We remained at the level of the twentieth century, when everyone was illiterate and the librarian really was a guide and beacon of culture and knowledge - our working methods are still the same... Personalization is a departure from totalitarian pedagogy. From the report of N. Marchenko, senior scientist. collaborator Institute of Biography National. Bib. Ukraine named after. V. Vernadsky We remained at the level of the twentieth century, when everyone was illiterate and the librarian really was a guide and beacon of culture and knowledge - our working methods are still the same... Personalization is a departure from totalitarian pedagogy. From the report of N. Marchenko, senior scientist. collaborator Institute of Biography National. Bib. Ukraine named after. V.Vernadsky
1. Preservation of a common cultural platform. Children should read the books that their parents read. Connection of generations. 2.Give the child a book where he will see his thoughts, doubts, and hopes reflected; reflection of the modern world. There should be a book for family reading that provokes discussion and debate. 3.Give your child a book that would help him build his own world and give him a piece of personal, individual space. 4.Give your child a book for friends. To want to discuss, worry in the company of peers. 5.Give your child a book that would captivate him with the happiness of learning. A book that captivates, broadens one's horizons. Conclusion: Together with a book, we must give the child a fulcrum in which his past, present and future coexist. THE SUPER TASK of working with the book.
Sergey Makhotin is a famous children's poet and prose writer from St. Petersburg. The author of not only funny, but also serious and psychologically sensitive poems for school and preschool children. Sergei Anatolyevich Makhotin calls writing poetry for children the happiest activity in the world.
Mikhail Davidovich Yasnov is a poet, translator, and children's writer. He writes wonderful, talented books, full of enthusiasm and immediate joy, for children and their parents. Every line of his works contains a cheerful game of words, good humor and an unexpected versatility of meaning. What a pity that the weeks fly by so slowly! And what, when born, children do not immediately say! Otherwise, as soon as I saw my mother, I would immediately, as if immediately “Thank you!” told her. Because I was born! Because I'm alive! For being together with dad Let's go home now! Because we open the door and know in advance that mom is humming and waiting for us for dinner!
The little white dog wants sausages. She makes smart and devoted eyes. Here's my school sandwich, take it, doggy. But the grandmother noticed through binoculars from the window. Eat quickly, little dog, and get off your feet. If grandma catches... God forbid! Arthur Givargizov. Quite often the author sincerely believes that his smoothly rhymed, touching lines are in tune with the “serene and joyful world of childhood”
We have been waiting for a younger brother for a long time. We are talking about one thing about him. We are waiting for him in the evening, We are waiting for our beloved brother (or maybe sister) in the morning. And let him grab toys without asking! Let him drink from my Painted mug, Let him be too small and weak for now. Brother always stands up for his brother! I have already acquired a heavy weight, I do push-ups on the floor seven times in the morning... And now I wear my trousers carefully: The baby will also need them. Marina Boroditskaya seems to me like a festive fireworks display, a salute to the reclaimed joy of life.” Olga Korf
Quote: This book “Where There Is No Winter” was written for teenagers, but I urge all adults to read it. Because it is like warm bread: excellent in taste, smell, touch, and absolutely necessary for... and what is bread for? Read books by Dina Sabitova. Read, children, read, adults. Just don’t pass by, don’t remain indifferent.
The little ones were walking in the yard. Little gray ghouls pecked the grains. They look like GOOLS! - And they rushed forward. The ghouls are watching - LYALI! - Oh my God! Just yesterday, the very term “maternal poetry” suggested centuries-old folklore forms: all these nameless nurseries and nursery rhymes that were repeated over the cradle of a baby by generations of loving mothers. And today maternal poetry has acquired a new young name. Anastasia Orlova is a poet with a sparse but attractive biography.
Asya Kravchenko If you suddenly want to please your horse, you will give her flowers, preferably fresh, from the garden. Tulips, daffodils, peonies She will be happy with any. From delicate flower buds there is spring in the horse’s soul! Adults always have no time, and Tashka has to cope with everything herself: placing a crocodile in good hands, finishing her father’s article, arranging someone else’s wedding. But there’s something she can’t cope with - the house is about to be demolished and she has to move. It turns out that it’s not so easy to leave a home where every dog knows you, where your great-grandmother lived, and her strange stories still live.
“I write not about children, but about problems that concern me, and, it seems to me, should concern children. Naturally, some children I know, friends’ children, or my memories of myself as a child can serve as “material for research.” And honestly, I have a feeling that the questions that trouble a little person continue to plague an adult, only as adults do we have more points of view, so in my texts I always try to show children the ambiguity of everything that happens to them ." The book is written masterfully. There remains a feeling, even an aftertaste, that the book was dictated by the child himself - the language is so vivid, the intonation is reliable, the characters are truthful. You trust the author unconditionally. Amazing psychological prose about a little man and the big philosophical questions he asks. 100% fit into the image and inner world of the child. Asya Petrova
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, overnight, many citizens of a multinational country found themselves living, albeit nearby, but still abroad. A young prose writer is trying to understand how, after the collapse of the “new Babylon,” a Russian speaking with a Georgian accent can live in his historical homeland? What should the son of a Jewish woman and an Azerbaijani man do? It's scary to be a stranger. Denis Gutsko
Nikolai Nazarkin In “The Emerald Fish” it is about children who are seriously ill. One might say it is incurable. And life is difficult for them. Much harder than many of us. Instead of exciting adventures, they have a hospital regime, injections, IVs and other, you know, “pleasures”. And no amount of magic will help them, because we are not living in a fairy tale, not in a movie.
