Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky was born on March 31, 1882, a Russian poet, literary critic, children's writer and journalist. The passion for children's literature, which made Chukovsky famous, began relatively late, when he was already a famous critic.
In 1916, Chukovsky compiled the collection “Yolka” and wrote his first fairy tale “Crocodile”. In 1923, his famous fairy tales “Moidodyr” and “Cockroach” were published.
Charles Perrault
French poet and critic of the classical era, now known mainly as the author of Mother Goose Tales. Charles Perrault was the fourth most published foreign writer in the USSR for the years 1917-1987: the total circulation of his publications amounted to 60.798 million copies.
Berestov Valentin Dmitrievich
Russian poet and lyricist who wrote for adults and children. He is the author of such children's works as “The Braggart Serpent”, “The Coltsfoot”, “The Stork and the Nightingale”, etc.
Marshak Samuil Yakovlevich
Russian Soviet poet, playwright, translator and literary critic. The author of the works “Teremok”, “Cat’s House”, “Doctor Faust”, etc. Almost throughout his literary career, Marshak wrote both poetic feuilletons and serious, “adult” lyrics. In addition, Marshak is the author of classic translations of William Shakespeare's sonnets. Marshak's books have been translated into many languages of the world, and for his translations of Robert Burns, Marshak was awarded the title of honorary citizen of Scotland.
Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich
In addition to his career as a fabulist and war correspondent, Sergei Vladimirovich is also the author of the texts of the anthems of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. Among his famous children's works are “Uncle Styopa”, “The Nightingale and the Crow”, “What Do You Have”, “The Hare and the Tortoise”, etc.
Hans Christian Andersen
Author of world-famous fairy tales for children and adults: “The Ugly Duckling”, “The King’s New Clothes”, “Thumbelina”, “The Steadfast Tin Soldier”, “The Princess and the Pea”, “Ole Lukoye”, “The Snow Queen” and many others.
Agniya Barto
Volova's first husband was the poet Pavel Barto. Together with him, she wrote three poems - “Roaring Girl”, “Dirty Girl” and “Counting Table”. During the Great Patriotic War, the Barto family was evacuated to Sverdlovsk. There Agnia had to master the profession of a turner. She donated the prize she received during the war to build a tank. In 1944, the family returned to Moscow.
Nosov Nikolay Nikolaevich
Winner of the Stalin Prize of the third degree in 1952, Nikolai Nosov is best known as a children's writer. Here is the author of works about Dunno.
Moshkovskaya Emma Efraimovna
At the beginning of her creative career, Emma received approval from Samuil Marshak himself. In 1962, she published her first collection of poems for children, Uncle Shar, which was followed by more than 20 collections of poems and fairy tales for preschool and primary school age. It is also worth noting that many Soviet composers wrote songs based on Moshkovskaya’s poems.
Lunin Viktor Vladimirovich
Viktor Lunin began composing poems and fairy tales while still in school, but began the path of a professional writer much later. The first publications of poetry in periodicals appeared in the early 70s (the writer himself was born in 1945). Viktor Vladimirovich has published more than thirty books of poetry and prose. His poetic “Az-bu-ka” for children became the standard for the transmission of letter sounds, and his book “Children’s Album” was awarded a diploma at the 3rd All-Russian children’s book competition “Father’s House” in 1996. In the same year, for “Children's Album,” Viktor Lunin was awarded the title of laureate of the literary prize of the Murzilka magazine. In 1997, his fairy tale “The Adventures of Butter Liza” was awarded as the best fairy tale about cats by the library of foreign literature.
Oseeva Valentina Aleksandrovna
In 1937, Valentina Alexandrovna took her first story “Grishka” to the editor, and in 1940 her first book “Red Cat” was published. Then collections of stories for children “Grandma”, “The Magic Word”, “Father’s Jacket”, “My Comrade”, a book of poems “Ezhinka”, the story “Vasyok Trubachev and his comrades”, “Dinka” and “Dinka says goodbye to childhood” were written ", having autobiographical roots.
Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm published several collections called Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular. Among their fairy tales: “Snow White”, “The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats”, “The Musicians of Bremen”, “Hansel and Gretel”, “Little Red Riding Hood” and many others.
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev
Contemporaries noted his brilliant mind, humor, and talent as a conversationalist. His epigrams, witticisms and aphorisms were heard by everyone. Tyutchev’s fame was confirmed by many - Turgenev, Fet, Druzhinin, Aksakov, Grigoriev and others. Leo Tolstoy called Tyutchev “one of those unfortunate people who are immeasurably higher than the crowd among whom they live, and therefore are always alone.”
Alexey Nikolaevich Pleshcheev
In 1846, the very first collection of poems made Pleshcheev famous among revolutionary youth. Three years later he was arrested and sent into exile, where he spent almost ten years in military service. Upon returning from exile, Pleshcheev continued his literary activity; Having gone through years of poverty and hardship, he became an authoritative writer, critic, publisher, and at the end of his life, a philanthropist. Many of the poet’s works (especially poems for children) have become textbooks and are considered classics. More than a hundred romances were written by the most famous Russian composers based on Pleshcheev’s poems.
Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky
There is no need to introduce this person. This will be done by the characters of his works, including Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka, the cat Matroskin, Uncle Fyodor, postman Pechkin and others.
An excellent alternative list of children's literature that you will want to return to more than once.
Valentina Oseeva What to read: “Dinka”, “Dinka says goodbye to childhood”, “Vasyok Trubachev and his comrades”, “The Magic Word”
When we talk about Soviet children's books, Marshak, Chukovsky, Olesha immediately come to mind. Approximately the same set of authors who are usually read to children. But there are other excellent writers, whose books, however, are a little less known, but children may like them even more than “Aibolit” and “Three Fat Men” (and you along with them).
Valentina Oseeva, who has worked with street children in children's correctional institutions for more than 16 years, understands the psychology of difficult children like no one else. Her duology about the curly-headed stubborn Dinka (“Dinka” and “Dinka Says Goodbye to Childhood”) was published almost 50 years ago. They are based largely on an autobiographical story of the growing up of a tomboyish girl from a family of intellectuals. In addition to this textbook story about childhood friendship, Oseeva wrote a dozen worthy short stories, which were included in the collection “The Magic Word,” and a series of books about the schoolboy Vaska Trubachev. In some places there is unctuous propaganda in the texts (in the third book about Vaska, the heroes are building a school, which obviously represents a bright future), but all this is in the context of serious conversations about goodness and justice, the ability to hear and accept others. Oseeva describes school everyday life with all its petty squabbles and existential conflicts easily and wittily, without pioneer strain or edification. In addition, as in the case of “Dinka,” she honestly talks about the families that most of the heroes have incomplete, large or simply unsettled families. But at the same time, they are still strong and friendly in their own way.
Alexander Vvedensky What to read: poems, “Railroad”, “Trip to Crimea”
Children's poems by Alexander Vvedensky, one of the most profound authors of the first half of the 20th century, are read significantly less today than, for example, the works of his close friend Daniil Kharms. In addition, thanks to the light hand of the avant-garde historian Nikolai Khardzhiev, the opinion was firmly established that Vvedensky “was a hack in children’s literature, wrote terrible books, and there were very few good ones.” Nevertheless, during his lifetime he was seen as a popular children's author. Vvedensky managed to publish several dozen children's books, including poems, stories and adaptations of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. True, they began to be republished only after the poet’s rehabilitation in 1964. Vvedensky collaborated with children's magazines "Chizh" and "Hedgehog". His poems, which were imbued with a naive and idyllic attitude towards the world, were highly appreciated by Lydia Chukovskaya and Sergei Mikhalkov. Recently, the publishing house Ad Marginem republished “The Railway,” a story in which, through the mouth of a passenger on a steam locomotive, he talks about what is happening behind the window. Changing day and night, factories, forests and factories form a panorama of first a small town, then a country, and then the whole world. It is also worth paying attention to the book “Journey to Crimea,” on which Vvedensky worked together with Elena Safonova. This is a cheerful poetic story of two brothers from cold Leningrad who set off on a journey to the south. The motive of a person’s acquaintance with the world and genuine surprise at everything that happens is one of the main ones in Vvedensky’s work, you cannot deny him this.
Boris Zhitkov What to read: “What I saw”, “What happened”, “Sea stories”, “Stories about animals”
Boris Zhitkov wrote both rather tedious pedagogical stories about different professions (“On the water”, “Above the water”, “Under the water”), and curious why-why stories, which he called “encyclopedias for four-year-old citizens” (“What I saw” and "What Happened") In addition, he wrote an amazing novel about the 1905 revolution, Viktor Vavich. It was not published for a long time and practically disappeared, but returned to readers in the late 1990s. Zhitkov himself managed to be a navigator and captain on a ship, work as an ichthyologist and a worker at a machine-building plant. He sailed on ships and submarines, flew in an airplane, and was in India, Japan and Africa. In many ways, it was this experience that helped him to shine brightly in the collections “Sea Stories” and “Stories about Animals” - short but capacious stories about man’s relationship with animals and nature. In them, Zhitkov tells how smart, curious and brave animals are, how they protect people and each other.
Mikhail Ilyin What to read: “How a man became a giant”, “Conquest of nature”, “One hundred thousand why”
Ilya Marshak, the younger brother of Samuil Marshak, who published under the pseudonym M. Ilyin, was one of the pioneers of Soviet science fiction for children. He regularly wrote magazine columns “Chemical Page” and “Laboratory of the New Robinson”, was published in “Chizh” and wrote stories for children, which formed a full-fledged history of inventions (the collection “One Hundred Thousand Whys”). The book “How Man Became a Giant” became one of the first textbooks on the history of philosophy for teenagers, but its opus magnum is “The Conquest of Nature.” This is a fascinating scientific story about nature, which reflects the main principles of the popular writer. He fought both against useless entertaining counterfeits of a scientific book, and against crude compilations that were passed off as educational literature. M. Ilyin's texts are still considered an example of scientific literature for children - perhaps with a discount on discussions about the destructive nature of capitalism.
