If you are not a regular at book sites and festivals, it may seem that better than Nosov, Rybakova and Bulycheva still haven’t come up with anything for children. Meanwhile, children's literature in Russia is developing well. New books, competitions and authors appear every day. Journalist Lisa Birger chose 10 modern writers, whose books can be safely placed on bookshelf in the nursery.
SERGEY SEDOV
Sergei Sedov is one of those writers who fascinate when meeting in person no less than when meeting with his texts - so real modern storyteller, a person not tied to space and time, former teacher and a Moscow janitor, whose fairy tales we started reading back in the 80s. I can’t count how many times these fairy tales - about the boy Lesha, about the frog Pipa, about kings, about fools - were forgotten and published recent years thirty, and they still sound stunningly new. Sedov has a wonderful style of light writing; it seems that everything he touches turns into an exciting game, which is impossible not to join. But the main thing about Sedov is the endless freedom of his imagination, completely childish in spirit, his signature oddity, thanks to which he can allow his heroes to amazingly transform into a vacuum cleaner and a balloon, and in his fairy tales about mothers he allows himself to show a drunkard mother and an indifferent mother . All of these are manifestations of the same touching concern, but in different ways. There was a time when Sedov was published a little more and better, but now, unfortunately, it’s not easy to find either his horror stories or a wonderfully funny retelling ancient greek myths"Hercules." 12 great feats. An eyewitness account", not even his New Year's tale“How Santa Claus was born,” written in collaboration with Marina Moskvina. Nevertheless, “Tales about Lyosha” is always on sale - Sedov is classic in all respects, causing equal delight among parents and children.
MARIA BERSHADSKAYA
VGIK graduate and screenwriter Maria Bershadskaya, who worked, among other things, on “Sesame Street,” invented and wrote probably the best children’s series in modern Russian literature, the “Big Little Girl” series of books. Her heroine Zhenya is a seven-year-old girl, tall beyond her years (so tall that her mother has to stand on a stool to braid her hair), who, despite her height, remains a small child inside. And each situation from Zhenya’s life is a separate story of growing up and internal growth, be it a story about death loved one, O school novel, about holidays and losses, about uncomfortable and in their own way tragic situations in which every child can find themselves. A brilliant invention - to see in one image, as in children's world combines the extreme and the ordinary, the small and the big, the feeling of absolute insecurity in front of the world and daily victories over its obstacles. This situation of both fairy-tale detachment and realistic empathy, the author’s sympathy for the hero’s big and small sufferings is what makes Bershadskaya’s books so understandable and attractive.
STANISLAV VOSTOKOV
A great lover of animals, Stanislav Vostokov dreamed of following in the footsteps of Gerald Durrell since childhood - he dreamed and did. Already at the age of fifteen, he published his translations from Darrell in the Tashkent newspaper “Pioneer of the East” and, while studying at art school, drew elephants and cranes. From Tashkent he went to protect nature in Cambodia, and from there he did an internship at the International Conservation Training Center founded by Darrell on the island of Jersey. Afterwards he worked at the Moscow Zoo and at the Research Center for Nature Conservation, and talked about all this in his books. Although we fell in love with Vostokov precisely for the genre of stories about animals (see “Do not feed or tease” about the Moscow Zoo and the book “The Island Dressed in Jersey”), about which he knows how to speak simply, with understanding and sympathy, he has perfectly mastered and other genres, and to date has received every conceivable children's award. For example, for a book of stories about Frosya Korovina, “a real village woman of seven years old” from the village of Papanovo, Vologda region, or a series of airy ones, inspired more by Yuri Koval than by the masters village prose, stories about the village way of life “Kum to the King”, and about birds and animals that can be seen almost from the window.