Books like “Give it to me!” by Irina Denezhkina should be read to parents as a warning, not to children. There are no bad children, there are bad parents. Why have we become so indifferent that all this horror and all this abomination seems to us something everyday? Why have parents become so selfish that they feel sorry for the time to build a relationship with their child, to create a normal favorable climate in the family, so that looking at this, the child develops normally and feels needed, loved? No need to shout that it’s time? this... No, it’s us, parents, who create with our own hands what we then close our eyes to and pretend that all this doesn’t exist. Somewhere a long time ago I read the idea that “we live like we write a draft.” Maybe it’s worth starting to live “cleanly”, huh? Irina Denezhkin
A. Zhvalevsky. E. Pasternak A. Zhvalevsky. E. Pasternak “Time is always good” “I finished reading it. Simply great! Honestly, it was impossible to tear myself away! You know how to squeeze a tear out of a reader. I myself don’t understand why, but while reading the ending, I sat and sniffled. The idea is great! And the absence/presence of books, and division into columns, and the beating of the heart, and “eye to eye” - so vital. Great. I read it in one sitting. Let's binge, so to speak. I liked it very much!!!" (Reader reviews)
Children's project by Lyudmila Ulitskaya Children's project by Lyudmila Ulitskaya “Other, others, about others” was conceived so that you and I learn that all people are different and that other cultures and customs must be treated with respect. The books are devoted to different aspects of human life: family, religions, professions. The main goal of the project is for us to understand how diverse the world is, and all people live, dress, eat, pray in their own way, not because they are better or worse than us. They're just different.
Marina Aromstam How do you choose books? By the author's name? By name? According to the publisher's annotation? From the picture on the cover? If so, then Marina Aromshtam’s story “When Angels Rest” will definitely be taken off the shelf and taken home. The whole set of external signs of a “good book” is evident here. The author's name is beautiful, sonorous and somehow very literary. The name is mysterious, alluring. A little pretentious, true, but just enough to “hook” the reader.
The literary project “For Those Over Ten” presented the first books for children. “Dear mothers, fathers, grandparents! Publishing house "Zhuk" (Living Smart Books) presents a series for those over ten. We are pleased to inform you that this series is for you! After all, you are over ten? And your children? Or maybe grandchildren? Then gather your whole family and start some exciting reading! Books from the new series will be equally interesting to both adults and children.” The author of the project is Yuri Nechiporenko
Out: “The Fictional Bug” (Narnia, 2011) “The Big Book of Adventures and Mysteries” (Eksmo, 2011) “Recipe for Love” (this is a romance for girls) (Eksmo, 2012) “The Winter Book of Adventures” (Eksmo, 2012) Yulia Kuznetsova Do not upset the balance either by word or gesture. Don't show feelings, live in a whisper. Hide. Freeze. Disappear. Imagine that you are in a collapsing cage from a scary trick. Take more air and wait until the evening, or better yet, the weekend, when you can go with your dad to Vorobyovy Gory to ride bikes, and then open a new jar of jam. And don't be afraid of anything. Ask only one thing, so that the murmur of which makes you forget about pain and your own weakness does not dry up and leave its channel. So that you are not condemned to wait and sentenced to believe and love with all your might. And don't be afraid of anything. "Where is Dad?"
Daniel Pennac “If, as they say every now and then, my son, my daughter, young people don’t like to read, don’t blame either TV, or modernity, or school.” “Who? - You ask, - and most importantly, what to do in this case?” In his book Like a Novel, Daniel Pennac generously shares techniques that are as simple as they are effective. A teacher, Pennac brilliantly implemented these methods in school and taught his students a love of reading. A writer, he made the whole world read and love his books.
Jean-Claude Murleva “It is difficult for anyone who has tasted the delights of the theater, the fullness of communication with the audience, to abandon this world. I like to look into the eyes of my listeners, make them laugh, enjoy the pause after the spoken phrase, and focus on the smallest details. Every time it seems that we have gathered for a holiday, among our own, that this is our way to fight against barbarism in all its forms.”
“...Never rush to give up, if you are told that this or that is too difficult, unattainable from your position, “better a bird in the hand than a pie in the sky,” dare and take a step forward along the path you desire. Then another... and another... Then someday you will look back and be surprised at how far you managed to go.” Ekaterina Murashova
Aspiring authors, having written their first book, are confident that publishing houses will readily buy their manuscript and help them achieve fame overnight. However, in practice, having tried to sell his creation, a writer who has neither a big name nor the funds to pay for a large print run quickly realizes that it is very difficult to realize his dream. What to do in a situation when publishers do not engage in dialogue and, one after another, ignore a newcomer or refuse his timid requests? Is there a way to convey your innermost thoughts and feelings to a wide range of readers and make your words heard by the world?
