Yakov Akim: biography of the Soviet children's poet. Interesting Facts

2025 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-24 17:46

Remembering childhood, many of us pay attention to what books our parents read to us, in order to read them to growing children in turn. Most often these were poems or fairy tales. Today we will remember one poet, on whose works more than one generation of Soviet children was brought up. Unfortunately, the name of Yakov Akim (biography and curious facts of creativity will be presented in this article) is little known to modern parents. We propose to correct this unfortunate misunderstanding.

Yakov Akim: biography

He was born in the ancient Russian city of Galich on December 15, 1923. The environment in which a child lives has a great influence on the development of his creative abilities. Yakov and his younger brother had a wonderful, creative family. Parents loved music, books, played musical instruments. Flute, guitar, mandolin… All sorts of instruments sounded in the house where Yakov Akim lived. A familywas friendly and fun. Here everyone supported each other and helped as much as they could. Very often guests came. And then old romances and modern songs sounded. Yakov perfectly knew how to play the button accordion and other instruments.

When the boy was ten years old, the whole family moved to Moscow. Here he graduated from the ninth grade, Yakov studied very easily. He excelled at whatever job he took on. Most of all I liked writing poetry, participating in amateur performances, playing musical instruments.

The Great Patriotic War found the young man in a pioneer camp, where he worked as a counselor. During the bombing of Moscow, his father dies. Having evacuated his mother and younger brother to Ulyanovsk, Yakov Akim, whose biography is not familiar to everyone, entered the school of signalmen. After graduation, he went to the front. He went through the whole war, but the desire to write poetry did not disappear. At first he created for adults, but after the birth of his daughter, his work became somewhat different. Yakov Akim began to compose fairy tales and write poems for children. Clear and understandable, they were so philosophical that adults read them with pleasure. The poet's works have been published in many popular children's newspapers and magazines.

Interesting facts

These include:

1. In the courtyard of the house where Yakov Akim was born, a small factory was built. It produced delicious drinks, including lemonade.
2. Wrote my first poem when I was still at school.
3. Yakov Akim's books were published in huge editions, and then almost immediately reprinted.
4. The poet's creative mentor and wise adviser was Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak.
5. He dedicated poems to his friends and loved ones.
6. He was not only a poet, but also a talented translator.
7. Yakov Akim was an amazingly talented and capable person. He could become a great musician, a talented actor or even an outstanding scientist. He had perfect hearing.
8. Before his ninetieth birthday, the poet did not live only a few weeks. This tragic event took place on October 21, 2013.

Yakov Akim: books

Simple and easy to remember lines of the poet's poems were known at one time to a huge number of children. They were told at the elegant beauty of the Christmas tree, at family holidays and stage venues. Yakov Akim's poems were filled with amazing warmth. It seemed that the poet not only describes some event, but tells about it to the closest and dearest person. Let's remember some of his works:

1. "Adventures of Gvozdichkin". With humor, the author introduces us to the life of an ordinary boy Vasya. Offended by everyone, he decides that he does not need anyone. However, having experienced a large number of different troubles, he understands that a person needs his relatives and friends for a happy life.
2. "Girl and lion". A touching story of friendship between man and animal. Even small children listen to these verses with great interest.
3. "Tik-Tok teacher and his colorful school." This fairy tale must certainly be on the bookshelf in every home. ATin a delicate, unobtrusive manner, Yakov Akim helps the characters change for the better.

Finally

Yakov Akim's poems are different. Sad and funny, philosophical and careless… They teach us to love our Motherland, to be friends, to enjoy every day and much more. The biography of Yakov Akim is not so rich in various events, but this man loved life and people very much. His poems will always be relevant and in demand as long as such concepts as kindness, empathy, mercy are alive.