Ian Larry What to read: “The Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Valya”
Science fiction writer Ian Larry has a truly Dickensian biography. He was orphaned at nine years old, wandered for a long time, worked as a watchmaker's apprentice and as a waiter in a tavern. And during the First World War he was drafted into the tsarist army, but soon went over to the side of the Reds. In the early 1930s, he made his debut with the not very successful story “Window to the Future,” but a year later he rehabilitated himself by releasing the utopian novel “The Land of the Happy.” This is an idyllic picture of a world in which communism has won, people have mastered space, but are faced with an energy crisis, which has shaken the framework of utopia. His most famous book was the story “The Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Valya,” which Larry wrote at the request of Samuil Marshak. According to the plot, brother and sister Karik and Valya shrink and go on a journey to the world of insects. Larry combines naturalistic descriptions of the natural world with a wildly twisted plot, which formed the basis of the 1987 film of the same name.
Didactic manual for literary reading lessons in grades 1-4 “Children’s writers in elementary school”
Stupchenko Irina Nikolaevna, primary school teacher of the first category, Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution Secondary School No. 5 of the village. Yablonovsky, Republic of Adygea
Target: getting to know children's writers and their works
Tasks: show interest in the works of Russian and foreign writers and poets, develop the desire to read children's fiction; develop cognitive interests, creative thinking, imagination, speech, replenish active vocabulary
Equipment: portraits of writers and poets, book exhibition, illustrations for fairy tales
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1805-1875)
The writer was born on April 2 in the city of Odense, located in the European country of Denmark, in the family of a shoemaker. Little Hans loved to sing, read poetry and dreamed of becoming an actor. When I was in high school, I published my first poems. And when he became a university student, he began to write and publish novels. Andersen loved to travel and visited Africa, Asia and Europe.
The writer gained popularity in 1835, after the publication of the collection “Fairy Tales Told for Children.” It included “The Princess and the Pea”, “The Swineherd”, “Flint”, “Wild Swans”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The King’s New Clothes”, “Thumbelina”. The writer wrote 156 fairy tales. The most popular of them are The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1838), The Nightingale (1843), The Ugly Duckling (1843), and The Snow Queen (1844).
In our country, interest in the work of the Danish storyteller arose during his lifetime, when his fairy tales were translated into Russian.
H. C. Andersen's birthday is declared International Children's Book Day.
AGNIYA LVOVNA BARTO (1906-1981)
Born on February 17 in the family of a veterinarian. She spent a lot of time in choreography classes, but gave preference to literature. Her idols were K.I. Chukovsky, S.Ya. Marshak, V.V. Mayakovsky. The writer's first book was published in 1925.
Agnia Lvovna wrote poems for children: “The Thief Bear” (1925), “The Roaring Girl” (1930), “Toys” (1936), “The Bullfinch” (1939), “First-Grader” (1944), “To School” ( 1966), “I’m Growing Up” (1969), and many others. In 1939, a film based on her script “Foundling” was made.
During the Great Patriotic War, Agnia Barto often went to the front to give speeches, and also spoke on the radio.
The poems of A.L. Barto are known to readers all over the world.
VITALY VALENTINOVICH BIANCHI (1894-1959)
Born on February 11 in St. Petersburg in the family of an ornithologist. The writer had an instilled interest in nature from childhood. After graduating from university, the writer went on expeditions throughout Russia.
Bianchi is the founder of the natural history movement in children's literature.
He began his literary career in 1923, publishing the fairy tale “The Journey of the Red-Headed Sparrow.” And after “The First Hunt” (1924), “Whose nose is better?” (1924), “Tails” (1928), “Mouse Peak” (1928), “The Adventures of an Ant” (1936). To this day, the novels and short stories “The Last Shot” (1928), “Dzhulbars” (1937), “There were forest tales” (1952) are very popular. And, of course, the famous “Forest Newspaper” (1928) is of great interest to all readers.
JACOB and WILHELM GRIMM (1785-1863; 1786-1859)
The Brothers Grimm were born into the family of an official, and lived in a kind and prosperous atmosphere.
The Brothers Grimm successfully graduated from high school, received a law degree, and served as university professors. They are the authors of the "German Grammar" and a dictionary of the German language.
But the fairy tales “The Bremen Town Musicians”, “A Pot of Porridge”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Puss in Boots”, “Snow White”, “Seven Brave Men” and others brought fame to the writers.
Fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm have been translated into many languages of the world, including Russian.
VIKTOR YUZEFOVICH DRAGUNSKY (1913-1972)
V. Dragunsky was born in America, but after his birth the family returned to Russia. The boy began his working career at the age of 16, working as a saddler, boatman, and actor. In 1940, he tried his hand at literary creativity (creating texts and monologues for circus and theater performers).