ARTHUR GIVARGIZOV
The aesthetic homeland of Arthur Givargizov is Soviet school prose, everything that is dear and beloved, from Nosov to Dragunsky. Only he feels much freer in both plots and language, so that some nervous parents scold him for being uneducational (parents who don’t understand jokes or demand that morality comes first in a children’s book are the main enemies of children’s prose). In fact, in light of the achievements of world child psychology, according to which what is important for children should be play, not textbooks, freedom of imagination, not cramming, Givargizov is exactly the writer needed to create an atmosphere of total laughter and fun. He never fails, and although many of his poems and stories seem like jokes, games, they important topic the search for freedom invariably becomes in any given situation, be it conversations with adults, school lessons or long journeys. If you don’t know that the Earth has gravity, you can take off and fly, and if you don’t want to write a dictation, then you can run away into the forest and instead of yourself, slip the teacher a bear and a wolf, so that they, quarreling and copying from each other like real hooligans, diligently deduce “Her voice rang and trembled like a cracked glass bell.”
Givargizov, fortunately, is published uninterruptedly, and all his books are very good - from him alone you can make an excellent home library. But it makes sense for parents not to miss, while they still have it, the book “From Grandfather’s to Children’s,” where linguist Maxim Krongauz discusses the stories and poems of Arthur Givargizov while reading them with his grandchildren.
TAMARA MIKHEEVA
Tamara Mikheeva - professional children's writer. This means that she is equally good at picture books about animals and teen stories like Dolphin Children. These are invariably kind, invariably bright books, populated by wonderful magical creatures. In modern children's prose, Tamara Mikheeva plays the role of the main storyteller: living trees grow in her mountains (“Light Mountains”), magical gnomes live in her forests (“Asha’s Summer”), and her shumsa, the inhabitants of the trees, have become one of the best children’s fiction TV series In general, impeccable stories for children who are just learning to read and love books, and parents who want these books to be only about magic and kindness - it’s as if no other world exists for Mikheeva at all.
MARINA AROMSHTAM
Educator, psychologist and specialist children's reading Until the mid-2000s, Maria Aromshtam was engaged in writing educational books about pedagogy for adults and teaching aids for children beginning to read. But since her story “When Angels Rest” won the Cherished Dream Award in 2008, Aromstam has become not only one of our favorite writers, but also the main promoter of children's books. The website “Pampambuk”, invented by her, exists precisely to help parents read books with their children. Over the past ten years, Marina Aromshtam has built up a solid bibliography and has already become a classic modern literature. Moreover, I would like to use the word “classic” here for the unobtrusive instructiveness of her texts, for which we are accustomed to appreciating the books of our childhood, or better yet, for the freedom of thought and feeling that these books invariably promise. She feels equally confident in different topics and genres, whether realistic story about school life (“When the angels rest”), historical story from England of the 14th century (“Lancelot the Cat and the Golden City. An Old English Story”), fairy tales and myths about the birth of the world (“Once Upon a Time in a New World”) or picture books for children (“Stomach”). Whatever she writes, it is always about the therapeutic effect of reading and storytelling - exactly what many ordered.
MARIA BOTEVA
The first book of fairy tales by Maria Boteva “Light ABC. Two sisters, two winds" was published by the publishing house NLO in 2005 - at the same time it received the "Triumph" award and was included in the shortlists of "Debut" and " Cherished dream" We didn’t hear about her for quite a long time after that, until she was rediscovered by the KompasGid publishing house, and then it became clear that Boteva is, first of all, an accurate, faithful and attentive writer of teenage life. Two books of her stories, “Ice Cream in Waffle Cups” (2013) and “You Walk on the Carpet” (2016) are some kind of joyful acquisition for any children's library. Because the main theme here is not some exceptional sorrows of teenage life, but, on the contrary, the most recognizable things about it, conversations, feelings, daily experiences. So, in the new book “You Walk on the Carpet,” the main characters drink tea, chatter tongue twisters, hang around doing nothing, but it is this “Summer is boring again, just a piece of melancholy” that becomes an incredibly rich plot for it. It's such a stunning, heartfelt insight into teenage life that it can help even an adult remember what it was like. To imagine why this is so good, just read.
