If you ask anyone, be it a child or an adult, who Winnie the Pooh is, then everyone will remember the cute teddy bear with sawdust in his head from the favorite children's cartoon. Funny phrases characters are often quoted, and songs are remembered by heart. The cartoon character was actually created on the basis of a cycle of two works that were written primarily for an adult audience. Many even think that Vinnie's creator is some Soviet writer, and are surprised to learn that in fact the cheerful, harmless bear came to us from good old England. So who came up with this extraordinary character?
Author of "Winnie the Pooh"
The creator of the world famous teddy bear was the English writer Alan Alexander Milne. Scottish by birth, he was born in London in 1882 into the family of a teacher. Creativity was encouraged in the family, and he made early attempts at writing in his youth. Milne had an influence on the formation of personality famous writer H.G. Wells, who was Alan's teacher and friend. Young Milne was also drawn to the exact sciences, so after graduating from college he entered Cambridge to study mathematics. But the calling to be closer to literature won: everything student years he worked on the editorial staff of Grant magazine, and later helped editor of the London humor publication Punch. It was there that Alan first began publishing his stories, which were successful. After nine years in publishing, Milne went to the front as the First World War began. After being wounded, he returned home to normal life. Even before the start of the war, he married Dorothy de Selencourt, and after seven years of family life, their long-awaited son Christopher Robin was born, partly thanks to whom the fairy tale “Winnie the Pooh” appeared.
History of the creation of the work
When his son was still a three-year-old baby, Alan Milne began writing children's fairy tales. Little Bear first appears in one of two collections of poems for Christopher, also by Milne. Winnie the Pooh did not get his name right away; at first he was just a nameless bear. Later, in 1926, the book “Winnie the Pooh” was published, and two years later - its sequel, which was called “The House on Pooh Edge”. Almost all the characters were based on real Christopher Robin toys. Now they are kept in the museum, and among them there is a donkey, a pig, and, naturally, a teddy bear. The bear's name was really Vinnie. It was given to him when Robin was 1 year old, and since then it has become the boy's favorite toy. The bear is named after the Winnipeg bear, with whom Christopher became very close. Amazingly, Alan Milne never read his fairy tales to his son; instead, he preferred the works of another author. But this was more likely because the author addressed his books primarily to adults, in whose souls a child still lives. But still, the fairy tale “Winnie the Pooh” found hundreds of grateful young readers for whom the image of the mischievous bear was close and understandable.
The book not only brought Milne a significant income of two and a half thousand pounds sterling, but also enormous popularity. The author of "Winnie the Pooh" has become a favorite children's writer for several generations right up to the present day. Although Alan Alexander Milne wrote novels, essays and plays, few people read them now. But, according to one survey conducted in 1996, it was the story about Winnie the Pooh that took 17th place in the list of the most significant works of the past century. It has been translated into 25 languages.
Many researchers find a lot of autobiographical details in the book. For example, Milne “copied” some of the characters from real people. Also, the description of the forest coincides with the landscape of the area where the author of “Winnie the Pooh” himself and his family loved to walk. Among other things, Christopher Robin is one of the main characters
It is impossible not to mention the English artist Shepard, who drew illustrations for Milne’s book. It was based on his sketches that the Disney cartoon was filmed in 1966. Many more film adaptations followed. Below are the characters of the most famous of them, created in 1988.
The Soviet reader became acquainted with the “bear with only sawdust in his head” in 1960, when Boris Zakhoder’s translation of Milne’s book was published. In 1969, the first of three cartoons about Pooh was released, and the next ones were released in 1971 and 1972. Fyodor Khitruk worked on them together with the author of the translation into Russian. For more than 40 years, the carefree cartoon bear has been entertaining both adults and children.
Conclusion
Do you know who wrote Winnie the Pooh? There is probably no person living in the post-Soviet space who would not be familiar with such a famous character as. More than one generation of children has been watching with bated breath the adventures of a charming, well-fed bear who loves honey and his exotic friends - Piglet the pig, Eeyore and many others. But few people know who wrote Winnie the Pooh.
This famous work, based on which it was filmed, was written by the English author Alan Alexander Milne.
Despite the fact that the work itself was published in 1925, it was first published on the pages printed publications only in a year. The writer was inspired by his son’s toy, which young Christopher named Winnie.
