We offer you the TOP 10 most outstanding writers who would have celebrated their birthday in October.
Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov was born on October 1, 1791. He went down in history as a writer, literary and theater critic, public figure. At one time he was the director of the Konstantinovsky Land Survey Institute. His collections of books on hunting and fishing, as well as collections on butterflies, are widely known. Readers know him for his works “The Scarlet Flower”, “Buran”, “Essays winter day" Sergei Timofeevich made a huge contribution to the development of Russian journalism.
On October 3, 1895 (119 years ago), the Russian poet Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin was born. Today his name is on everyone's lips. Many people remember him from school famous poems. He managed to become unique and master a special writing technique peculiar only to him. Unfortunately, his life was cut short tragically under unknown circumstances. He was found hanged in one of the Leningrad hotels. Thus, Sergei Yesenin took the secret of his death with him.
Born on October 8, 1892 historical woman- poetess Marina Tsvetaeva. Many people know about the complexity and tragedy of her biography. Perhaps that is why she was able to write such exciting works. Women rarely become famous poetesses. The very term “poetess” was perceived with hostility in those days, as “it’s not a woman’s business.” But Tsvetaeva proudly defended her work. Today she can rightfully be included among the great Russian poets of the 20th century.
On October 8, 1940, the world legend John Lennon was born. In addition to his musical activities, the founder of the Beatles wrote poetry, prose, detective stories and action films. His collection includes the books “I Write as It’s Spelled”, “ The Beatles: an anthology", "The Spaniard on the Wheel" and others. Still, music was the main field of his activity. Unfortunately, John Lennon became the victim of a psychopath who killed him after taking his autograph.
Miguel De Cervantes
On October 9, 1547 it was lit new sprocket in the history of world literature in honor of Miguel De Cervantes. The famous novel about Don Quixote brought him praise and fame. He authored such works as “Travels to Parnassus”, “Persiles and Sikhismunda” and many dramatic works. It is worth noting that his share fell hard fate. At the peak of his youth, he fell into painful slavery for many years. And at the end of his life he became a monk. But despite all this, he worked until last day own life.
October 13, 1880 is the birthday of the famous satirist Alexander Glikberg, known to many as Sasha Cherny. His pseudonym has stuck since childhood. Their family had many children, two of whom were named Sasha. The blond was called “white”, the brunette, respectively, “black”. Sasha Cherny wrote on topical issues of the time; his works were often banned by the government. He was the shark of the pen in satire and showed all reality. He is also the author of children's prose and poems. Sasha Cherny was kind enough and soulful person, he was worried about the problems and troubles of the people.
On October 15, 1814, Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov was born. Great glory brought him the poem “The poet died! - a slave of honor...”, dedicated to Pushkin. Lermontov was different complex character, he was often secretive and short-tempered. He often became a participant in scandals, disputes and duels. The complexity of his soul had some influence on his death. He met his old acquaintance, Major Martynov, and in conversation with him Lermontov often made sarcastic and offensive jokes. A quarrel ensued, which subsequently escalated into a duel. Mikhail Yuryevich deliberately missed, and Martynov shot him right in the chest. Death came instantly.
Ilya Ilfa
October 15, 1897 is the date of birth of the member of the sensational literary duet - Ilya Ilf. The company Ilf and Petrov is a rather original union of writers. Their first success was brought to them by the novel "The Twelve Chairs". The next takeoff was the novel “The Golden Calf.” Films have been made based on their books and staged year after year. theatrical performances. The writers traveled to the USA together, after which they wrote the book “One-Storey America”.
Oscar Wilde
October 16 (1854) Birthday of the aristocratic writer Oscar Wilde. He was particularly popular in his circle and had a high reputation. And in 2007, according to the British newspaper The Telegraph, he was awarded the title of the most witty person Great Britain. He is the author of many poems, comedy plays and prose works. The most famous: the story “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, “Melmont”, the poem “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”.
Literary calendarSeptember
Born September 1, 1855
Innokenty Fedorovich Annensky,
poet, playwright, critic, translator,
whom contemporaries called
"the poet of world disharmony."
Alexander Petrovich Kazantsev,
one of the leading Soviet science fiction writers, author of the popular novels “The Burning Island” and “Planet of Storms”. He has won five literary awards, including International Prize in science fiction (1976), the Aelita Prize in science fiction (1981), the Young Guard magazine prize for the best work of the year (1983).
Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov.
Now in Russia among the reading public there is hardly anyone who is not familiar with this name. At the same time, his work did not receive recognition in his homeland for a long time.
Having earned a reputation as a dissident, he was forced to live in the United States from 1978.
In the USSR, they dared to publish Dovlatov’s prose only in 1989. The well-deserved fame came to the writer only after his death.
Count Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy,
poet, prose writer, playwright.
Ivan Fedorovich Nazhivin,
prose writer, publicist.
Born September 7, 1941
Vladimir Nikolaevich Krupin,
Russian writer, representative of the so-called “village prose”.
Born September 7, 1923
Eduard Arkadyevich Asadov,
poet, prose writer.
They say that the life of a poet is reflected to one degree or another in his works. But it also happens that the artist’s fate is already a legend in itself, and in
In this case, a special reader’s interest arises in it. Asadov’s life is an example of such a fate.
Born September 7, 1870
Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin,
prose writer “We should be grateful to Kuprin for everything - for his deep
humanity, for his subtle talent, for his love for his country, for his unshakable faith in the happiness of his people and, finally, for the ability that never died in him to light up from the most insignificant contact with poetry and write freely and easily about it,” he said about German K. G. Paustovsky.
Born September 9, 1918
Boris Vladimirovich Zakhoder,
poet, prose writer, translator, playwright, one of the recognized classics of Russian children's literature. Few are found in Russia
children who have not read his funny poems or entertaining tales. Millions of children and adults know him as the man who “taught Winnie the Pooh and his friends to explain themselves.”
in Russian".
Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy,
one of the most widely known Russian writers and thinkers, revered as one of the world's greatest writers.
Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy suffered painfully all his life
experienced poverty and suffering of the people. He was one of the organizers of public assistance to starving peasants in 1891. Personal labor and renunciation of wealth, property acquired thanks to
the work of others, Tolstoy considered the moral duty of every person.
Born September 10, 1872
Vladimir Klavdievich Arsenyev.
Vladimir Arsenyev was a traveler, explorer Far East, ethnographer, writer. He introduced readers to the beauties of the Ussuri region,
with the life of the inhabitants of the coastal taiga, for the first time raised the question of the ambiguous, sometimes destructive, impact of a “civilized” person
to nature, and talked about people who have maintained an organic connection with it.
Grigory Yakovlevich Baklanov,
a man of the “military generation”, who in his works about the war
brought to the fore not the political, but
moral aspect, staged both his heroes and
reader facing a problem moral choice. Films about the war based on his scripts - “Salute, Maria!” and “It was the month of May” -
were a worldwide success.
Born September 11, 1882
Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov.
Who knows what the fate of Boris Zhitkov would have been like if he had not become friends with K. Chukovsky as a child? Would he have succeeded as a writer then? Or would he live his life remaining unknown?
Korney Ivanovich wrote about the history of this friendship in his memoirs about Zhitkov.
Born September 14, 1936
Alexander Semenovich Kushner,
poet, essayist.
Born September 18, 1906
Semyon Isaakovich Kirsanov,
Russian Soviet poet,
student and colleague of Mayakovsky, who called himself a “gardener of the gardens of language” and a “circus performer of poetry,” but for the sake of censorship, abandoned experiments in poetry.
Born September 19, 1947
Viktor Vladimirovich Erofeev,
writer, publicist, essayist.
Born September 19, 1953
Dina Ilyinichna Rubina,
a writer with a “split” fate,
both creative and human. Her
books written in our country are known to everyone whose youth was in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century. Works created outside the country are addressed to a different audience...
Born September 19, 1911
Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin.
Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin is known not only as a talented poet and prose writer. The reader is more familiar with other forms of his talent: translator of the best
samples national literature and a memoirist who gave us invaluable information about the best representatives of Russian literature.
Born September 20, 1922
Grigory Mikhailovich Pozhenyan.
I was born on September 20, 1922 in Kharkov, on the mountainous Mordvinovskaya Street, in a house where shoemakers and factory workers lived mainly. Tenyakova, people preoccupied with business and many children.
Born September 22, 1891
Reuben Isaevich Fraerman.