Some time ago, the New Names Literary Agency announced the launch of the New Names of Contemporary Literature program. It was created with the sole purpose of helping the most talented contemporaries express themselves. And as part of the program, every writer, no matter how many books he has, got the chance to publish his creation completely free of charge and see the finished book in a bright cover on the shelves of libraries and bookstores. Throughout the year, Russian-speaking poets and prose writers from all regions of Russia, CIS countries and other countries sent their manuscripts. They were carefully read and appreciated. All writers received reviews of their works, many of which found their way into print.
As part of the “New Names of Contemporary Literature” program, books for adults, children and teenagers were published. Older readers today will be able to travel back in time and relive the times of the so-called “Brezhnev stagnation” together with the main character of Alexander Kolomiytsev’s story “Becoming” - a young specialist who came to a taiga village to drill and saw how low the level of production was, how the available technologies and views on the work of the conservative authorities are outdated. Together with Vera Sytnik, in the chapters of the grotesque novel “Citizen Gr”, everyone will be transported to a fictional world reflecting the realities of the end of the last century and will try to find their place in conditions of complete instability, shaken ideals and new standards that were born during the social restructuring of society. Thanks to the poems of Daria Bobrovskaya, collected in the book “Life without Facebook,” fans of modern poetry will look at the world through an airplane window and see the existing reality in all its diversity, with all the pros and cons, beauty and ugliness. Following in the footsteps of Elena Petrova, book lovers will walk through other realities together with the hero of the book “Purple Dreams” and try to distinguish truth from fiction, reality from fantasy, dreams from reality. An unexpected surprise awaits them, and with the help of the experience gained in the kingdom of Morpheus, or perhaps in the best of worlds, they will be able to see and correct the mistakes made every day, year after year. In addition, the author will invite all adult readers to the pages of the novel “The Forgotten Secret” and tell about a young man named Arseny, who cannot walk, but has a rare talent - the ability to translate ancient manuscripts. Of course, he will have to find out something grandiose, get to the bottom of his own past and unexpectedly vigorously rush towards the unknown future. The trip to the distant island of Shikotan, where Maria Starodubtseva calls everyone, everyone, everyone in the book “Waves Breaking on the Rocks,” will not be forgotten either. A girl named Lika is seriously ill, her family is falling apart under the weight of circumstances, poverty and hopelessness. Readers who are not afraid of the harsh truth of life will find out whether there is a way out of the situation and where to look for it. Well, romantic people who believe that “all ages are submissive to love” are simply obliged to get acquainted with Yulia Kameneva’s books “Give me a poodle”, “Let’s go for a ride” and “To be friends or to love”. Together with very realistic characters, they will experience unforgettable love stories, try to find mistakes in the past that destroyed the future, understand the price of one single word, and realize that in order to find happiness, you must first find yourself.
Teenagers who love to read and wander through worlds drawn by the rich imagination of talented authors, thanks to the “New Names of Contemporary Literature” program, will be able to live several very different lives and learn things about which they may have had no idea before. They will travel through space and time in the company of ordinary schoolchildren and a mysterious alien, meet historical figures and become participants in incredible adventures that take place on the pages of Adrian Faravan's book "The Time Funnel". They will be able to combine the incompatible, visit parallel universes and find out something about mortality and immortality, dreams and reality, together with the characters from Lyudmila Chebotareva’s story “Accolade”. After reading the book “On the Edge,” written by Nadezhda Smagliy, the guys will understand how different people are, and what it takes to break out of the shackles of everyday life and rush to the cherished heights, which not everyone dares to even dream of. In addition, both schoolchildren and their parents will find a lot of interesting things in the unusually realistic, very life-like, telling about the important and eternal stories of Valery Krasnov, which became part of the collection “Stories for Big and Small.”
Well, the youngest readers, who, of course, could not remain without gifts from the publishing house "Union of Writers" and the Literary Agency "New Names" will become witnesses of real miracles and will be convinced that miracles are not only real, but also constantly happen in everyday life. Boys and girls on the pages of Irina Vasilyeva’s books “Rugrats” and “School for Dogs” will recognize themselves in charming characters, as if in a mirror they will see the reflection of their own hopes, experiences and daily routine with all the joys and sorrows, they will learn to love nature more and better understand our smaller brothers. They will take a walk through the “Land of Yasami”, not only enjoying the talent of Arkady Mlynash, who allowed light, cheerful, cheerful poems to be born, but also seeing themselves from the outside, together with the hero they will go to the sea, go mushroom picking, try shopping and , maybe they will even be able to sew themselves to the sofa. Kids will get to know the legends of Siberia and the most popular characters who are found in the tales of different villages located thousands of kilometers apart, and therefore, for sure, are the real truth. In Elena Dolgikh's book "A TALE about ancient times (A word about the land of Siberia)" Pocepa, Honey Beard, Moryana and many others are waiting for them. Young readers will find magic in all its forms and good stories with the participation of charming, completely new characters in Alla Radevich’s collection “Fairy Tales for Children.” Well, everyone who likes winter with its unforgettable wonders will sympathize with the heroes of Firdausa Khazipova and try to prevent Warmth from forever defeating Cold and depriving the world of this wonderful time of year on the pages of the fairy tale “Frosty and Cold.”