Alan Alexander Milne Who was Mr Milne? The future writer was born in 1882 in the English capital London into a middle-income family. His father ran a small private school, and therefore Alan had absolutely no problems getting an education. Having completed primary educational institution his dad, the guy continued his studies at Westminster High School. After which he was enrolled at Cambridge College. It was there that his writing career began. In college, our hero participated in the publication of a student newspaper and his talent was noticed by a humorous publication, where Milne was offered the position of assistant editor-in-chief. Alan managed to take part in real combat operations. With the outbreak of the First World War, he took up arms and went to the front as a career officer. Despite this, he managed to get married in 1913, and in 1920 the fruit of the marriage was born - the charming baby Christopher. Actually, it was to him that Milne dedicated his immortal work.
However, even before the publication of the book about a funny little bear with sawdust in his head, Alan was known as a fairly famous playwright, whose works were in great demand in theater circles. However, the story of Winnie the Pooh exceeded all expectations and immortalized the writer’s name, despite the fact that Milne’s collection included many worthy and noteworthy books from his pen. The work immediately gained popularity among children and their parents, who read it to their children at bedtime. A little later, based on the novel that children loved, with the development of the cinematic industry, a whole cartoon boom began - everyone began to film the adventures of the famous bear and his comrades.
Who wrote Winnie the Pooh soviet cartoon? It is also based on Milne's story, although our filmmakers slightly adapted it to the Russian style, adding other characters. Boris Zakhoder retold it and called it “Winnie the Pooh and everyone everything everything,” which served as material for the film adaptation of the Soviet animated series.
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There are many versions, but there is no definitive answer, who wrote Winnie the Pooh, a fairy tale about a funny little bear. The English original of the book was translated by many writers from different countries, and everyone considered it an honor to help children and their fellow citizens learn more about the life of the hero of this fairy tale. For example, in Poland, one of the first was the translation of the sister of the great poet Julian Tuwim, Irene. There is also large number translation into Russian, but the translation by Boris Zakhoder, which was published in 1960, is still considered the most classic.
Birth story
Everyone's favorite main character has two birthdays. He celebrated the first in August 1921, when he was presented small child- Christopher Robin, on this day the baby celebrated his first birthday. At that moment, writer Alan Alexander Milne did not yet know that this plush miracle would eventually become the main character of his book. He celebrated his second (official) birthday in October 1926, when the first edition of the book about a cheerful bear and his friends was published, which written by Allan Alexander Milne.
The mystery of the name
Many have read the book and watched cartoons about this cheerful and funny bear, but most people do not know that he got his name in honor of the Winnipeg she-bear. The bear was kept at the London Zoo back in the early 20s of the twentieth century. She got there from the Canadian Army Corps; in those days, the bear was a symbol of the army. After the end of the war, the bear remained to live in the capital of England, delighting children and adults at the zoo.
In 1924 writer Milne I took my son to the zoo for the first time to see a bear. He liked her madly and on the same day Christopher Robin named his favorite teddy bear Winnie. Over time, Christopher Robin, already aged, in 1981, will unveil a monument to the bear at the London Zoo.
First illustration
The very first to illustrate the funny Winnie the Pooh was a former army colleague, in the First world war, and Alan Milne’s colleague in one of the magazines, artist E. Shepard. The artist depicted one of the characters from the writer's real son, and Winnie the Pooh from the child's favorite toy, a bear. The artist became very famous and popular, at first he was terribly happy, but then he was disappointed, since the popularity of this illustration eclipsed all his other works. One of the first images, the Russian version of the book, was made by the artist Alisa Poret, but the illustration by Eduard Nazarov, who portrayed Winnie the Pooh in everyone’s favorite animated film, gained great popularity and fame.
After Boris Zakhoder translated the book from the original version, our Soviet Winnie the Pooh was much different from Milne the bear. The author of the new version of the book, Boris Zakhoder, when translating the book, made what seemed to him the best changes to the original text and they were very significant. All Soviet children liked the screams and chants that Winnie the Pooh said and they also repeated them in unison.