It happens that some work becomes more famous than the author who created it. This is what happened with the story “The Wild Dog Dingo, or the Tale of First Love.” Everyone has heard about it and its film adaptation, the film by Yu. Karasik with the young G. Polskikh in the title role. But the author, Reuben Fraerman,
perhaps few will name...
Born September 23, 1936
Edward Stanislavovich Radzinsky.
“Love in a gallant age”, “ Theatrical novel", "The Mystery of the Grave royal family", "The Mystery of Stalin" ...
who doesn't know these TV shows?
Their author, Edward Stanislavovich Radzinsky, talks about “the affairs of bygone days” as if he was an eyewitness to all these events. A master of words and a master of reincarnation, thanks to him we got the opportunity to plunge into the atmosphere of bygone eras.
Vladimir Nikolaevich Voinovich,
prose writer, screenwriter, playwright, publicist, deprived Soviet citizenship thanks to his “anti-Soviet” activities and thanks to these activities, he received it again.
Born September 26, 1923
Alexander Petrovich Mezhirov,
poet, translator.
Born September 26, 1868
Sergey Alexandrovich Naydenov,
playwright. Naydenov’s dramaturgy is characterized by dynamism in the development of the conflict, subtlety of psychological
characteristics, liveliness of dialogue.
Born September 28, 1906
Alexander Petrovich Stein.
Service on warships, meetings and partings, life besieged city, the unparalleled courage of its defenders, the readiness for self-sacrifice and
feat - all this was personally experienced by the writer, everything passed through his work.
Born September 29, 1904
Nikolai Alekseevich Ostrovsky,
who created the image of Pavka Korchagin, a Komsomol hero, whose image was repeatedly embodied on the screen of Soviet cinema.
Born September 29, 1795
Kondraty Fedorovich Ryleev,
one of the most famous Decembrist poets. Friend of A.S. Pushkin, who sacrificed his life for the love of freedom and his people.
Born September 29, 1896
Alexander Borisovich Kusikov,
Russian and partly Soviet poet who belonged to the poetic movement
wing of the Imagists, author of the famous romance “The ringing of bells is heard from afar.”
Born September 30, 1875
Sergey Nikolaevich Sergeev-Tsensky,
Soviet writer, playwright, poet, critic, who became a classic during his lifetime. M. Gorky called him “a tremendous Russian artist, the lord of verbal secrets.”
Literary calendar February
Born February 1, 1884
,
novelist, playwright, essayist,
literary critic, about whom
V. Shklovsky said:
“Zamiatin entered literature
strong and confident - like an icebreaker,
breaking the ice in front of you."
Born February 1, 1902
James Mercer Langston Hughes
American poet, novelist, playwright and columnist. Hughes is known as one of the leading and influential writers of the Harlem Renaissance cultural movement and the pioneer of "jazz poetry." Hughes left extremely rich heritage in the most different genres: poetry, novel, autobiographical prose, stories, plays.
Born February 2, 1700
Johann Christoph Gottsched -
famous German writer and cultural figure, critic, historian of literature and theater, early Enlightenment theorist, theorist of German language and literature, the most authoritative defender of linguistic unification in the second half of the 18th century.
As a writer, Gottsched occupies
outstanding place in the history of development
German literature.
Born February 2, 1812
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Ukrainian poet and writer.
Born February 2, 1822
Alexander Ivanovich Palm -
Russian writer, poet and playwright, Petrashevite. Among Palm’s best works is the novel “Alexey Slobodin,” depicting St. Petersburg literary and political circles and published under the pseudonym P. Alminsky, as well as his story “The End of an Old Novel.” The novel “Alexei Slobodin” is interesting in its descriptions of the meetings of the Petrashevites and their characteristics,
in particular: S. F. Durov, F. M. Dostoevsky, A. N. Pleshcheev and Petrashevsky.
Born February 2, 1882
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Irish writer and poet
representative of modernism.
Born February 2, 1892
—
Russian Soviet writer,
author of historical novel
"Port Arthur", dedicated to
Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905.
Laureate of the Stalin Prize
first degree.
Born February 2, 1905
Ayn Rand
(nee Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum) -
American writer and philosopher, creator philosophical direction objectivism.
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Russian literary critic and writer, specialist in the works of A. P. Chekhov.