Books published under the “New Names of Modern Literature” program can already be read in children's and adult libraries in Moscow, Novokuznetsk, Orel and many other cities. They are available in the online stores “Planet of Books”, “Litres”, “Ozon” and “Optlist”. Detailed information about the best creations of contemporaries over the year appeared in a number of printed publications and on major Internet resources. In different regions of Russia, creative evenings and meetings were held with writers who managed to prove to the world that they deserve to be heard and understood. Thousands of readers have enjoyed the colorful worlds that were born in the subconscious of the most talented people of our era and, thanks to their gift, became reality on the pages of new books.
Soon, very soon, even more books will be released that have already been assessed by reviewers as part of the “New Names of Contemporary Literature” program. All fans of truly good, kind, bright works, filled with meaning, carrying a positive attitude and providing rich food for thought, will have many magical surprises and unforgettable gifts in 2017.
Eduard Verkin (born in 1975).
Currently, many young children's authors have appeared on the book Olympus, among them the writer Eduard Verkin. Eduard Verkin was born in May 1975 in Vorkuta. The writer's father is a miner, his mother is a pharmacist. He studied in parallel at the history and law faculties of Syktyvkar State University (since 1993). After completing his studies in 1998-1999. worked at one of the universities in Vorkuta as a teacher of social science disciplines.
It was at this time that Eduard Verkin began to study literature. In 2003, on the recommendation of a local writing organization, he received a referral to study at the Higher Literary Courses at the Literary Institute. A. M. Gorky.
Eduard Verkin's stories were published in the Komi Republican almanac "Bely Bor", in the magazine "ART", his play "Rat and Dog" was awarded a diploma and a valuable prize at the Zarni Yol festival of theatrical art. Russian readers could get acquainted with the work of E. Verkin on the pages of the magazines “North”, “Ural”, “BeregA”. The works of E. Verkin were published in Boris Strugatsky’s science fiction magazine “Noon, 21st Century”.
Since 2004, Eduard Verkin’s books have been published by Eksmo Publishing House in several series: “Children's nightmares”, “Board book for girls and boys”, “Only for boys”, “Horrible stories”, “Horror stories”, “Black kitten”, “Chronicle of the Land of Dreams”.
In his books, Eduard Verkin writes about what worries children, as well as about school and modern problems of teenagers.
When Eduard Verkin was asked where he gets ideas and themes for his works, he replied that these stories are from childhood: memories from “kindergarten” age, “scary stories” told during quiet time, school everyday life in a Soviet high school, work at production, studying at university. E. Verkin also noted that he had a university diploma in eleven versions; perhaps the desire for writing came from there. In a word, personal everyday observations formed the basis of many of the writer’s works.
The first attempt at writing was in the form of a competition entry dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War. It was published in a local newspaper, although it did not win any prizes, but brought the young author a fee of fifteen rubles. In this work, E. Verkin talked about how good it would be if grandfather remained alive and not died at Stalingrad.
Continuing his story about the beginning of his writing career, E. Verkin says:« Then I wrote something else. Scary, boring, different... In the evenings, after work... Winter that lasted for nine months... Endless night, and in the summer the same endless day with the sun never setting... All the conditions to become a writer... Everything you need to invent your own world . And the world was made up. The story about the “Place of Dreams”. It cannot be said that this was the only text. There were stories, a story about school, a satirical novel about vampires (well, of course, about who else?), some even serious ones. But the main and favorite one was the fairy tale about a world where all dreams come true. Time dragged on. But one day the story was finished and began to live».
E. Verkin works in different genres, as he says,« I don’t have any particular preferences in my work. “Scary Stories” is a tribute to my youthful passion for Stephen King; I always wanted to do something like that. At one time, I read a large number of our domestic “horror stories”, I didn’t really like them, and I decided to compose my own... Everything is closer to me: mysticism, fantasy, realistic stories, and I want to come up with something about animals. In general, it all depends on the mood. I don't do much custom work. Sometimes such a moment happens, however, for me it coincides successfully. It’s generally difficult for me to imagine how you can work if you don’t like the work at all. And I don’t really understand authors who are tied to one genre and style; it seems to me that sounding on one note is boring and tiring».
The fantasy series received the greatest popularity among readers and critics "Chronicle of the Land of Dreams" - novels "Place of Dreams", "Bee Wolf", "Cats Walk Across", "Snow Dogs" .