The writer's first stories appeared in the magazine "Murzilka" in 1959. And in 1961, Dragunsky’s first book was published, which included 16 stories about Denis and his friend Mishka.
Dragunsky wrote more than 100 stories and made a huge contribution to the development of children's humorous literature.
SERGEY ALEXANDROVICH ESENIN (1895-1925)
Born on October 3 in a peasant family. He graduated from a rural college and a church teacher's school, after which he moved to Moscow.
The poem “Birch” (1913) became the first poem of the great Russian poet. It was published in the children's magazine Mirok. And although the poet practically did not write for children, many of his works entered the circle of children’s reading: “Winter Sings and Calls...” (1910), “Good Morning!” (1914), “Powder” (1914), “Grandmother’s Tales” (1915), “Bird Cherry” (1915), “The fields are compressed, the groves are bare...” (1918)
BORIS VLADIMIROVICH ZAKHODER (1918-2000)
Born on September 9 in Moldova. He graduated from school in Moscow. Afterwards he studied at the Literary Institute.
In 1955, Zakhoder’s poems were published in the collection “On the Back Desk.” In 1958 - “Nobody and Others”, in 1960 - “Who Looks Like Who?”, in 1970 - “School for Chicks”, in 1980 - “My Imagination”. The author also wrote fairy tales “The Monkey’s Tomorrow” (1956), “Little Rusachok” (1967), “The Good Rhinoceros”, “Once Upon a Time There Was Fip” (1977)
Boris Zakhoder is the translator of A. Milne “Winnie the Pooh and All-All-All”, A. Lindgren “Baby and Carlson”, P. Travers “Mary Poppins”, L. Carroll “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”.
IVAN ANDREEVICH KRYLOV (1769-1844)
Born on February 13 in Moscow. I spent my childhood in the Urals and Tver. He received a worldwide calling as a talented fabulist.
He wrote his first fables in 1788, and his first book was published in 1809.
The author wrote more than 200 fables.
For children's reading, “The Crow and the Fox” (1807), “The Wolf and the Lamb” (1808), “The Elephant and the Pug” (1808), “The Dragonfly and the Ant” (1808), “Quartet” (1811), “Swan, Pike” are recommended and Cancer" (1814), "Mirror and Monkey" (1815), "Monkey and Glasses" (1815), "Pig under the Oak" (1825) and many others.
ALEXANDER IVANOVICH KUPRIN (1870-1938)
Born on September 7 in the Penza province into a poor noble family. After the death of his father, he moved with his mother to Moscow, where he was assigned to an orphanage. Later he graduated from the Alexander Military School and served in an infantry regiment for several years. But in 1894 he left military affairs. He traveled a lot, worked as a loader, a miner, a circus organizer, flew in a hot air balloon, descended to the seabed in a diving suit, and was an actor.
In 1889, he met A.P. Chekhov, who became both a mentor and teacher for Kuprin.
The writer creates such works as “The Wonderful Doctor” (1897), “Elephant” (1904), “White Poodle” (1904).
MIKHAIL YURIEVICH LERMONTOV (1814-1841)
Born on October 15 in Moscow. He spent his childhood with his grandmother on the Tarkhany estate in the Penza region, where he received an excellent home education.
He began writing his first poems at the age of 14. The first work published in print was the poem “Hadji Abrek” (1835)
And such poems as “Sail” (1832), “Two Giants” (1832), “Borodino” (1837), “Three Palms” (1839), “Cliff” (1841) and others entered the circle of children's reading.
The poet died in a duel at the age of 26.
DMITRY NARKISOVICH MAMIN-SIBIRYAK (1852-1912)
Born on November 6 in the family of a priest and a local teacher. He was educated at home and graduated from the Perm Theological Seminary.
Began publishing in 1875. He wrote stories and fairy tales for children: “Emelya the Hunter” (1884), “In Apprenticeship” (1892), “Adoptive Child” (1893), “Skewer” (1897), “SerayaNeck”, “Green War”, “Steady”, “The Stubborn Goat”, “The Tale of the Glorious King Pea and His Beautiful Daughters - Princess Kutafya and Princess Pea.”
Dmitry Narkisovich wrote the famous “Alyonushka’s Tales” (1894-1897) for his sick daughter.
SAMUIL YAKOVLEVICH MARSHAK (1887-1964)
Born on November 3 in the city of Voronezh. He began writing poetry early. In 1920, he created one of the first children's theaters in Krasnodar and wrote plays for it. He is one of the founders of children's literature in Russia.
Everyone knows his works “The Tale of a Stupid Mouse” (1923), “Luggage” (1926), “Poodle” (1927, “He’s so absent-minded” (1928), “Mustachioed and Striped” (1929), “Children in a Cage” (1923). And many, many widely known and beloved poems and stories in verse.
