" and "l". It happened in childhood, when, while playing, he accidentally cut his tongue with a razor, and it became difficult for him to pronounce his name: Cyril. In 1934 he took the pseudonym Konstantin.
Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov were natives of Odessa, but met only in Moscow immediately before starting work on their first novel. Subsequently, the duet worked together so well that even the daughter of Ilf Alexander, who is engaged in popularizing the heritage of writers, called herself the daughter of "Ilf and Petrov."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn I spoke with Russian President Boris Yeltsin more than once. So, for example, Yeltsin asked his opinion about the Kuril Islands (Solzhenitsyn advised to give them to Japan). And in the mid-1990s, after the return of Alexander Isaevich from emigration and the restoration of Russian citizenship, by order of Yeltsin, he was presented with the Sosnovka-2 state dacha in the Moscow region.
Chekhov sat down to write, dressed in full dress. Kuprin On the contrary, he loved to work completely naked.
When a Russian satirist writer Arkady Averchenko During the First World War, he brought a story on a military theme to one of the editorial offices, the censor deleted the phrase from it: "The sky was blue." It turns out that according to these words, enemy spies could have guessed that the matter took place in the south.
The real name of the satirist writer Grigory Gorin was Offstein. When asked about the reason for choosing a pseudonym, Gorin replied that it was an abbreviation: "Grisha Ofshtein decided to change his nationality."
Initially at the grave Gogol in the monastery cemetery lay a stone, nicknamed Golgotha because of its similarity with Mount Jerusalem. When they decided to destroy the cemetery, when reburial in another place, they decided to install a bust of Gogol on the grave. And the same stone was subsequently placed on the grave of Bulgakov by his wife. In this regard, the phrase Bulgakov, which he repeatedly addressed to Gogol during his lifetime: “Teacher, cover me with your overcoat.”
After the outbreak of World War II Marina Tsvetaeva sent for evacuation to the city of Yelabuga, in Tatarstan. Boris Pasternak helped her pack. He brought a rope to tie up the suitcase, and, assuring her of its strength, he joked: "The rope will withstand everything, even hang yourself." Subsequently, he was told that it was on her that Tsvetaeva hanged herself in Yelabuga.
famous phrase "We all came out of Gogol's overcoat", which is used to express the humanistic traditions of Russian literature. Often the authorship of this expression is attributed to Dostoevsky, but in fact the first person who said it was a French critic. Eugene Vogüet, who discussed the origins of Dostoevsky's work. Fyodor Mikhailovich himself quoted this quote in a conversation with another French writer, who understood it as the writer's own words and published them in this light in his work.
As a remedy for a "big belly" A.P. Chekhov prescribed a milk diet to his obese patients. During the week, the unfortunate had to eat nothing, and extinguish hunger attacks with hundred-gram doses of ordinary milk. Indeed, due to the fact that milk is quickly and well absorbed, a glass of drink taken in the morning reduces appetite. So, without feeling hungry, you can hold out until lunch. This property of milk was used by Anton Pavlovich in his medical practice ...
Dostoevsky made extensive use of the real topography of St. Petersburg in describing the places in his novel Crime and Punishment. As the writer admitted, he compiled a description of the courtyard in which Raskolnikov hides things stolen from the pawnbroker's apartment from personal experience - when one day, walking around the city, Dostoevsky turned into a deserted courtyard in order to relieve himself.
Do you know what Pushkin received as a dowry for N.N. Goncharova bronze statue? Not the most comfortable dowry! But back in the middle of the 18th century, Afanasy Abramovich Goncharov was one of the richest people in Russia. The sailing fabric produced at his Linen Factory was purchased for the British Navy, and the paper was considered the best in Russia. The best society came to the Linen Factory for feasts, hunts, performances, and in 1775 Catherine herself visited here.
In memory of this event, the Goncharovs bought bronze statue Empress, cast in Berlin. The order was already brought under Paul, when it was dangerous to honor Catherine. And then there was no longer enough money to erect a monument - Afanasy Nikolaevich Goncharov, Natalia Nikolaevna's grandfather, who inherited a huge fortune, left debts and a disordered economy to his grandchildren. He came up with the idea of giving his granddaughter a statue as a dowry.