The works of Eduard Verkin have been awarded the National Children's Literary Award “Treasured Dream” three times. In 2007, the novel by E. Verkin "Place of Dreams" received an additional award in the category “For the best work in the genre of science fiction and fantasy.” In 2008, the writer's novel "Cats walk across" took first place in the “Big Prize” nomination, and the story "Dead Man" in 2009 - second place in the “Big Prize” nomination. In 2011, E. Verkin was awarded an incentive prize at the National Competition for the best literary work for teenagers “Kniguru” for the story "Friend - April" .
E. Verkin's first major work is the novel “Place of Dreams.” This book invites you to the land of a child's dreams. It is inhabited by elves, goblins and all kinds of computer game characters. Real children aged 13-14 years also go there. How do they get there? In a variety of ways, for example, playing on the computer or reading a book. Once in this world, they become what they see themselves in their hearts: knights, wizards, or even rangers. Some rob gnomes for food, some impose tribute on goblins, and some make a living in more noble ways. In this country everything is real: hunger and cold, suffering and even death. True, death turns into a return to the real world.
The genre that the writer chose is not new. It is clear that this is fantasy. But behind all these miracles are reflections on who we really are. And who will we become when we find ourselves in a country where there are no prohibitions, where you can do as you please? Why do some become bandits and others become heroes? And what is very important: there are two ways to return from that otherworldly, unreal world. The first is to die, but then you can forget about the country of your dreams, the second is to move “to another level,” and then everything will be different. In games, this means killing all the monsters.
What about in life?
The book turned out to be very funny in places, and sad in others. But the most important thing is that after reading it there is something to reflect on and think about.
The writer’s latest book, the story “Friend-April,” talks about the problems of teenagers growing up in unfavorable social conditions, about the formation of personality, and about the complexity of life choices. And this is also a story about love.
Currently, the writer lives and works in Ivanovo.
Books by Eduard Verkin:
The Big Book of Summer Adventures. - M.: Eksmo, 2010. - 381 p. - (The Big Book of Adventures).
The same: Ed. 2008.
The thief is an iron jaw: a story. - M.: Eksmo, 2006. - 188 p. - (Black kitten).
Trap for a werewolf: a story. - M.: Eksmo, 2008. - 188 p. - (Summer Detective).
Cats Walk Across: Novel: 3rd book in the “Chronicle of the Land of Dreams” series. - M.: Eksmo, 2009. - 413 p. - (The Big Book of Adventures).
Cats walk across: a novel. - M.: Eksmo, 2007. - 473 p. - (Chronicle of the Land of Dreams).
The best adventures for boys: stories. - M.: Eksmo, 2010. - 380 p. - (The Big Book of Adventures).
For boys under 16 and older: a reference book on life / ill. V. Lesnikova. - M.: Eksmo, 2008. - 361 p.: ill.
Real extreme: how not to get lost in the forest. - M.: Eksmo, 2004. - 185 p. - (Only for boys).
Island of the Last Villain: A Novel. - M.: Eksmo, 2009. - 155 p. - (Space adventures).
Lord of toothy monsters: a story. - M.: Eksmo, 2007. - 187 p. - (Black kitten).
The truth about ghosts: a story. - M.: Eksmo, 2005. - 187 p. - (Horror stories).
Snow Dogs: (Chronicle of the Land of Dreams): novel. - M.: Eksmo, 2009. - 378 p. - (The Big Book of Adventures).
The Monster of Rose Street; The truth about ghosts: stories. - M.: Eksmo, 2010. - 377 p. - (The Big Book of Horrors; Book 1).
Literature about the work of Eduard Verkin:
Verkin Eduard Nikolaevich // At the bookshelf. - 2010. - No. 3-4. - P. 125.
Sukharev, S. Everyone has the right to their own childhood: [rec. based on the book by E. Verkin “Place of Dreams” (M.: Eksmo, 2006)] / S. Sukharev // Library at school. - 2008. - No. 3 (February). - P. 26.
Anna Gavalda (born 1970).
At the moment, the French writer Anna Gavalda is one of the most popular and most read authors in the world, her works have been translated into dozens of foreign languages and enjoy the constant love of readers.
Anna Gavalda was born on December 9, 1970 in the prestigious Paris suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt. Anna's great-grandmother was a native of St. Petersburg (a line of ancestors with the surname Fulda) and was the daughter of a famous St. Petersburg jeweler in pre-revolutionary Russia. Anna, after her parents' divorce, lived in a Catholic boarding school from the age of fourteen, then received an education at the Sorbonne. She worked as a cashier and waitress. She started writing at the age of seventeen. At the age of 22 she won the national competition for the best love letter (1992), and at the age of 28 she received a prestigious award "Blood in the Inkwell" per novella "Aristot" . In 1999, while working as a teacher in a high school, she published her first collection of short stories. “I wanted someone to wait for me somewhere” , which was warmly received by critics. For this collection, Anna Gavalda was awarded the RTL Grand Prix and it was translated into almost 30 languages, bringing its author the glory of a new star of French literature. However, Anna's real success came from the stories “I loved her. I loved him" (2002) and "Just together" (2004), the latter of which won a huge number of literary awards. All of Anna Gavalda's books became bestsellers and were sold in huge quantities, exceeding a total of more than 5 million copies. Between 2004 and 2008, Anna received unprecedented fees of more than 32 million euros.