Born February 3, 1874
Gertrude Stein -
American writer, literary theorist. Stein's experimental poetry and prose, close to cubism (collection “Tender Buttons”, 1914; novel “The Making of Americans”, 1925, etc.), focused on the European avant-garde, but at the same time striving to convey the American spirit, flavor, way of thinking and oral speech, have never found wide reader recognition. The only exception became “The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas” (1933), written by Gertrude Stein at a fairly old age. A lively and witty account of Paris in the years before the First World War, written from the perspective of her lover, the book has been reprinted many times and translated into many languages.
Born February 3, 1887
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outstanding Austrian poet.
Born February 3, 1899
Lao She -
a prominent Chinese prose writer, playwright, publicist, better known for realistic and satirical prose; one of the leading masters
national literature.
Born February 3, 1946
Arkady Trofimovich Dragomoshchenko -
poet, prose writer, translator. The first winner of the Andrei Bely Prize in the field of prose (1978, for the novel “Location among houses and trees”).
Born February 4, 1505
Mikolaj Rey -
Polish writer and musician, politician and public figure of the Renaissance. Considered the “father of Polish literature”, he was one of the first Polish poets to write in Polish.
Born February 4, 1799
Joao Batista da Silva Leitan
de Almeida Garrett -
Portuguese writer and politician, Viscount. Considered the founder of romanticism in Portugal.
Born February 4, 1808
Josef Kajetan Tyl -
Czech playwright and poet,
author of the text for the national
anthem of the Czech Republic.
Born February 4, 1820
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Czech writer,
ancestress
modern Czech prose.
Born February 4, 1873
,
prose writer, who was called
an outstanding artist
animal kingdom.
Born February 4, 1907
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Russian Soviet poet, translator,
author of the drama in verse "Rembrandt",
historical poems and ballads,
great lyrics.
One of his best poems
“Do you want to know what Russia is -
Our first love in life?
addressed to the origins of the Russian spirit,
dated September 18, 1942,
when the poet was waiting for permission
go to the front.
Tragically died in September 1945.
Born February 4, 1900
—
French poet and film playwright.
Prevert was a reformer
called free verse -
without rhyme, but with a certain
internal rhythm and
musicality of the stanzas.
This style of free verse
was a tribute to surrealism
in poetry and received wide
distribution in Europe.
Although Prévert's poems do not rhyme,
but they are built in such a way that this
not felt, and they are perceived
reading and listening easily and organically. There are no punctuation marks in his poems. The prevert said: “I dump out a pile of words about what I want to say, without intending to impose on anyone how they should be read or pronounced. Let everyone do it as he wants - according to his mood, with his own intonation.”
Born February 5, 1804
Johan Ludwig Runeberg-
Finnish poet of Swedish origin who wrote in Swedish national romantic poems
content. He is best known for the cycle of poems “Stories of Ensign Stol”; one of the poems in this cycle, “Our Land,” became the anthem of Finland.
Born February 5, 1836
, public figure, critic,
publicist, poet.
Born February 5, 1893
—
poet, translator, one of the founders
and the main theorists of imagism.
Born February 5, 1914
William Seward Burroughs -
American writer and essayist.
One of the key American
authors of the second half of the 20th century.
Member of the American Academy
arts and literature. Commander of the French Order
Arts and Letters (1984).
Burroughs' novel Naked Lunch
is currently considered
one of the most important works
American literature second
half of the 20th century.
Born February 6, 1753
Evariste Desiree des Forges Guys -
French poet, member
French Academy since 1803.
The guys were formed under the influence
Voltaire. The leading genre of lyrics
Guys there was an elegy. Collection " Love poems"Published in 1778,
in 1779 - the collection “Poetic trifles”.
In 1799, he wrote the ironic poem “The War of the Old and New Gods,” in which he parodied the Bible.
Born February 6, 1886
Louis Pierard -
Belgian poet, publicist
and politician. most
Pierard's famous work was published for the first time in 1924.
"The Tragic Life of Vincent Van Gogh"
- a collection of valuable biographical
information and evidence, widely
used by subsequent authors.
Born February 6, 1914
Arkady Aleksandrovich Kuleshov -
Belarusian Soviet poet,
translator. People's poet of the BSSR.
Winner of two Stalin Prizes.
State Prize Laureate
Byelorussian SSR named after Yanka Kupala.
Leninsky Prize Laureate
Komsomol of Belarus.