The film adaptations of the book remain a separate story. The well-known film studio Disney, in the West, made a number of animated films about the bear cub, but Christopher Robin did not like them very much. But the animated version of Fyodor Khitruk, which was made back in the Soviet Union, with incredible dubbing, where the main characters speak in the voices of E. Leonov, I. Savina and E. Garin, has become not only popular, but is also in demand among children up to today throughout the former Soviet Union.
Unfortunately, the creative team of screenwriters and directors did not have a whole and unified opinion on what the image of the main character should be, and after the creation of three episodes, the project was closed. Now, even in the West, there is an opinion that our version of the animated film turned out much better than the American creation.
Babelyan Sophia
Research work in Russian and English "The history of the creation of Winnie the Pooh." Completed by a 5th grade student from secondary school No. 65 in Krasnodar
"...We all know that children love to watch cartoons. You can always meet funny characters, learn some interesting stories. But it’s no secret that adults love the same things. Our parents especially love the cartoons of their childhood. Of course, our tastes may differ. But there are cartoons that can be interesting for people of different ages. They do not lose their popularity even today. My favorite character is Winnie the Pooh. And just the same, this cartoon can be classified as “immortal”.
I'm glad that I could choose the topic of my essay myself. Because I would really like to find more interesting information about my favorite hero. After all, not everyone knows that “Winnie the Pooh” is not just a cartoon...."
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We all know that children love to watch cartoons. You can always meet funny characters and learn some interesting stories. But it’s no secret that adults love the same things. Our parents especially love the cartoons of their childhood. Of course, our tastes may differ. But there are cartoons that can be interesting for people of different ages. They do not lose their popularity even today. My favorite character is Winnie the Pooh. And just the same, this cartoon can be classified as “immortal”. Personally, I have seen two versions of it: “The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” by Fyodor Khitruk and “Winnie-the-Pooh” produced by Disney. My mom likes the first option. And I, of course, will choose the one with more episodes.
I'm glad that I could choose the topic of my essay myself. Because I would really like to find more interesting information about my favorite hero. After all, not everyone knows that “Winnie the Pooh” is not just a cartoon.
The author of the stories is the famous English writer Alan Alexander Milne. He lived in London with his family many years ago. His only son was named Christopher Robin. Yes, it was a real boy!
For his first birthday, he received a teddy bear from his dad. Which he later named after a female bear who lived in the London Zoo.
Milne dedicated many poems to his son.
In his books, the writer talks about the friendship between a six-year-old boy and his beloved bear cub. He wanted to show that love little boy was so strong that in his eyes the toy could come to life.
Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh go on different adventures. They have to decide complex tasks, make your own choices. But throughout all the stories, Christopher Robin helps his friend solve all his problems.
Milne's books are full of Pooh's thoughts. The little bear thinks that his head is full of sawdust. But he manages to find the most unusual solutions in all cases. Therefore, it seems to me that he is quite smart.
He is also kind, friendly and responsive.
The place where the events take place is not only the baby’s room, but also the forest where new characters appear. Such as Piglet, Eeyore and Rabbit.
And in fact, the Milne family had a farm near the forest. They went there on weekends. And probably those are the ones wonderful days spent with his family on the farm inspired the writer to write new stories.
Alan Milne's original idea was to write something interesting for his son. He had no idea that his work would be so loved by readers from all over the world.
The books have been translated into different languages. The name of the bear cub was translated along with them. For example, in German his name sounds like "Pu der Bar", in French - "Winnie l"ourson." In some translations, his name is feminine.
In addition, cartoons were made based on the books. As I already said, I managed to watch two of them. But, of course, they have their differences from the original work. For example, Christopher Robin is missing from Khitruk’s cartoon. And in the work of the Disney company, more main characters appear.
I really love Winnie the Pooh and his funny adventures. I think books like this teach us something very important. For example, the need to be kind and a good friend.
What happened to the main character in the end? All the toys were kept under glass in the Milnes' house. And later, since there was a war, they were transported to America. Now they belong to one of the American tourist houses.
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As everyone knows children love watching cartoons. You may always meet funny characters and learn some interesting stories. Cartoons always teach us something useful. But it "s not a secret that grown-ups also like all these things. Especially our parents love cartoons of their childhood. Surely our tastes may differ. But there are such cartoons which can be interesting for people of all ages. They do not lose their popularity till nowadays. My favorite character is Winnie-the-Pooh. And just this cartoon may be called ""immortal"". I myself watched two of its versions: ""Winnie-the-Pooh"" by Fyodor Khitruk the one produced by Disney Company. My mum prefers the first variant. But I certainly choose more series.
