Such different works of Ouspensky

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Uspensky Eduard Nikolaevich is one of the most popular children's writers in the post-Soviet space. More than one generation of children grew up reading the books he wrote.

Ouspensky's childhood and youth

The future writer was born in 1937 in the small town of Yegorievsk, which is located in the Moscow region. His parents were educated people, had an engineering education. Eduard is not the only child in the family, the boy had an older brother Igor, and later Yuri was born. After the start of the war, young Edward, along with his mother and brothers, was evacuated. Until 1944, the family lived in the Urals.

Returning to Moscow, the future writer went to school, but did not study very well. Only in the seventh grade did he begin to make progress in his studies, mathematics was best given to him. A big role in Edward's passion for reading was played by his stepfather Nikolai Stepanovich Pronsky, who had a huge library, carefully kept books and forbade exchanging them for food.

The first experiments in versification date back to the time when the young Uspensky was in the ninth grade. At that time, writing was a fashionable hobby. Poetic works of Uspenskywere published in literary newspapers and sounded from radios. A major role in the development of Uspensky as a writer of children's books was played by the experience of working in camps as a pioneer leader.

Adult Assumption

Becoming a student at the Moscow Aviation Institute, Eduard Uspensky continued to engage in literary activities. After graduating from a higher educational institution in 1961, he went to work at a factory in his speci alty. Together with G. Gorin, A. Arkanov and F. Kamov, the writer took part in the creation of the book “Four Under One Cover”, which quickly became popular. Thanks to this, Eduard Uspensky and Felix Kamov organized the student theater "TV". The success was colossal.

Later, the writer became the founder of the programs “Good night, kids”, “ABVGDeika”, “Baby monitor”, “Ships entered our harbor”. For his creative work, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.

Eduard Uspensky was married three times. From his first marriage, he has a daughter, Tatiana, from his second brother, daughters Irina and Svetlana. The third marriage with Eleonora Filin broke up in 2011, the couple had no children.

Writer's creative activity

1965 was marked by the release of a collection of poems by Eduard Uspensky "Everything is in order", which immediately received recognition from readers. However, Ouspensky's most famous works are books for a children's audience. Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka, Uncle Fyodor, Matroskin and Sharik, postman Pechkin - there is hardly a child who does not know thesecharacters. It was thanks to Ouspensky that the children's animated series "Fixies" was born, which is so loved by modern young viewers. It is based on Uspensky's story "Guaranteed little men", which was born in 1974.

Children's writer Uspensky

Cheburashka is one of the most famous characters created by this author. Together with his friends - Gena the crocodile, Galya the doll, Dima the loser, Marusya the excellent student - he opened the House of Friendship. This event formed the basis of the story "Crocodile Gena and his friends." This work was written in prose form, before that Uspensky wrote poetic texts. The writer's heroes were so fond of the audience that several more stories, novellas and plays were published from his pen, in which new exciting adventures awaited friends.

In 2012, the Russian Ministry of Education and Science included the first story about the adventures of the crocodile Gena and Cheburashka in the list of one hundred books that are recommended for middle-aged students to read on their own.

The cycle of stories about Uncle Fyodor

For many years, Uspensky's works about a boy named Uncle Fyodor and his animal friends: a cat named Matroskin and a dog named Sharik have enjoyed great success among readers. The first story from this cycle was published in 1974. There are seven books in total. Ouspensky's fairy tales were so popular that they became the basis for animated films. Between 1975 and 2011, five cartoons aboutadventures of the smart boy Uncle Fyodor and his talking animal friends.

The latest was the cartoon "Spring in Prostokvashino". Matroskin and Sharik receive a letter from Uncle Fyodor, in which the boy says that he will arrive soon. His parents will follow him. However, the old house is too small to accommodate all the guests. And then Uncle Fyodor turns to a construction company for help, which quickly built a modern cottage.

The public met the cartoon ambiguously. The audience criticized the art, which is very different from the original. The plot and hidden advertising of "Mile.ru" also caused a lot of discontent.

The Adventures of Vera and Anfisa

Ouspensky's works about the little girl Vera, her parents and the pet monkey Anfisa also have many fans. The author describes the life of this wonderful family in a fun and exciting way. Readers are happy to follow the adventures of a girl and a monkey in a kindergarten, school and clinic. Using the example of his characters, Ouspensky explains to young readers what to do if you are lost.

Uspensky Eduard Nikolaevich is a person who is known to all the inhabitants of our country. He made a significant contribution to the development of Russian children's literature. Uspensky's fairy tales can be found in every home, they teach children about friendship and caring for animals.