ASIA PETROVA
A graduate of the Sorbonne, a wonderful translator from French, the wife of one of the best contemporary children's poets Mikhail Yasnov and, above all, a wonderful children's author. It has been proven, if you like, even by literary awards - Petrova has a whole bunch of them, from the first “Kniguru” prize for the collection of stories “Wolves on Parachutes” and the Marshak Prize to the shortlists of “Debut” and “Baby-NOS”. The main thing in Asa Petrova, however, is the ability to speak with a teenager in his language, to immerse himself in the world of his experiences, where literally everything becomes an existential question - from the reluctance to put on leggings to the fear that the grandmother will die. Collection of stories “Wolves on parachutes. Adults Are Silent,” combining stories for middle schoolers and thoughtful and compassionate prose about teenagers, represents everything beautiful, scary, sad, and absurd that ordinary teenage life is made of.
NINA DASHEVSKAYA
The writer Nina Dashevskaya has already received the Kniguru literary award three times, despite the fact that she published her first story in 2011. A musician by training, she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in violin and now plays in the orchestra of the Theater. Natalia Sats. And her first books, including “Around Music,” were dedicated to the enormous change that the sound of music can make in life little man. This is generally main topic Dashevskaya's teenage prose is a way out of darkness into light, a magical change that is guaranteed to help get rid of loneliness and unhappiness. A sad boy will become cheerful, a lonely teenager will have friends, a child with ADHD will find understanding, everyone will be welcome good ending. Considering how simply and joyfully these books are written, it is not surprising that children - and adults too - enjoy them so much.
NATALIA EVDOKIMOVA
In some other world, where fantasy, for example, would not be considered a minor genre in literature, Natalya Evdokimova would become a big literary star - it is difficult to find an author who would feel so free in this topic. Her dystopia "The End of the World" tells about a world that changes entirely from time to time. Its laws are strange, bizarre and sometimes even repressive, but the belief remains that one day some of the worlds will turn out to be the one you invented. The brand new book “Kimka & Company” tells about a boy who flew away from his parents staring at the TV into imaginary worlds, and travels through them, taking his newborn brother with him. And there is also a very simple, piercing intonation “Summer Smells of Salt”, whose teenage heroes break free to summer and the sea from the protracted winter and captivity of high-rise buildings. In general, this is a necessary injection of fantasy from boring and sometimes difficult everyday life - and just very good literature.
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The texts are intended for reading lessons in grade 2, for independent study of the biography of K.I. Chukovsky, A.I. Vvedensky, I.A. Bunin, A.L. Barto, A.S. Pushkin, Blaginina
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Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (Nikolai Ivanovich Korneychukov)Russian writer, critic, children's poet, literary critic, translator.
Born in St. Petersburg in 1882 into a poor family. He spent his childhood years in Odessa. From his youth he led a working life, was engaged in self-education, and studied English.
In 1901 he began publishing in the newspaper Odessa News; was sent as a correspondent to London, where he studied English literature. Upon his return he moved to St. Petersburg.
His first experience was the poetic fairy tale “Crocodile,” which marked the beginning of his work in children’s literature. Returning on the train to St. Petersburg with his sick son, he told him a fairy tale about a crocodile while the wheels clattered. The child listened very carefully. Several days passed, Korney Ivanovich had already forgotten about that episode, and the son remembered everything his father said then by heart. Thus was born the fairy tale "Crocodile", published in 1917.
Following “Crocodile”, fairy tales in verse appeared: “Moidodyr”, “Cockroach”, “Tsokotukha Fly”, “Barmaley”, “Aibolit”, etc.
Since then, Chukovsky has become a favorite children's writer.
1.Where was the poet born? Where did you spend your childhood years?
2. Tell us how the fairy tale “Crocodile” was born?
3. Find the highlighted words in the text and try to explain them.
5. Name Chukovsky’s fairy tales that you know?
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Vvedensky Alexander Ivanovich (1904 – 1941)
Born on November 23 in St. Petersburg in the family of an economist. He studied at a gymnasium, then at a school, which he graduated in 1921 without passing the exam in Russian literature. But already at school he began to write poetry. In those years, A. Blok was my favorite poet.