I'm glad that the topic of the essay isn't fixed. So I may find some interesting information about this theme. Because not everyone knows that "Winnie-the-Pooh"" isn't just a cartoon.
The author of the stories is Alan Alexander Milne, a famous English writer. He lived with his family in London many years ago and had the only child. His son's name was Christopher Robin. Yes, he was a real boy!
For his first birthday father gave the boy a teddy bear. Who was called "Winnie" after a real-life bear that lived in London Zoo.
Alan Milne wrote a lot of poems for Christopher Robin and about him.
In his books the writer tells us about a friendship between a six-year-old boy and his favorite teddy bear. He wanted to show that one little boy so loved his toy friend that - for him - the toy animal became alive.
Christopher Robin and Winnie get into different adventures. They have to make their own decisions. Through mostly all the stories Christopher helps his friend to solve the problems.
Milne's texts are full of Winnie's thoughts. The bear thinks that he only has sawdust in his head. But he always finds the most creative ways of solving. So he"s rather clever, I think.
The bear is also kind, friendly and responsive.
The world where the story goes isn't only Christopher Robin's room. It"s also a forest where other new characters appear. Such as Piglet, Eeyore the donkey and Rabbit.
Really Milne's family had a farm near a wonderful forest. They traveled there at the weekends. I suppose that those happy days near the forest helped Alan Milne to create new stories.
At first Alan Alexander Milne just wanted to write something interesting for his son. He didn't think that his readers would love his work so much. And now people nearly all over the world know these invaluable books.
"Winnie-the-Pooh" was translated into different languages. And the bear"s name was also translated. For example, in German it sounds like "Pu der Bar", in French he is "Winnie l"ourson". In some translations he has feminine gender.
Besides there were made some cartoons about Winnie-the-Pooh. I know two of them as I mentioned before. But they certainly differ from the original. The cartoon by Khitruk doesn't include Christopher Robin. Disney's version has more characters and more stories.
I like Winnie-the-Pooh and his merry adventures. I think such books teach us very necessary things. For example, to be kind and be a good friend.
And what happened to the main hero after all? Well, the bear and all the other animals were put into a glass case at the Milne's house in London. Later they were "evacuated" to America because of the war. Now they belong to some American publishing houses.
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Winnie the Pooh
Author of the story. Alan Alexander Milne was born on January 18, 1882. English writer, author of stories about the “bear with sawdust in his head” - Winnie the Pooh. Alan Milne was born in Kilburn, London. Took part in the First World War. Write a story about Winn Puhe Milne began writing for his son Christopher Robin.
Name "Winnie the Pooh" Alan Milne gave a teddy bear to his son for his first birthday. In turn, the teddy bear Winnie the Pooh was named after a bear named Winnipeg.
Winnipeg Bear
Various film adaptations. Russian film adaptation Film adaptation by Disney.
Disney film adaptation.
In 1929, Milne sold the rights to commercially exploit the image of Winnie the Pooh to American producer Stephen Slesinger. During this period, in particular, several performance records based on Milne’s books were released, which were very popular in the USA. In 1961, the rights to the character were purchased from Slesinger's widow by Disney Studios. Based on the plot of some chapters of the first book, the studio released short cartoons. Note that in Disney films and publications, the character's name, unlike Milne's books, is written without hyphens (Winnie the Pooh), which may reflect American punctuation as opposed to British. Since the 1970s, the Disney studio has been producing cartoons based on newly invented plots that are no longer related to Milne’s books. The second Winnie the Pooh cartoon, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, won the 1968 Oscar for Best Animated Short Subject.
Russian film adaptation.
The script was written by Khitruk in collaboration with Zakhoder; The work of the co-authors did not always go smoothly, which ultimately became the reason for the cessation of the release of cartoons (it was originally planned to release a series based on the entire book). The cartoon series gained enormous popularity. Quotes from it became the common property of Soviet children and adults and served as the basis for creating the image of Winnie the Pooh in Soviet humorous folklore. In total, 21 quotes from the film were included in the colloquial speech of townspeople, half of which were from the film Winnie the Pooh and the Day of Worries. A-list actors were hired to dub the series. Winnie the Pooh was voiced by Evgeny Leonov, Piglet by Iya Savvina, Eeyore by Erast Garin.