In one of the interviews, Anna admitted: “ Before I started writing, I never thought that I would become a writer. Actually, I wanted to be a journalist. But in fact, apparently, she didn’t really want to, because she failed the exams. I ended up teaching French. In the first year of college, eleven and twelve year olds. So I was a teacher for a while. And then I started composing. I came up with several ideas for stories. I wrote down these stories, and from them my first book turned out».
In March 2007, Claude Berri's film "Simply Together", based on the novel of the same name by Anna Gavalda and starring Audrey Tautou, was released in France. French critics greeted the film with enthusiasm and were generous with their praise. During the four weeks of release in France, the film was watched by almost 2 million viewers, and at the sixth International Forum of Literature and Cinema, held in Monaco, the director received an award for the best film adaptation of the novel. In 2009, Isabel Brightman made a film based on A. Gavald’s novel “I Loved Her. I loved him" starring Daniel Auteuil.
Now Anna Gavalda lives in the city of Melun, in the suburbs of Paris, and is raising two children - an 11-year-old son and an eight-year-old daughter. He writes three short stories and articles every day for ELLE magazine. Anna has a large farm, a lot of animals - cats, chickens, dogs and even donkeys. He loves painting and comics, reads Russian classics, and gives particular preference to the stories of A.P. Chekhov. When she is compared to Françoise Sagan, she says that it is a great honor for her, and in fact they are very different, although their names are often put next to each other.
The name of Anna Gavalda became known to Russian readers not so long ago, although a collection of her short stories published several years ago attracted the attention of both Russian readers and critics.
In France, Anna Gavalda's books have long been bestsellers, and now Russian readers have the opportunity to discover this interesting writer.
In November 2009, Anna Gavalda visited Moscow for the presentation of her new novel "A consolation game of petanque" . The main character of this novel, a 47-year-old architect named Charles Balanda, is torn between work in Moscow and family in Paris. However, all problems fade into the background when he accidentally learns about the death of the mother of his childhood friend. He was in love with this woman named Anouk, who worked as a nurse in the hospital, throughout his teenage years.
When Anna was asked how this generally sad story would end, she replied: “ In my opinion, the novel still has a happy ending. I became very attached to my characters and could not make them unhappy. Usually people outgrow their first love, like children's clothes, and begin to treat it with irony. Why did my hero Charles remain so strongly influenced by his friend's mother, with whom he fell in love as a teenager? I believe that first love leaves an imprint on a person's entire life. There is a saying that the first love is also the last. Of course, this is not true: a person falls in love several times in his life. But first love is special. She leaves a deep mark on the soul. I also remember my first love. And although I haven’t seen him for twenty years, I think about him every day. Maybe also because this quality is characteristic of writers. We experience love not only as love, but also as material for future work, no matter how cynical it may sound. All writers in their books talked about their first love in one way or another.».
Russian newspapers spoke about the work of Anna Gavalda in the following way: “ Gavalda - the main French literary sensation"(newspaper "Interlocutor"); “The plots of her short stories are life itself in all its diversity” (Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper).
"35 kilos of hope" - a look at the world through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old boy. At first it may seem that this is a naive confession of a teenager, but Anna Gavalda’s book is much deeper - a parable about the main thing: about choosing a life path, about the power of love and devotion. About family. That dreams can and should come true. You just have to really want it. And try really hard. Solving his “childish” problems, the thirteen-year-old hero looks for a way out - and finds it, so much so that adults have something to learn from the boy.
Despite the writer’s assertion that all her plots are pure fiction, and the characters have no prototypes, the hero of the book by Grégoire Duboscq has a prototype - this is a careless student of Anna Gavalda herself from the time when she worked as a French teacher at school. Although in fact, such Gregoires can be found in any school in the world, where it is customary to “groom all students with the same brush.” But he was born different, he has “a head like a sieve, golden hands and a huge heart,” it’s just that no one wants to try to make sense out of him, no one is trying to understand him, to establish contact with him, no one except his grandfather Leon. The boy is truly friends with him and will not exchange this friendship for anything. And parents? The parents argue all the time and take out their own irritation towards each other on Gregoire.
"35 kilos of hope" - this is adult life through the eyes of a child. A society that rejects anyone who does not want or cannot be like everyone else. Family troubles, because of which children find themselves in the “exclusion zone” alone with their non-childish problems. Spiritual maturation through self-sacrifice and love. Still, this is a very good book. Touching and gentle, she is full of optimism and faith that dreams come true.
