Biography of Marshak Samuil Yakovlevich

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There is no such person who would not know the name of Samuil Marshak. The poems of this talented poet remain in the mind forever if they are heard once. Marshak's biography says that this amazing man was born in 1887. It happened on November 3 in the city of Voronezh. Samuil Yakovlevich, in addition to writing wonderful poems, was also a literary critic, playwright, and translator. He became a laureate of the Stalin and Lenin Prizes.

Childhood and youth

Marshak's biography tells that the poet was born into a Jewish family. His father worked in a soap factory. Mother was a simple housewife. Samuil studied at the Ostrogozhsk gymnasium, then he received his education at the St. Petersburg and Y alta gymnasiums. The future poet already in his youth was diligent and inquisitive. While studying in St. Petersburg, he spent a lot of time in the halls of the public library. This person, in addition to education at home, received it also abroad. First he studied at the Polytechnic College of London, then at the University of the same city.

Creativity

Marshak's biography informs about his acquaintance with Maxim Gorky. It happened in 1904. The great Russian writer immediately saw and felt that Samuil was talented, he had a future in writing poems. Young Marshak lived at the Y alta dacha of Maxim Gorky for two years. And the first collection of a talented guy was not long in coming. He came out in 1907. However, the theme of the poems was Jewish. The collection was called "Sionides".

Marshak's biography reports that since 1906 he has been permanently living in St. Petersburg, until 1911. It was then that the poet, being a correspondent for a couple of St. Petersburg publications, went on a trip to the Middle East. The lasting impression that Samuel received made him create the best works.

Marshak also lived in England, and already with his wife. There he devoted a lot of time to his education, studied folklore. In England, he began to translate local works into Russian. The poet returned to Russia in 1914, worked as a correspondent in provincial towns and villages. Since 1920, he began to open children's cultural institutions, including on his own he created a children's theater (and the first at that time in Russia). For him, he writes plays himself. This man has done a lot for children. Everyone remembers his immortal "The Tale of the Stupid Mouse" or "Children in a Cage". The list of masterpieces is very long.

In Petrograd, a magazine for kids "Sparrow" was organized. And Samuil Marshak tried again. His biography reports that the poet devoted a huge part of his life to children's literature.

During the war, his activities continue. This amazing person donates a lot for the construction of kindergartens and boarding schools. However, he created not only children's works, but also serious feuilletons on the topic of the day. Shortly before his death, he published an autobiographical story.

Private life

Marshak's biography reports that he was married since 1912 to Sofya Mikhailovna. They raised their daughter Natanel, who at the age of one year died under a terrible set of circumstances - a hot samovar overturned on her. The youngest son of the couple lived for 21 years - he died of tuberculosis. But the eldest even briefly outlived his father, he became a famous physicist. The grandson of the poet is alive to this day. He works as a drug addiction doctor and is quite famous in certain circles.

A brief biography of Marshak reports that he left this world in 1964. The poet lived a decent life.