The ordeal of the poet with this statue is reflected in his letters. Pushkin calls her "copper grandmother" and tries to sell it to the State Mint for remelting (scrap of non-ferrous metals!). In the end, the statue was sold to the foundry of Franz Bard, apparently after the death of the poet.
The bard sold the long-suffering statue to the Yekaterinoslav nobility, who erected a monument to the founder of their city on the Cathedral Square of Yekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk). But even after finally getting to the city of her name, the “copper grandmother” continued to travel, changing 3 pedestals, and after the fascist occupation she completely disappeared. Has the “grandmother” found peace, or does she continue her movements around the world?
The main plot of the immortal work of N. V. Gogol "The Government Inspector" was suggested to the author by A. S. Pushkin. These great classics were good friends. Once Alexander Sergeevich told Nikolai Vasilyevich an interesting fact from the life of the city of Ustyuzhna, Novgorod province. It was this case that formed the basis of the work of Nikolai Gogol.
Throughout the writing of The Inspector General, Gogol often wrote to Pushkin about his work, told him what stage it was in, and also repeatedly reported that he wanted to quit it. However, Pushkin forbade him to do this, so the "Inspector General" was still completed.
By the way, Pushkin, who was present at the first reading of the play, was completely delighted with it.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov in correspondence with his wife Olga Leonardovna, Knipper used to her, in addition to standard compliments and affectionate words, very unusual ones: “actress”, “dog”, “snake” and - feel the lyricism of the moment - “the crocodile of my soul”.
Alexander Griboyedov He was not only a poet, but also a diplomat. In 1829, he died in Persia, along with the entire diplomatic mission, at the hands of religious fanatics. To atone for guilt, the Persian delegation arrived in St. Petersburg with rich gifts, among which was the famous Shah diamond weighing 88.7 carats. Another purpose of the embassy's visit was to mitigate the indemnity imposed on Persia under the terms of the Turkmanchay peace treaty. Emperor Nicholas I went to meet the Persians and said: "I consign the ill-fated Tehran incident to eternal oblivion!"
Lev Tolstoy was skeptical about his novels, including War and Peace. In 1871, he sent Fet a letter: "How happy I am ... that I will never write verbose rubbish like War." An entry in his diary in 1908 reads: "People love me for those trifles - War and Peace, etc., which seem to them very important."
The duel in which Pushkin was mortally wounded was not initiated by the poet. Pushkin sent a challenge to Dantes in November 1836, the impetus for which was the spread of anonymous lampoons that made him look like a cuckold. However, that duel was canceled thanks to the efforts of the poet's friends and the proposal made by Dantes to the sister of Natalia Goncharova. But the conflict was not settled, the spread of jokes about Pushkin and his family continued, and then the poet sent an extremely insulting letter to Dantes' adoptive father Gekkern in February 1837, knowing that this would entail a challenge already from Dantes. And so it happened, and this duel was the last for Pushkin. By the way, Dantes was a relative of Pushkin. At the time of the duel, he was married to the sister of Pushkin's wife, Ekaterina Goncharova.
sick, Chekhov sent a messenger to the pharmacy for castor oil in capsules. The pharmacist sent him two large capsules, which Chekhov returned with the inscription "I'm not a horse!". Having received the writer's autograph, the pharmacist happily replaced them with normal capsules.
Passion Ivan Krylov there was food. Before dinner at a party, Krylov read two or three fables. After the praise, he waited for dinner. With the ease of a youth, despite all his obesity, he went to the dining room as soon as it was announced: "Dinner is served." The Kirghiz lackey Yemelyan tied a napkin under Krylov's chin, spread the second on his knees and stood behind the chair.