And the famous stories “The Cat's House” (1922), “Twelve Months” (1943), “Teremok” (1946) have long found their readers and remain the most beloved children's works of millions of people of different ages.
SERGEY VLADIMIROVICH MIKHALKOV (1913)
Born on March 13 in Moscow into a noble family. He received his primary education at home and immediately entered the 4th grade. Little Sergei liked to write poetry. And at 15 lats the first poem was published.
Mikhalkov became famous thanks to the poem “Uncle Styopa” (1935) and its sequel “Uncle Styopa – Policeman” (1954).
Readers’ favorite works are “About Mimosa”, “The Cheerful Tourist”, “My Friend and I”, “Vaccination”, “My Puppy”, “Song of Friends”; Fairy tales “The Festival of Disobedience”, “The Three Little Pigs”, “How the Old Man Sold a Cow”; fables.
S. Mikhalkov wrote more than 200 books for children and adults. He is the author of the Russian anthem (2001).
NIKOLAI ALEXEEVICH NEKRASOV (1821-1878)
Born on December 10 in Ukraine.
In his work, Nekrasov paid great attention to the life and way of life of the Russian people, the peasantry. Poems written for children are mostly addressed to simple peasant children.
Schoolchildren are familiar with such works as “The Green Noise” (1863), “The Railway” (1864), “General Toptygin” (1867), “Grandfather Mazay and the Hares” (1870), and the poem “Peasant Children” (1861).
NIKOLAI NIKOLAEVICH NOSOV (1908-1976)
Born on November 23 in Kyiv in the family of an actor. The future writer was involved in self-education, theater and music. After the Institute of Cinematography, he worked as a film director, director of animated and educational films.
He published his first story, “Entertainers,” in 1938 in the magazine “Murzilka.” Then the book “Knock-Knock-Knock” (1945) and the collections “Funny Stories” (1947), “The Diary of Kolya Sinitsyn” (1951), “Vitya Maleev at School and at Home” (1951), “On the Hill” (1953) appeared ), "Dreamers" (1957). The most popular trilogy was “The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends” (1954), “Dunno in the Sunny City” (1959), and “Dunno on the Moon” (1965).
Based on his works N.N. Nosov wrote screenplays for the feature films “Two Friends”, “Dreamers”, “The Adventures of Tolya Klyukvin”.
KONSTANTIN GEORGIEVICH PAUSTOVSKY (1892-1968)
Born on May 31st. He spent his childhood in Ukraine with his grandparents. He studied at the Kyiv gymnasium. Later he moved to Moscow. He worked as an orderly, a tutor, a tram conductor and a factory worker. Traveled a lot.
In 1921 he began to engage in literary creativity. The writer's stories and fairy tales for children appear. These are “Badger Nose”, “Rubber Boat”, “Cat Thief”, “Hare Paws”.
Later, “Lyonka from the Small Lake” (1937), “Dense Bear” (1947), “Dishesive Sparrow” (1948), “Frog” (1954), “Basket with Fir Cones,” “Warm Bread” and others were published .
CHARLES PERROT (1628-1703)
Born on January 12 in Paris. The collection “Tales of Mother Goose” (1697) brought worldwide fame to the author. We are widely familiar with the fairy tales “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Donkey Skin”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “Cinderella”, “Bluebeard”, “Puss in Boots”, “Tom Thumb”.
In Russia, the tales of the great French storyteller were translated into Russian in 1768 and immediately attracted attention with their riddles, secrets, plots, heroes and magic.
ALEXANDER SERGEEVICH PUSHKIN (1799-1837)
Born on June 6 in the family of a nobleman. Received an excellent home education. Pushkin had a nanny, Arina Rodionovna, who told the future poet many Russian fairy tales, which were reflected in the works of the brilliant classic.
A.S. Pushkin did not write specifically for children. But there are wonderful works that have entered the circle of children's reading: “The Tale of the Priest and His Worker Balda” (1830), “The Tale of Tsar Saltan, his son the glorious and mighty hero Prince Gvidon Saltanovich and the beautiful swan princess” (1831 ), “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish” (1833), “The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights” (1833), “The Tale of the Golden Cockerel” (1834).
On the pages of school textbooks, children become acquainted with such works as the poem “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, “At Lukomorye there is a green oak” (1820), excerpts from the novel “Eugene Onegin” (1833): “The sky was already breathing in autumn”, “Dawn rises in cold haze...", "That year the autumn weather...", "Winter! The peasant is triumphant...” They study many poems “The Prisoner” (1822), “Winter Evening” (1825), “Winter Road” (1826). “Nanny” (1826), “Autumn” (1833), “Cloud” (1835).
Many feature and animated films have been made based on the poet’s works.
ALEXEY NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY (1883-1945)
Born on January 10 in the family of a landowner. He received his primary education at home and later studied at the Samara School. In 1907 he decided to devote himself to writing. He went abroad, where he wrote the autobiographical story “Nikita’s Childhood” (1920).