After graduating from school, he first entered the Faculty of Law of Petrograd University, then the Chinese department of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, but soon left that too. Worked as a clerk. However, all of Vvedensky’s interests are in literature. During these years, the poet's circle of poetic and literary connections and his contacts in the world of art expanded. He meets Kharms, who becomes his close friend. Since 1928, Vvedensky has acted as a children's writer, collaborating in the magazines "Hedgehog" and "Chizh".
In 1933 - 34, Vvedensky’s best poems were written - “I’m sorry that I’m not a beast”, “Invitation for me to think”, “Four descriptions”, etc. He works in children’s literature, earns money by writing clown reprises, couplets, and miniatures. Shortly before the war he wrote a play for puppet theater. During these years, he performed little with his poems.
In 1941, the Germans were approaching Kharkov, and the family had to evacuate. The train was crowded, so it was decided to stay and wait for the next one, which was due in a few days. However, there was no further evacuation. Two days later Vvedensky was arrested. The exact date of death is unknown. Later, the date on the rehabilitation document was December 20, 1941.
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- Where was the poet born?
- Where does a poet go after finishing school?
- What magazines did Vvedensky work for?
- Find a word that you don't understand.
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Bunin Ivan Alekseevich (1870 - 1953) - Russian writer. Born on October 10 in Voronezh into a noble family. His childhood years were spent on the family estate on the Butyrki farm in the Oryol province. Constant communication on the farm with courtyard people, with former serfs, enriched the writer. Here he first heard sad stories about the past, folk poetic tales. Bunin owes his first acquaintance with the rich Russian language to peasants and courtyard people.
He worked as a proofreader, librarian, and contributed to a newspaper. He moved often - he lived in Orel, then in Kharkov, then in Poltava, then in Moscow. Met with L. Tolstoy, met Anton Chekhov. Published the story "To the End of the World". Inspired by success, Bunin moves entirely to literary creativity. Among the works of Ivan Alekseevich Bunin are novels, stories, stories, poems, translations of works of classics of world poetry.
Having met with hostility October Revolution, the writer left Russia forever in 1920. He emigrated to France and settled in Paris. Everything he wrote in exile concerned Russia, Russian people, Russian nature.
Ivan Alekseevich Bunin died in Paris. Ivan Alekseevich Bunin was buried in the Russian cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois, near Paris.
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1. Find words in the text that you don’t understand and try to explain them.
2. Where was the writer born?
3. To whom does Bunin owe his first acquaintance with the rich Russian language?
4. Where did Ivan Alekseevich work?
5. Where did the writer emigrate and why?
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Agnia Lvovna Barto ( real name Volova) is a famous children's writer, whose poems every child in our country knows. Born on February 17, 1906 in Moscow in the family of a veterinarian. She received a good home education, led by her father. She began writing poetry in the elementary grades of high school. She dreamed of becoming a ballerina and graduated from a choreographic school. Her books were printed in millions of copies. She devoted her entire life to children, their upbringing and problems. During the Great Patriotic War Barto speaks a lot on the radio and goes to the front as a newspaper correspondent. To write a poem about teenagers whom the war forced to grow up earlier, work and feed their families, she studies with them to become a turner, acquiring a craft rank.
In the post-war years, Agnia Lvovna became the organizer of a movement in the USSR to search for families separated during the war. She suggested searching for lost parents using childhood memories. Through the “Find a Person” program on Mayak radio, it was possible to connect 927 separated families. And the writer’s first book of prose is called “Find a Person.”
The writer died in 1981, having lived a long and such people need life.
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1.Who is the text talking about?
2.When did she start writing poetry? Name any poem.
3.What did the writer do during the war?
4. What kind of life did Agnia Lvovna live?
5. Find unfamiliar words in the text and try to explain them.
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Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin was born on May 26 (June 6, new style) 1799 in Moscow. This is where he spent his childhood.