Born February 6, 1958
Andrey Gennadievich Lazarchuk -
one of the most notable modern
authors working in the field
literary, philosophical
fantasy, turbo-realism.
Born February 6, 1925
Pramudya Ananta Tour -
eminent Indonesian writer.
Born February 7, 1478
—
English lawyer, Lord Chancellor, thinker, writer, humanist.
Born February 7, 1655
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French playwright.
Regnard's comedies contain
valuable behind-the-scenes material
history of higher education French society
late XVII And early XVIII centuries
Born February 7, 1812
—
English writer, novelist and essayist. The most popular English-language writer during his lifetime, he even today has a reputation as a classic of world literature, one of the largest prose writers of the 19th century.
Born February 7, 1885
—
American writer;
first US Nobel laureate
literature prizes.
Born February 7, 1905
Paul Nizan -
French philosopher and writer.
Born February 7, 1937
Doris Gehrke -
German writer, famous author
detective novels.
Born February 8, 1577
Robert Burton -
English clergyman, writer
and scientist, author of the encyclopedic work “The Anatomy of Melancholy.”
Born February 8, 1828
—
French geographer and writer, classicist adventure literature, one of the founders of science fiction.
Member of the French
Geographical Society.
Born February 8, 1900
,
writer, linguist, translator.
Born February 8, 1921
Ivan Pavlovich Melezh -
Belorussian Soviet prose writer, playwright, publicist. People's Writer of the Belarusian SSR. Laureate of the Literary Prize named after. Ya. Kolas. Laureate Lenin Prize. State Prize Laureate
Byelorussian SSR named after. Ya. Kolas.
Born February 9, 1441
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Central Asian Turkic poet,
Sufi philosopher
statesman
Timurid Khorasan.
Born February 9, 1783
,
poet, translator, critic,
public figure.
Born February 9, 1867
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outstanding Japanese writer,
one of the founders of modern
Japanese literature.
Born February 9, 1885
Vahan Teryan -
outstanding Armenian poet
and public figure.
Born February 9, 1910
Klara Moiseevna Moiseeva -
Russian writer. Member of the Union
writers of the USSR. Moiseeva belongs
a whole series of historical stories for middle-aged and older children,
talking about various countries
and cultures of the Ancient World.
Born February 9, 1938
,
prose writer
Born February 9, 1940
,
often also Coetzee -
South African writer, critic,
linguist. Nobel laureate
Literature Prize 2003.
The first writer to be awarded twice
Booker Prize.
Born February 10, 1775
Charles Lamb -
English poet, publicist and
literary critic of the Romantic era, one of the greatest masters of the essay genre in the history of English literature.
Born February 10, 1881
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Russian writer and translator,
one of the last major figures
Silver Age.
Born February 10, 1890
,
poet, novelist, translator, laureate
Nobel Prize in Literature
1958.
Born February 10, 1898
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German playwright, poet, prose writer,
theater figure, art theorist, founder of the Berliner Ensemble theater.
Born February 10, 1919
—
Russian playwright, screenwriter and poet.
Member of the Russian PEN Center,
creative council magazine
"Dramaturg", editorial and publishing
Council of the almanac "Petropol".
Born February 10, 1933
Mikhail Mikhailovich Roshchin -
Soviet, Russian prose writer,
playwright and screenwriter.
Born February 10, 1938
Georgy Alexandrovich Weiner,
writer, screenwriter.
Born February 11, 1657
Bernard Le Beauvier de Fontenelle -
French writer and scientist. In "Entretiens sur la pluralit é des mondes" (1686) in a very graceful and mild form conversations that took place in the evenings in the open air between the author and the marquise, who had previously heard nothing about the subject, describe essential information about the earth, moon, planets, fixed stars how about suns among their own planetary systems. With special attention he dwells on the question of the habitability of other worlds, which is interesting for secular people. In 1708 he published one of his best works, especially in terms of language and manner of presentation, “Eloges des académiciens”.
Born February 11, 1802
Lydia Maria Child -
prominent representative American abolitionist, movement activist
for the protection of women's rights, fighter for
Indian rights, writer and journalist,
author of the acclaimed novel
"Hobomok: A Tale of Early Times"
published under a pseudonym
American.
Born February 11, 1874
—
Swedish children's writer
and children's book illustrator. Books, both written and illustrated
Elsa Beskow, extremely popular
in Sweden, are constantly republished.