“I would like someone to wait for me somewhere” - 12 short stories that were included in the collection and conquered the world. The book has been translated into 36 languages. In this collection, the writer, who has rightfully gained fame as a new star of French literature, vividly and soulfully depicts the most ordinary life for readers, the external transparency of which hides countless treasures of hidden desires, fears, dreams and grievances, and most importantly - love in its various manifestations. You just need to be able to see them, and the amazing will be nearby. And the most simple story at first glance, with the light hand of the author, can unexpectedly turn into a farce or become a real tragedy. Full of gentle irony, laconic everyday sketches and portraits of not at all “heroic” heroes fascinate readers with the psychological depth and emotional richness of events.
"Just together" - an amazingly wise and kind book about love, loneliness, and life. Oh happiness. This novel by Anna Gavalda is an amazing story, full of laughter and tears, gracefully woven from painfully familiar everyday life, from failures and unexpected victories, from accidents, happy and not so happy.
A. Gavalda's novel is a measured story about losers endowed with different talents, but unable to get into the rhythm of modern life and find themselves. There are many characters in the novel: Frank Lespefier is a skilled cook, torn between hard work for the owner and caring for an elderly sick granny, his only relative. Camilla Fok is a brilliant artist who cleans toilets at night. Marche de la Durbelliere Feliber Jehan Louis is the scion of an ancient aristocratic family, an expert in the smallest details of French history, forced to sell postcards because he is shy and stutters. All these strange heroes with a difficult childhood and distorted fate. They all search for themselves to no avail until they find each other. The life lines of all the characters are closely intertwined and tightly connected. No one should fall out of this knot, otherwise everything will collapse, a catastrophe will happen. " For the first time in their lives, everyone individually and all of them together felt like they had a real family. They chose her themselves, this is exactly what they wanted, this is what they fought for, and in return she demanded one thing - that they be together, that’s all.».
There are many difficult, sometimes almost hopeless, situations in the novel, a lot of despair. But there are also funny, even funny episodes in it. The book has a happy ending. " The heroes of this book were unhappy for so long, - the writer admitted in one interview, - they had to go through so much, they felt rejected and lonely for so long, and I wanted to let them become happy...».
This book won the hearts of millions of readers of all ages, collected a huge number of literary awards, and was translated into more than 30 languages of the world. A feature film was made based on the novel in France.
Novel “I loved her. I loved him" - a piercingly sad and beautiful book about love, revealing the most acute and hidden facets of this beautiful and mysterious feeling. This novel is nothing more than a dialogue between a father-in-law and his daughter-in-law, Chloe, abandoned by his son. The old man loves his granddaughters and tries to objectively understand the situation. He tries to console the young woman at this terrible moment for her. And she simply suffocates, dies of grief. And her husband’s father, a man completely distant to her all these years, suddenly opens his soul to her. He remembers with agony that he himself was once in his son’s situation. His beloved then filled a whole notebook, imagining their life together. She wanted " ...go on a picnic, sleep in the afternoon on the river bank, eat peaches, croissants, sticky rice, swim, dance, buy shoes, underwear, read the newspaper, window shop, ride the subway, keep track of the time, shove you in bed, for you to move around, lay out the laundry, go to the Opera, go to Beirut, Vienna, go to the races, go shopping at the supermarket, cook a barbecue, get angry because you forgot the coal...».
But, unlike his son, the father made a different choice, remaining in the family. And now he is talking to his daughter-in-law in a cold house that cannot be warmed... He has cooled down because the lives of several people have been shattered. And two little girls are sleeping upstairs - the daughters of Chloe and his son. And therefore we must move on at all costs...
In one of the reviews of this novel by A. Gavalda it was written like this: “ The book is unexpected, but in the author’s “signature” style it combines external simplicity with internal depth, subtle psychologism with impeccable accuracy of every word...».
Books by Anna Gavalda:
Just together: a novel. - M.: Astrel: AST, 2010. - 576 p.
35 kilos of hope: a novel. - M.: Fluid, 2007. - 119 p.: ill.
A consolation game of petanque: a novel. - M.: AST: Astrel, 2010. - 606 p.: ill.
I loved her. I loved him: a novel. - M.: AST: Astrel, 2010. - 188 p.
Literature about the work of A. Gavalda.
Anna Gavalda: In France, a girl after thirty is almost a child!: [conversation with a French writer] // Koms. Truth. - 2009. - November 5. - P. 42.
Gnezdilova, Yu. Big heart of a holey head: [rec. based on the book by the French writer A. Gavalda “35 kilos of hope” (M.: Fluid, 2007)] / Yu. Gnezdilova // Reading together. - 2007. - No. 6. - P. 39.
Davydova, V. [rec. based on the book by A. Gavalda “I loved her. I loved him” (M.: Free Fly, 2006)] / V. Davydova // At the bookshelf. - 2007. - No. 1. - P. 15.
Zubova, A. [rec. based on the book by A. Gavalda “Just Together” (M.: Free Fly, 2006)] / A. Zubova // At the bookshelf. - 2006. - No. 2. - P. 23.