In the summer, Pushkin was taken to Zakharyino, his grandmother’s village near Moscow. The boy loved these places: the birch grove that began right at the gate of Zakharya’s house - they drank tea here on hot days - and the huge linden tree by the pond, and the dark spruce forest on its other bank. He played here, imagining himself as a hero fighting evil forces. And in the evenings he listened to cheerful and sad Russian songs, looked at the round dances led by peasant girls.
1.Where was the writer born?
2.Where was Pushkin taken for the summer?
3. What places did little Sasha like?
Parents did not care much for their children. Sergei Lvovich, the poet’s father, thought little about home and raising children. Nadezhda Osipovna, the poet’s mother, a beautiful society woman, was busy only with herself. The real mistress of the Pushkin house was the poet’s grandmother, Maria Alekseevna Hannibal, an intelligent, efficient and sensible woman. She loved her grandson very much. And the child, who did not know parental affection, became attached to her with all his heart. He loved listening to her quiet stories. I loved the fairy tales of my nanny Arina Rodionovna. With her melodious voice, she took the child into such a dazzling world of folk fantasy, sang such amazing songs that the boy forgot about the world around him. My father had an excellent library, mainly in French. The child greedily reached for the book. Secretly from adults, he sneaks into bookcases at night and reads by candlelight. Reading has become a passion.
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1.Were the writer’s parents involved in raising the writer?
2. To whom was Pushkin’s heart attached?
3.Whose fairy tales did the poet love?
4.What was Sasha’s hobby?
It's time to start studying, but tutors and governesses are not kept in the house. Pushkin did not like his teachers; they did not know how to interest him. However, the child had a brilliant memory, which helped him learn the given lesson, repeating it after his sister Olga.
In the eighth year of his life he begins to write. From his pen come fables, comic poems, and comedies. He alone “acts out” his comedy “The Kidnapper” in front of his sister. He writes short poems in the albums of neighboring young ladies. Adults do not attach importance to the boy's poetic exercises.
By the age of twelve, Pushkin, in general, was far ahead of his peers in development. He, according to his brother, “was gifted with an incredible memory and at the eleventh year he already knew by heart all French literature" However, this did not stop him from running and jumping over chairs, deftly throwing the ball, that is, remaining a playful twelve-year-old boy. He loved native nature, folk tales and songs, he loved his grandmother, his nanny, he loved Yusupov’s garden and Zakharyino, he loved books.
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1.Could teachers have interested Pushkin?
2.What year did he start writing?
3.What was the poet gifted with?
4.What did he like?
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Elena Aleksandrovna Blagininaborn on May 27, 1903 in the village of Yakovlevo, Oryol province. She grew up as a simple village girl who could not even imagine that she would someday become a famous children's poetess. At the age of 8 she composed a play for home theater, from the same time she composed poems and fairy tales. The main characters of her works are girls.
Her father was a cashier, her grandfather was a priest, and Elena herself was going to become a teacher. The desire to teach children was so great that she was ready to walk seven kilometers every day from her home in the village to the Kursk Pedagogical Institute.
Elena Blaginina had eight brothers and sisters. They lived with their parents and grandmother, who told a lot of fairy tales. I recited poems by A.S. Pushkin.
Elena Blaginina lived quite a life long life, and there wasn’t a day when she didn’t work. She dedicated her entire life to bringing joy to children through her works. Her poems were different: funny and interesting, childish and playful.
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1.Where was the writer born?
3.What interesting things did you learn from the life of Elena Blaginina?
4. Find words that you don’t understand. Try to answer them.
Anatoly Orlov - talented Russian writer, who in his works continues the traditions of Mikhail Prishvin and Konstantin Paustovsky. Attention to the life of nature (Anatoly Orlov is a forester by profession) is combined in his texts with attention to working with words, which is especially important for books aimed at children. One of his first stories, “Pim the Deer,” has already become a favorite of many readers: it tells about the very beginning of the life of the musk deer, the smallest deer-like animal living in Russia.
Grigory Oster still remains 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 the cultural life of the country. We recommend reading his stories with your children and remembering the kitten named Woof, the funny monkeys and the curious baby elephant.