Young readers know A. Tolstoy as the author of the fairy tale “The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio.”
LEV NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY (1828-1910)
Born on September 9 in the Krasnaya Polyana estate in the Tula province into a noble noble family. Received home education. Later he studied at Kazan University. He served in the army and took part in the Crimean War. In 1859 he opened a school for peasant children in Yasnaya Polyana.
In 1872 he created ABC. And in 1875 he published a textbook for teaching reading, “The New Alphabet” and “Russian Books for Reading.” Many people know his works “Filipok”, “Bone”, “Shark”, “Lion and the Dog”, “Fire Dogs”, “Three Bears”, “How a Man Divided Geese”, “Ant and a Dove”, “Two Comrades”, “What kind of grass is there in the dew”, “Where does the wind come from”, “Where does the water go from the sea.”
DANIEL KHARMS (1905-1942)
Daniil Ivanovich Yuvachev was born on January 12 in St. Petersburg.
He was attracted to children's literature by S. Marshak. In 1928, his funny poems “Ivan Ivanovich Samovar”, “Ivan Toropyshkin”, “Game” (1929), “Million”, “Merry Siskins” (1932), “A Man Came Out of the House” (1937) appeared.
In 1967, “What It Was” was published. In 1972 - “12 Chefs”.
EVGENY IVANOVICH CHARUSHIN (1901-1965)
Born on November 11 in the family of an architect.
More than anything else, he loved to draw. Later he graduated from the Petrograd Academy of Arts. In 1929, his picture books “Free Birds” and “Different Animals” were published.
The first stories appeared in 1930, including “Schur”, “Chicks”, “Chicken City”, “Bear”, “Animals”. Later “Nikitka and his friends”, “About Tomka” and others appeared.
E.I. Charushin illustrated books by Mamin-Sibiryak, Bianki, Marshak, Chukovsky, Prishvin.
ANTON PAVLOVICH CHEKHOV (1860-1904)
Born on January 29 in the family of a small merchant. He studied first at school, then at gymnasium. From an early age he was interested in literary creativity.
From 1879-1884 he studied at the medical faculty of Moscow University and, having received a medical diploma, worked for some time in his specialty.
But then I began to pay great attention to literature. Participated in the creation of handwritten journals. He was published in humorous magazines, wrote short stories, signing them with Antosha Chekhonte.
Chekhov wrote many works for children: “Kashtanka”, “White-fronted”, “Horse Name”, “Vanka”, “Burbot”, “Chameleon”, “Boys”, “The Fugitive”, “I Want to Sleep”.
KORNEY IVANOVICH CHUKOVSKY (1882-1969)
Born on March 31st. The real name of the writer is Nikolai Vasilyevich Korneychukov.
Since childhood, he loved to read a lot and was engaged in self-education.
In 1901, an article appeared in a newspaper signed with the pseudonym Korney Chukovsky.
After publishing the poetic fairy tales “Moidodyr”, “Cockroach”, “Tsokotukha Fly”, “Miracle Tree”, “Fedorino’s Mountain”, “Barmaley”, “Telephone”, “The Adventures of Bibigon”, he truly became the best children's storyteller.
K.I. Chukovsky is the author of retellings for children of novels by D. Defoe, R. Raspe, R. Kipling, Greek myths, and stories from the Bible.
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.
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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 a 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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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 turned 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 the October Revolution with hostility, 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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Agnia Lvovna Barto (real name Volova) is a famous children's writer, whose poems are known to every child in our country. 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 spoke a lot on the radio and went to the front as a newspaper correspondent. To write a poem about teenagers who were forced by the war 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 much-needed life.
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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.
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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, mostly 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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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 by the eleventh year he already knew all French literature by heart.” However, this did not stop him from running and jumping over chairs, deftly throwing the ball, that is, remaining a twelve-year-old playful boy. He loved his 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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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 the home theater, and from that time on she wrote poetry 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 long life, and there was not a day when she did not 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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Having analyzed the personalities and creativity of the majority of children's and youth writers of the 20th century, we present to you a list of authors who are the best in terms of the quality of energy and purity of their works.
In our opinion, a child’s education should begin with familiarization with their creativity.