Krylov ate a huge plate of pies, three plates of fish soup, huge veal chops - a couple of plates, a fried turkey, which he called the "Firebird", besides urinating: Nezhin cucumbers, lingonberries, cloudberries, plums, jamming with Antonov apples, as plums, finally set to Strasbourg pâté, freshly made from the freshest butter, truffles and foie gras. After eating several plates, Krylov leaned on kvass, after which he washed down his food with two glasses of coffee with cream, in which you stick a spoon - it costs.
The writer V.V. Veresaev recalled that all the pleasure, all the bliss of life for Krylov consisted in food. At one time, he received invitations to small dinners with the Empress, about which he later spoke very unflatteringly because of the portioned paucity of the dishes served at the table. At one of these dinners, Krylov sat down at the table and, without greeting the hostess, began to eat. The poet who was present Zhukovsky he exclaimed in surprise: “Stop, let the queen at least treat you.” “What if he doesn’t treat him?” Krylov answered, without looking up from his plate. At dinner parties, he usually ate a dish of pies, three or four plates of fish soup, a few chops, a roast turkey, and a few "little things." Arriving home, I ate it all with a bowl of sauerkraut and black bread.
By the way, everyone believed that the fabulist Krylov died of intestinal volvulus due to overeating. In fact, he died from bilateral pneumonia.
Gogol had a passion for needlework. He knitted scarves on knitting needles, cut dresses for his sisters, wove belts, sewed neckerchiefs for the summer.
Did you know that the typical Russian name Svetlana is only 200 years old with a small tail? Before it was invented in 1802 by A.Kh. Vostokov, such a name did not exist. It first appeared in his romance Svetlana and Mstislav. Then it was fashionable to call literary heroes pseudo-Russian names. This is how Dobrada, Priyata, Miloslav appeared - purely literary, not spelled out in the holy calendar. That's why they didn't call the kids that.
Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky took from Vostokov's romance the name for the heroine of his ballad. "Svetlana" became a very popular work. In the 60s and 70s of the XIX century, "Svetlana" stepped into the people from the pages of books. But there was no such name in the church books! Therefore, girls were baptized as Photinia, Faina, or Lukerya, from Greek and Latin words meaning light. Interestingly, this name is very common in other languages: Italian Chiara, German and French Clara and Claire, Italian Lucia, Celtic Fiona, Tajik Ravshana, ancient Greek Faina - all mean: light, bright. Poets just filled a linguistic niche!
After the October Revolution, a wave of new names swept over Russia. Svetlana was perceived as a patriotic, modern and understandable name. Even Stalin called his daughter that. And in 1943, this name finally got into the calendar.
Another interesting fact: this name also had a male form - Svetlan and Svet. Demyan Bedny named his son Light.
How many monuments to the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin are there in the world? The answer to this question is contained in the book of the Voronezh postcard collector Valery Kononov. All over the world their 270 . Not a single figure of literature was honored with such a number of monuments. The book contains illustrations of one hundred best monuments to the poet. Among them are monuments of the era of tsarist Russia and the Soviet era, monuments erected abroad. Pushkin himself has never been abroad, but there are monuments to him in Cuba, India, Finland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Spain, China, Chile and Norway. Two monuments each - in Hungary, Germany (in Weimar and Düsseldorf). In the USA, one was delivered in 1941 in Jackson, New Jersey, the other in 1970 in Monroe, New York. V. Kononov deduced one regularity: monuments to Pushkin are usually erected not in large squares, but in parks and squares.
I.A. Krylov in everyday life was very untidy. His disheveled, unkempt hair, soiled, wrinkled shirts and other signs of slovenliness caused ridicule from acquaintances. Once the fabulist was invited to a masquerade. - How should I dress to remain unrecognized? he asked a familiar lady. - And you wash yourself, comb your hair - no one will recognize you, - she answered.
Seven years before death Gogol he warned in his will: “I will not bury my body until there are clear signs of decomposition.” The writer was not listened to, and when the remains were reburied in 1931, a skeleton with a skull turned to one side was found in the coffin. According to other data, the skull was absent altogether.