Children's writer, poet, screenwriter and playwright - Andrei Usachev, perhaps, is one of those authors who understand perfectly well that stories for children should be kind and cheerful at the same time. At the same time, the laughter in his books is never “evil,” which is especially important in our case. Andrey is great at writing short, memorable stories with colorful characters. 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 author's focus, of course, is on the guys themselves and their fictional fantasy worlds, where the domestic cat becomes a true friend with whom you can go on any adventure. An excellent option 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. Let us 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, it’s worth reading with your children!
Anastasia Orlova wrote poetry since childhood, after which, already in adult life, she took a significant break from creativity - until the birth of her second child. It was then that the writer again began to create stories and poems for children, and so successfully that she won an important Russian competition"New children's book." The Rosman publishing house is publishing her book about the adventures of a truck and its trailer - funny story about strong friendship and mutual assistance.
Young and very talented writer has already published more than 20 books for children, each of which many readers in Russia have been eagerly awaiting. Anna Nikolskaya is a master in creating adventure stories and romantic stories. Her books are always accompanied by excellent illustrations. It is also 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 crossed the eighth decade. Its subtle and smart good fairy tales not about distant kingdoms and worlds - they are about the fact that magic is nearby, it is all around us. Heroes amazing adventures They become schoolchildren, then their grandmothers, and sometimes suddenly animated clouds. Sofia Prokofieva's books are a must read.
Not only funny and kind, but also very educational stories of Olga Kolpakova will tell children about fairy-tale heroes and the life of nature, oh incredible worlds and Russian life. A combination of fun and very real knowledge - distinctive feature Olga's texts. A mother of two children, she knows well how to make a child laugh and how to make him think about something.
Anton Soya's books regularly cause parental debates: is it worth reading to children or not? Many people are frightened by the abundance of slang expressions in the author’s stories, but 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 the skillfully created plots - they quickly captivate children, so at least the child will probably reach the end of the story, and will not abandon the book in the middle.
She has always been and remains in demand, exerting an immense influence on children. Several generations have grown up reading the books of their favorite authors, who were the first to show children the clear line between good and evil, who taught them to know the laws of nature, the rules of communication with each other, who introduced them to history and other sciences in a presentation that a child could understand. Many ideals taken from children's books written by Soviet writers, became the basis for the formation of personal character. They remain in a person’s consciousness until the end of his life.
Soviet children's writers - authors of books for the younger generation - are a kind of teachers who have assumed moral and ethical responsibility for the formation of a worthy personality. For the adult generation of Russians, these names evoke the most pleasant associations.
Almost everyone is familiar with the poems of the Soviet poetess Agnia Barto. Family, pioneers, life Soviet schoolchildren- the main theme of her kind, often funny works, popular with both children and adults. In them, Agnia Barto spoke the language of a real child, and in life she performed truly adult actions: she found and returned hundreds of children scattered throughout the country by the war to their families. The matter seems hopeless, because in childhood few people know complete information about themselves (address, physical features, necessary names). But many children could remember the bright moments of life (how they went sledding with Yegorka, how a rooster pecked painfully between the eyes, how they played with their beloved dog Dzhulbars). It was these memories that Agnia Barto, who knew how to speak the language of the children, used in her search.
For 9 years she was the host of the radio program “Find a Person,” on air of which she daily read out unique signs from letters flying from all over the country. Only the first issue helped seven people find their families, and over the entire period, under the strict guidance of Agnia Barto, who worked as a translator from the “children’s language,” 927 families were able to reunite.
A striking representative of children's writers of the Soviet era is Cheburashka, Matroskin the cat, Uncle Fyodor - and today these cartoon characters remain loved and included in every home.