Who wrote the English Winnie the Pooh
Author original fairy tale about Winnie the Pooh - Alan Alexander Milne. This is an English writer born in 1882 in London. His father was the owner of a private school, and the boy himself studied with Herbert Wells. During the First World War, Milne was at the front, serving as an officer. And in 1920 he had a son, Christopher Robin. It was for him that the writer wrote a series of fairy tales about a bear cub. The author used the image of the teddy bear Christopher as the prototype of the bear, and the boy became the prototype of himself. By the way, Christopher the bear's name was Edward - how full name“Teddy,” a teddy bear, but then he renamed it and called it the familiar name of a book character, after a bear from the local zoo. The rest of the characters are also Christopher’s toys, bought by his father as a gift, or given by neighbors, like Piglet. By the way, the donkey really didn’t have a tail. It was torn off by Christopher during games.
Milne wrote his tale in 1925 and published it in 1926, although the image of the bear itself appeared on August 21, 1921, on his son’s first birthday. After this book there were many more works, but none of them became as popular as the story about the bear.
Who wrote the Russian Winnie the Pooh
On July 13, 1960, the Russian version of Winnie the Pooh was signed for publication. And in 1958, the magazine “Murzilka” first published a story about “Plyukh Bear”. Who wrote the Russian Winnie the Pooh? Children's writer and translator Boris Zakhoder. It is this author who translated the story about the bear “with sawdust in its head.” Naturally, this was not just a translation, but an adaptation of the image of English characters into the Soviet style. The author also added figurative speech to the hero. In the original, of course, there was no snorting, shouting and puffing. Moreover, in the first version the book was called “Winnie the Pooh and everyone else,” and then it acquired the familiar name “Winnie the Pooh and everyone else.” Interestingly, the country's main children's publishing house refused to publish this fairy tale, so the author turned to the new publishing house Detsky Mir, which later became its first publisher. The illustrations were drawn by various artists. One of them, Viktor Chizhikov, drew another famous bear - the Olympic one. By the way, with the first fee received from the publication of the book, Zakhoder bought a Moskvich.
Screenwriter Soviet cartoon, naturally, there was Boris Zakhoder. Fyodor Khitruk acted as stage director. Work on the cartoon began in the late 1960s. The film adaptation included 3 episodes, although initially it was planned to draw all the chapters of the book. This happened due to the fact that Zakhoder and Khitruk could not agree on what the final result should look like. For example, the Russian author did not want to depict the main character as a fat teddy bear, because the original toy was thin. He also did not agree with the character of the hero, who, in his opinion, should be poetic, and not cheerful, jumping and stupid. And Khitruk wanted to make an ordinary children's story about funny animals. The main character was voiced by Evgeny Leonov, Piglet by Iya Savvina, and the donkey by Erast Garin; the music for the Winnie the Pooh song was written by Moses Weinberg. The script of the cartoon was somewhat different from the book, although it was as close as possible to it, but it was 20 phrases from the script that entered the colloquial speech of Soviet viewers, and are still used by both the old and new generations.
Disney cartoon
In 1929, Milne sold the rights to use the image of Winnie the Pooh to producer Stephen Slesinger. He released several performances on records, and after his death, in 1961, the producer's widow resold him to the Disney studio. The studio released several episodes of the cartoon based on the book, and then began to create independently, coming up with a script on its own. Milne's family did not like this very much, because they believed that neither the plot nor even the style of the animated series conveyed the spirit of the book. But thanks to this film adaptation, the image of Winnie the Pooh has become popular all over the world, and now he is used along with Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters.
Popularity in the world
The popularity of the story and its characters continues unabated. The collection of stories has been translated into dozens of languages. In Oxfordshire, they still hold the Trivia Championship - participants throw sticks into the water and see who gets to the finish line first. And several streets around the world are named after the main character. Monuments to this bear stand in the center of London, at the zoo and in the Moscow region. Winnie the Pooh is also depicted on stamps, not only from our countries, but also from 16 others. And the original toys from which the characters were described are still kept in a museum in the USA, but the UK is trying to take them back to their homeland.