The information contained in Bazhov’s books will be developing for people for the next 100 years, Lewis Carroll’s books - for the next 50 years. The remaining works presented here will potentially carry an evolutionary message for about 20 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 Ural 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: “The Mistress of the Copper Mountain”, “The Malachite Box”, “The Stone Flower”, “The Mining Master”, “A Fragile Twig”, “Iron Tires”, “Two Lizards”, “The Clerk’s Soles”, “The Sochnevy Pebbles” , “Grass West”, “Melting Mirror”, “Cat Ears”, “About the Great Snake”, “Snake Trail”, “Gill Walker”, “Golden Dykes”, “Lapping Firefly”, “Blue Snake”, “Key” land”, “Sinyushkin Well”, “Silver Hoof”, “Ermakov’s 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 Marrans”, “The Yellow Fog”, “The Secret of the Abandoned castle." His other works: “Architects”, “Wanderings”, “Two Brothers”, “Wonderful Ball”, “Invisible Fighters”, “Planes at War”, “The Wake of the Stern”, “Travelers in the Third Millennium”, “The Adventures of Two friends in the country of the past”, “The Constantinople Captive”, “Petya Ivanov’s Journey to an Extraterrestrial Station”, “In the Altai Mountains”, “Lapatin Bay”, “On the Buzhe 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 Hunting of 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”, “Monkey Tomorrow”, “Nobody and Others”, “Who is Like Whom”, “To Comrade Children”, “School for Chicks”, “Calculations”, “My Imagination”, “ If they give me a boat”, some works in prose: “The Monkey’s Tomorrow”, “The Good Rhinoceros”, “Once Upon a Time Fip”, fairy tales “The Gray Star”, “Little Mermaid”, “The Hermit and the Rose”, “The Story of the Caterpillar”, “ Why are fish silent”, “Ma-Tari-Kari”, “A fairy tale about everyone in the world”.
Zakhoder is also well known as a translator of many masterpieces of foreign literature for children: A. A. Milne’s fairy tales “Winnie the Pooh and All-All-All”, P. Travers “Mary Poppins”, L. Carroll “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland", fairy tales by K. Capek and the Brothers Grimm, J.M. Barrie's play "Peter Pan", various poems.
, June 22, 1922 - December 29, 1996 - poet, prose writer, screenwriter. Novels and short stories: “He was a real trumpeter”, “Boys Station”, “The Mystery of Fenimore”, “Where the Sky Begins”, “Sentry Petrov”, “Where the Battery Stood”, “Fence with a Blue Eye”, “Salute”, “I I’m following the rhinoceros”, “Semyon the striped one”, “Temporary lodger”, “The game of beauty”, “Sretensky Gate”, “Heart of the earth”, “Son of a pilot”, “Self-portrait”, “Ivan-Willis”, “Company commander "", "Kingfisher", "Ballerina of the political department", "Girl, do you want to act in films?", "Travesties", "Persecution of redheads", "Elephant Driver", "Passion for Four Girls", "Difficult Bullfighting", "Difficult blood”, “Lala Bullet”, “Party”, “Teacher”, “Sancho’s faithful friend”, “Samantha”, “And Vorobyov didn’t break the glass”, “Ledum”, “Bambus”, “The game of beauty”, “Boy” with skates”, “Boy with skates”, “Knight Vasya”, “Collecting clouds”, “Sons of Pedestrians”, “History teacher”, “Girls from Vasilyevsky Island”, “Friend of Captain Gastello”, “Naughty boy Icarus”, “ Memory”, “The Last Fireworks”, “Sapper”, “Goalkeeper”, “Bavaclava”, “Flower of Bread”, “One Voice”, “Change of Weather”, “Letter to Marina”, “Woke by Nightingales”, “Relic”, “ Violin”, “Horseman galloping over the city”, “My familiar hippopotamus”, “Old horse for sale”, “Shorn devil”, “Umka”, “Urs and Kat”, “Visiting the dog”, “Memories of a cow” , “The Girl from Brest”, “The Commander’s Daughter”, “The Preference Man’s Daughter”, “We are destined to live”, “The 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. He 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. Crococat”, “Where did the starfish come from”, “Under the carpet”, “About the station that did not stand still” ", "About a puddle and a bun with raisins", "About policeman Arthur and about his horse Harry", "Dot-mother and Dot-daughter", "Fog", "Wow", "Breadcrumbs", "Cupid and the nightingale" , “Blackie and Reggie”, “Down!”, “The Big Wave and the Little Wave”, “The Philosopher Beetle and Others”, “Ginger Cookies”, “The Quacking Mailbox”, “Crow and the Sun”, “About the Boy Who growled at the tigers", "Miranda the Explorer", "Mice on the Moon", "Nelson and the Hen", "Knolls and the Juniper", "A Little Penguin Named Prince", "About the Little Bus Who Was Afraid of the Dark", "About Zzzzzzz”, “About Ernie the Parrot Who Got Measles”, “About Olivia the Seagull and Rosalind the Turtle”, “Joe’s Travels”, “Fish and Chips”, “St Pancras and King’s Cross”, “About Olivia the Snail and the Canary ", "Shhhhhh!", "Yak", "The Three Hats of Mr. Kepi", "About the Beetle and the Bulldozer", "About the Beauty Cow", "About the Piglet Who Learned to Fly", "About the Tiger Cub", "About the Tiger Cub Who Loved take a bath", "Daisy's Journey to Australia", "Annabelle", "Ant and Sugar", "Bam! ", "Everything is topsy-turvy", "Ha-ha-ha! ", "The Komodo Dragon", "The Forgotten Birthday of Komodo", "Little Red Riding Hood of Komodo", "The Grasshopper and the Snail", "The Milkman's Horse", "The Rhinoceros and the 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 of hers are available in Russian:
“Young Wizards” Series: “How to Become a Wizard”, “Deep Magic”, “High Magic”, “Boundless Magic”
“Magical Cats” series: “The Book of Moonlit Night”, “A Visit to the Queen”
Star Trek Series: "Doctor's Orders", "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 a 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”, “The Valley of Wish-ton” Vish", "Bravo, or in Venice", "Heidenmauer, or the Benedictines", "The Executioner, or the Abbey of the Winegrowers", "Pathfinder, or the Lake-Sea", "Mercedes from Castile", "St. John's Wort, or the First Warpath", "The Two Admirals", "Will-o'-the-Wisp", "Wyandotte, or the House on the Hill", "On Land and Sea", "Miles Wallingford", "Satanstowe", "The Surveyor", "Redskins", "Gleades in the Oak Woods, or Bee Hunter”, “Sea Lions”, “The fantastic story of the brigantine of the same name “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: “The Country of Crimson Clouds”, “From Outside”, “The Path to Amalthea”, “Afternoon, XXII Century”, “Interns”, “Attempt to Escape”, “Distant Rainbow”, “It’s Hard to Be a God”, “Monday” starts on Saturday”, “Predatory Things of the Century”, “Anxiety”, “Ugly Swans”, “Snail on the Slope”, “The Second Invasion of the Martians”, “The Tale of the Troika”, “Inhabited Island”, “Hotel climber”, “Baby”, “Roadside Picnic”, “Guy from the Underworld”, “Doomed City”, “A Billion Years Before the End of the World”, “A Tale of Friendship and Unfriendship”, “Beetle in an Anthill”, “Lame Fate” ", "The waves extinguish the wind", "Burdened with evil, or Forty years later"
Plays: “The Jews of the City of St. Petersburg, or Sad Conversations by Candlelight”, “Five Spoons of Elixir”, “Without Weapons”
Stories: “Deep Search”, “Forgotten Experiment”, “Six Matches”, “SKIBR Test”, “Private Speculations”, “Defeat”, “Almost the Same”, “Night in the Desert” (another name is “Night on Mars” ), “Emergency”, “Sand Fever”, “Spontaneous Reflex”, “Man from Pasifida”, “Moby Dick”, “In Our Interesting Times”, “On the Question of Cyclotation”, “The First Men 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”, a story “The Devil Among Men” and a story “Details of the Life of Nikita Vorontsov”.
Boris Strugatsky alone, under the pseudonym S. Vititsky, wrote the following works: “The 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 Hryllops Family”, “Kriktor”, “Adelaide. Winged Kangaroo."
December 6, 1943 - April 30, 1992, poet and artist. Published collections of poems: “We went forward - we came back”, “Bird in a Cage”, “Cranks and Others”, “Hooligan Poems”, author’s collections: “Cranks”, “Talking Raven”, “Vitamin of Growth”.
Born in 1952 - teacher, playwright, writer. The author of more than 20 books, the books “The River Flowing Backwards”, “The Winter Battle” and “The Grief of the Dead King” were published in Russian.
Born on January 18, 1981, she wrote two books: “Waffle Heart” and “Tonya Glimmerdahl.” Both of these books by Maria Parr were translated into Russian.
Max Fry- literary pseudonym of the authors Svetlana Martynchik and Igor Stepin. Svetlana Yuryevna Martynchik (born February 22, 1965, Odessa) is a contemporary writer and artist. Igor Stepin (born 1967, Odessa) - artist.
Books in the “Labyrinths of Echo” series: “The Labyrinth” (“Stranger”), “Volunteers of Eternity”, “Simple Magical Things”, “The Dark Side”, “The Executor”, “Obsessions”, “The Power of the Unfulfilled”, “The Chatty Dead”, “ Labyrinth of Menin. Books in the “Chronicles of Echo” series: “Forehead of the Earth”, “The Tulan Detective”, “The Lord of Mormora”, “The Elusive Habba Han”, “The Crow on the Bridge”, “The Sorrow of Mr. Gro”, “The Glutton Laughing Man”. Books outside the series: “My Ragnarok”, “Encyclopedia of Myths”, “Book of Complaints”, “Nests of Chimeras”, “Fairy Tales and Stories”, “Book for People Like Me”, “Book of Lies”, “Book of Imaginary Worlds”, “The Ideal Novel”, “The Yellow Metal Key”.
The books will be educational 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” (not published 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 Bell for Ham” (“The Crook Factory”), 2000 “Darwin’s Blade”, 2001 "Hardcase", 2002 "A Winter's Haunting", 2002 "Hard Freeze", 2003 "Ilium", 2003 "Tough as Nails" "("Hard as Nails"), 2005 "Olympos", 2007 "The Terror", 2009 "Drood", 2009 "Black Hills" (at this time not yet published in Russia), 2011 “Flashback” (at this time not yet published in Russia).
The books will be educational for another 10-20 years.