The engineering education he received did not in the least prevent Eduard Uspensky from becoming a favorite children's author. His book characters have successfully migrated to television screens and have been delighting viewers with their adventures for several decades now. Many of them had real prototypes. Thus, the writer portrayed his first wife, a lady who was harmful in all respects. Friend Nikolai Taraskin put on the image of the cat Matroskin: smart, hardworking and economical. At first, Uspensky wanted to give the cat the same last name, but his friend “got into a pose” and didn’t allow it, although later (after the cartoon was released) he regretted it more than once. A girl in a huge fur coat, once seen by the writer in a store, became the prototype of everyone’s favorite Cheburashka. The parents chose a fur coat for the baby to grow into over the summer, and the girl simply could not walk in it. As soon as she took a step, she fell. Dad, picking her up from the floor once again, said: “Well, what a Cheburashka you are” (from the word “Cheburashka” - to fall, crash).
Korney Chukovsky - children's favorite
Well, who doesn’t know the poems of Korney Chukovsky: “Tsokotukha Fly”, “Moidodyr”, “Cockroach”, “Aibolit”, “Barmaley”? Many Soviet writers wrote under their real names. Chukovsky was the pseudonym of Nikolai Vasilyevich Korneychukov. Your most readable works he wrote for his and about his daughter Murochka, who died of tuberculosis at the age of 11. The poem “Aibolit” was a cry from the heart about a magical doctor who will fly in and save everyone. Besides Murochka, Chukovsky had three more children.
All his life, Korney Ivanovich helped those who turned to him for help, using his fame, charm and artistry to do this. Not all Soviet writers were capable of such open actions, but he sent money, got pensions, places in hospitals, apartments, helped gifted young writers to make their way, fought for those who were arrested, and showed concern for orphaned families. By the way, in honor of the Tsokotukha Fly, entomologist A.P. Ozerov in 1992 named new look antflies from the order Diptera - mucha tzokotucha.
Soviet writers made a significant contribution to children's literature, raising several generations on their works wonderful people. How kindly, colorfully and informatively Vitaly Bianchi and Mikhail Prishvin tell children about the beauty of nature, with youth instilling love for her and our smaller brothers. Such famous Soviet writers as Arkady Gaidar, Valentin Kataev, Boris Zakhoder, and many others are still popular among readers today, because the idea of kindness and compassion for one’s neighbor runs like a red thread through all their works.
Art created for children is a diverse and extensive part 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 down, the worldview and ideals are formed. Even in preschool and junior school age Young readers can already appreciate the dynamics of poems or beautiful fairy tales, and at an older age they begin to read thoughtfully, so books need to be selected accordingly. Let's talk about Russian and foreign children's writers and their works.
Children's writers of the 19th-20th centuries and the development of children's literature
For the first time, books specifically 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, " silver age“, and we read many books by writers of that time to this day.
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
The author of "Alice in Wonderland", "Alice Through the Looking Glass", "The Hunting of the Snark" was born in a small village in Cheshire (hence the name of his character - Cheshire cat). The writer's real name is Charles Dodgson, he grew up in a large family: Charles had 3 brothers and 7 sisters. He studied at college, became a professor of mathematics, and even received the rank of deacon. He really wanted to become an artist, he drew a lot, and loved to take photographs. As a boy, he composed stories, funny stories, and loved 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 still 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 it is up to the readers to 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 work on the farm. As soon as Astrid learned to read and write, she began to write various stories and the first poems.
The story "Pippi" Long stocking"Astrid composed it for her daughter when she was sick. Later, the stories “Mio, my Mio”, “Roni, the Robber’s Daughter”, a trilogy about detective Callie Blumkvist, a favorite triology of many, which tells the story of 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 it was approved literary prize in honor of Astrid Lindgren - she is awarded for her contribution to the development of literature for children.
Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940)
This Swedish writer, the first woman to receive Nobel Prize according to literature. Selma was reluctant to remember her childhood: at the age of 3, the girl was paralyzed, she did not get out of bed, and her only consolation was fairy tales and stories told by her grandmother. At the age of 9, after treatment, the ability to move returned in Selma, and she began to dream of a career as a writer. She studied hard, received a doctorate, and became a member of the Swedish Academy.