Confession from the plural: [rec. based on A. Gavalda’s novel “I loved her. I loved him” (M.: Free Flu, 2006)] // Book. review. - 2006. - No. 42 (November). - P. 5.
Nomirovskaya, N. Reason to be happy: [rec. based on the book by A. Gavalda “35 kilos of hope” (M.: Publishing House “Fluid”, 2007)] / N. Nomirovskaya // Lit. gas. - 2007. - No. 30 (July-Aug.). - P. 14.
Shpalov, S. Just a novel together: [rec. based on the book by A. Gavalda “Just Together” (M.: Publishing House “Fluid”, 2007)] / S. Shpalov // Culture. - 2007. - No. 12 (March-April). - P. 3.
There is an opinion that all talented storytellers lived a long time ago, and since the times of Barto, Chukovsky and Mikhalkov, nothing interesting has appeared in children’s literature, and they still haven’t come up with anything better than Nosov, Rybakov and Bulychev for children. Meanwhile, children's literature in Russia is developing well. New books appear every day. Meet new names in children's literature that you will hear about more than once. I offer several modern writers whose books can be safely placed on a bookshelf.
Tamara Mikheeva. How lucky we are that in our generation we have this born storyteller, with whose stories we can grow and mature! First it will be “Shums”, (Shums are mysterious inhabitants of parks, forests and squares. They resemble Moomins, hobbits, and Cheburashka, but at the same time they are completely independent creatures with their own history, way of life, naive and touching view of the world and very human relationships. They live in trees and protect them. The Shums will teach little readers kindness, compassion, joy of life and caring attitude towards all living things. In addition, these are absolutely wonderful and exciting fairy tales and adventures. ", "Light Mountains", "Children of Dolphins" - exemplary teenage stories where magic coexists with the truth of life.
Alena Veresova comes up with touching and very tender stories for children. On the cover, her name is often adjacent to the names of young artists - Alena knows how to work in collaboration so that the artistic text and illustrations become one. Stories about Owl, Alenka's fairy tales, the adventures of the little bunny Shustrik - these stories are full of cozy miracles and, without annoying moralizing, tell about what friendship, independence and courage are.
Maria Bershadskaya, who worked 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 about holidays and losses, about uncomfortable and in its own way tragic situations in which every child can find themselves. It’s a brilliant invention to see in one image how the 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.
Yulia Kuznetsova became a laureate of the All-Russian competition for the best work for children and youth for the manuscript of the story “Where is Dad?” She is not afraid of complex topics and the “psychological story” genre, which she defines her work with. But writing about ordinary, sometimes not even very pleasant things is much more difficult than inventing fantastic stories. But Yulia Kuznetsova transforms the “prose of life” simply into prose - accurate, charming and truthful.
“This is a truck, and this is a trailer” - a story in prose for the little ones. This is a book about how a truck and its friend, a restless trailer, work from morning to night, delivering various cargoes. On the way, the heroes encounter many difficulties: holes, mountains, puddles and rain. But all this is nothing if there is a friend nearby who will come to the rescue. Popular children's author Anastasia Orlova built the plot according to the classic principle of a fairy tale story, but each hero in this fairy tale has its own unique character, its own voice and its own intonation.
Anna Nikolskaya is a popular children's writer, winner of the Sergei Mikhalkov gold medal. One of her latest books, especially loved by young readers, is a fairy tale about Avdotya Chemodanovna Svirepova. Many compare this story with the cult books about Mary Poppins and Carlson, but it is written in a completely different, modern language. One day, the mysterious grandmother Chemodanovna appears in the house of nine-year-old twins and changes their lives for the better: now the kids can enjoy cheesecakes and cottage cheese rolls for breakfast instead of oatmeal, and in the evening - walks in the rain through puddles instead of cartoons.
Daria Korzh “The Secret of the Chocolate Lady” is a fascinating tale about friendship, magic lessons and naughty, but still kind children. And most importantly, it is about a cherished childhood dream - to be in the world of sweets. The red-haired girl Tasya becomes one of the assistants of the owner of the chocolate store Isolda Markovna, and in her basement she accidentally finds a box with pastille fairies Rose and Bella. Little readers, together with Tasya, will have to solve many unusual mysteries and find out who the Chocolate Witch is.
People stop thinking when they stop reading. The importance of books for a child is very great. Books serve to expand a child’s understanding of the world, to introduce him to things, nature, everything that surrounds him. It is adults who read the child’s first books and influence the formation of his preferences and reading tastes. You need to read with your child: take a book, sit next to him and read. When books are systematically read aloud, over time the child begins to understand the structure of the work: where the beginning and end of the work are, how the plot develops. The child develops logical thinking. Thanks to reading, a child learns to formulate sentences correctly, his vocabulary expands, and his imagination develops. In addition, the child develops the ability to listen, and this is a very important quality. Experience shows that those children who were read books in childhood and told fairy tales, when they become adults, read a lot. Reading helps a child learn their native language better. Believe me, children look forward to when adults have time for them.