The duels were quite diverse both in terms of weapons and form. So, for example, few people know that there was such an interesting form as the “quadruple duel”. In this kind of duel, after the opponents, their seconds shot.
By the way, the most famous quadruple duel was due to the ballerina Avdotya Istomina: the opponents Zavadovsky and Sheremetev were supposed to shoot first, and the seconds Griboyedov and Yakubovich - the second. At that time, Yakubovich shot Griboyedov in the palm of his left hand. It was by this wound that it was later possible to identify the corpse of Griboedov, who was killed by religious fanatics during the destruction of the Russian embassy in Tehran.
An example of the wit of a fabulist Krylova serves as a famous occasion in the Summer Garden, where he liked to stroll. Once he met there with a group of young people. One of this company decided to play a joke on the physique of the writer: “Look, what a cloud is coming!”. Krylov heard, but was not embarrassed. He looked at the sky and added sarcastically: “It really is going to rain. That's what the frogs croaked.
Nikolai Karamzin belongs to the most concise description of public life in Russia. When, during his trip to Europe, Russian emigrants asked Karamzin what was happening in his homeland, the writer answered with one word: “they steal.”
Leo Tolstoy's handwriting At Leo Tolstoy It was terrible handwriting. Only his wife could understand everything that was written, who, according to literary researchers, rewrote his “War and Peace” several times. Perhaps Lev Nikolaevich just wrote so quickly? The hypothesis is quite real, given the volume of his works.
Manuscripts Alexandra Pushkin always looked very nice. So beautiful that it's almost impossible to read the text. Vladimir Nabokov also had terrible handwriting, whose sketches and famous cards could only be read by his wife.
The most legible handwriting was with Sergei Yesenin, for which his publishers thanked him more than once.
The source of the expression "And a no brainer" - a poem Mayakovsky(“It’s clear even a hedgehog - / This Petya was a bourgeois”). It became widespread first in the Strugatsky story "The Land of Crimson Clouds", and then in Soviet boarding schools for gifted children. They recruited teenagers who had two years left to study (grades A, B, C, D, E) or one year (grades E, F, I). The students of the one-year stream were called “hedgehogs”. When they came to the boarding school, two-year students were already ahead of them in a non-standard program, so at the beginning of the school year, the expression "no brainer" was very relevant.
Agnia Barto's determination. She was always decisive: she saw the goal - and forward, without swaying and retreating. This feature of her showed through everywhere, in every little thing. Once in Spain, torn by the Civil War, where Barto went to the International Congress for the Defense of Culture in 1937, where she saw with her own eyes what fascism was (congress meetings were held in besieged burning Madrid), and just before the bombing she went to buy castanets. The sky howls, the walls of the store bounce, and the writer makes a purchase! But after all, the castanets are real, Spanish - for Agnia, who danced beautifully, it was an important souvenir. Alexei Tolstoy then sarcastically asked Barto if she had bought a fan in that shop in order to fan herself during the next raids? ..
Once Fyodor Chaliapin introduced his friend to the guests - Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin."Meet my friends Aleksander Kuprin - the most sensitive nose of Russia." Contemporaries even joked that there was something "from a big beast" in Kuprin. For example, many ladies were very offended by the writer when he really sniffed them like a dog.
And once, a certain French perfumer, having heard from Kuprin a clear layout of the components of his new fragrance, exclaimed: “Such a rare gift and you are just a writer!” Kuprin often admired his colleagues in the workshop with incredibly accurate definitions. For example, in a dispute with Bunin and Chekhov, he won with one phrase: “Young girls smell like watermelon and fresh milk. And the old women, here in the south, - bitter wormwood, chamomile, dry cornflowers and - incense.
Anna Akhmatova She wrote her first poem at the age of 11. After rereading it “with a fresh mind”, the girl realized that she needed to improve her art of versification. Which is what she has become actively involved in.
However, Anna's father did not appreciate her efforts and considered it a waste of time. That is why he forbade the use of his real name - Gorenko. Anna decided to choose her great-grandmother's maiden name, Akhmatova, as a pseudonym.