In 1906, her book about the journey of little Nils on the back of Martin the goose was published, then the writer published the collection “Trolls and People,” which included fantastic legends, fairy tales and short stories, and 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. Author of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit: A Journey There and Back Again, creator amazing world Middle-earth, on which incredible films are made, was born in Africa. When he was three years old, his mother, widowed at an early age, moved her two children to England. The boy was fond of painting, foreign languages were easy for him, he even became interested in studying “dead” languages: Anglo-Saxon, Gothic and others. During the war, Tolkien, who went there as a volunteer, contracted typhus: it was in his delirium that he came up with the “Elvish language” that became business card many of his heroes. His works are immortal, they are extremely popular in our time.
Clive Lewis (1898-1963)
Irish and English writer, theologian and scientist. 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 most of lived his life in England. He released his first works under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton. In 1950-1955, his “Chronicles of Narnia” were first published, telling about the adventures of two brothers and two sisters in a mysterious and magical land. Clive Lewis traveled a lot, wrote poetry, loved to discuss various topics and was a well-rounded 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 when he arrived in St. Petersburg, he was faced with refusals from magazine editors. He became a member literary circle, critic, wrote poetry and stories. He was even arrested for his bold statements. During the war, Chukovsky was a war correspondent, editor of almanacs and magazines. He spoke foreign languages and translated works of foreign authors. Most famous works Chukovsky is “Cockroach”, “Fly Tsokotukha”, “Barmaley”, “Aibolit”, “Miracle Tree”, “Moidodyr” 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's poems, fairy tales different nations peace. Samuel's talent began to manifest itself in early childhood: the boy wrote poetry, had the ability to foreign languages. The poetry books of Marshak, who moved from Voronezh to Petrograd, immediately enjoyed great success, and their peculiarity was the variety of genres: poems, ballads, sonnets, riddles, songs, sayings - he could do everything. He has been awarded many prizes, and his poems have been translated into dozens of languages. The most famous works are “Twelve Months”, “Luggage”, “The Tale of stupid mouse", "He's so absent-minded", "Mustache-striped" and others.
Agnia Lvovna Barto (1906-1981)
Agnia 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 was an active literary figure all her life, a member of the jury of the Andersen Competition. In 1976 she received the H.H. Andersen Prize. The most famous poems are “Bullfinch”, “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: writer, chairman of the Writers' Union of the RSFSR, talented poet, writer, fabulist, playwright. He is the author of two anthems: the USSR and 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 is a policeman”, “What do you have”, “Song of Friends”, “The Three Little Pigs”, “Under New Year"and others.
Contemporary children's writers
Grigory Bentsionovich Oster
A children's writer, from 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 presenter, a talented author, and a cartoon screenwriter. “Monkeys”, “A Kitten Named Woof”, “38 Parrots”, “Caught That Bitten” - all these cartoons were filmed according to his script, and “Bad Advice” is a book that has gained enormous popularity. By the way, an anthology of children’s literature was published in Canada: the books of most writers have a circulation of 300-400 thousand, and Auster’s “Bad Advice” sold 12 million copies!
Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky
From childhood, Eduard Uspensky was a leader, participated in KVN, organized skit parties, then he first tried his hand at being a writer, and later began writing plays for children's radio programs, children's theaters, and dreamed of creating his own magazine for children. The writer became famous thanks to the cartoon “Gena the Crocodile and His Friends”; since then the long-eared symbol, Cheburashka, has settled in almost every home. We also still love the book and cartoon “Three from Prostokvashino”, “The Koloboks Are Investigating”, “Plasticine Crow”, “Baba Yaga Against!” and others.
JK Rowling
Speaking about modern children's writers, it is simply impossible not to remember the author of the series of books about Harry Potter, the boy wizard and his friends. It is the best-selling book series in history, and the films based on them have grossed huge amounts of money. Rowling had to go from obscurity and poverty to worldwide fame. At first, not a single editor agreed to accept and publish a book about a wizard, believing that such a genre would be uninteresting to readers. Only the small publishing house Bloomsbury agreed - and it was right. Now Rowling continues to write, is involved in charity work and social activities, she is a realized author and a happy mother and wife.