Born February 11, 1894
,
writer, author of scientific and artistic works
books for children.
Born February 11, 1917
—
American writer and screenwriter.
His novels have been translated into 56 languages
and published in over 300 million copies in more than 100 countries, 25 films were made based on his scripts.
His name is in the Book
Guinness World Records: Sheldon is the most
"translated" author in the world.
Born February 12, 1828
—
leading English writer
victorian era.
From his many novels
the most famous is “Egoist” -
subtle and ironic psychological
analysis of the mental movements of English
landowner and his bride.
Born February 12, 1865
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer -
Polish poet, prose writer, playwright. He was awarded literary prizes for poems in honor of Adam Mickiewicz (1888) and Yu. I. Krashevsky (1889). The cycle of stories “On Rocky Podhale”, created based on the folklore of the Polish highlanders, is considered best work Tetmyer.
Born February 12, 1915
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Russian Soviet writer.
Winner of the first Stalin Prize
degrees for the novel “Far from Moscow.”
poet, famous translator of the Iliad.
Born February 13, 1769
,
poet-fabulist, playwright,
academician St. Petersburg Academy Sci. Published satirical magazines
“Spirit Mail”, etc. Created more than 200 fables, imbued with a democratic spirit, distinguished by satirical sharpness, bright and with apt language. N.V. Gogol called I. Krylov’s fables “...a book
the wisdom of the people themselves."
Born February 13, 1879
Sarojini Naidu -
Indian poetess, participant in the movement for Indian independence from Great Britain. Sarojini wrote more than 150 lyric poems, which were later included in the collections “Golden Threshold” (1905), “Bird of Time” (1912), “Broken Wing” (1917). Later, all of them were combined into the collection “The Royal Flute. Her poems were translated into Indian and European languages(translations into Russian were handled by Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak).
Born February 13, 1881
Eleanor Farjeon -
English children's writer. Eleanor wrote poems, stories and tales, parables and miracles, song lyrics for opera performances for children, but the main thing in her work were fairy tales.
Born February 13, 1903
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French-speaking writer of Belgian origin, one of the most famous representatives of detective fiction in the world
genre in literature.
Born February 13, 1915
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Brazilian novelist, playwright, theater critic. In 1949, the Brazilian Theater Critics Association awarded Guilherme Figueiredo gold medal and a diploma of the best
playwright of Brazil.
Born February 13, 1932
Igor Davydovich Shaferan -
Soviet songwriter.
Born February 14, 1855
,
Russian writer, critic.
Born February 14, 1870
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Russian writer, Cossack,
participant of the White movement.
Born February 14, 1947
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Russian Soviet science fiction writer.
Member of the USSR Writers' Union.
Winner of the Bronze Snail Award
and "Wanderer".
Born February 15, 1867
Nikolai Alexandrovich Engelhardt -
Russian writer, poet, publicist,
literary critic. Author of novels
and stories, articles about N.V. Gogol, A.S. Pushkin, I.S. Turgenev, Maxim Gorky, books “History of Russian Literature” XIX century"(1902-1903), "Essay on the history of Russian censorship in connection with the development of the press (1703-1903)" (1904), memoir book "Old Episodes" (1911).
Born February 15, 1900
Yan Leopoldovich Larry -
Soviet children's writer, science fiction.
Born February 15, 1906
,
Tatar poet,
an anti-fascist hero who said in his poems: “I dedicated my song to the people.
I give my life to the people.”
Born February 15, 1909
Nikolai Ivanovich Rylenkov -
Russian Soviet poet, author
poetic retelling
"Tales about Igor's Campaign."
Born February 15, 1912
Andrey Pavlovich Lupan -
Moldovan Soviet writer and public figure. People's Writer of the Moldavian SSR.
Born February 15, 1920
Anne-Katharina Westley -
Norwegian children's writer. In her homeland she was called “the grandmother of all Norway”, compared with Astrid Lindgren due to her great contribution to the development of children's literature.
Born February 16, 1804
Jules Gabriel Janin -
French writer, critic and journalist, member of the French Academy. Pushkin showed interest in Janin as a representative of “fierce romanticism,” calling his novel “The Dead Donkey and the Guillotined Woman” “a charming Donkey.”
Born February 16, 1831
,
prose writer
Anna Dmitrievna Radlova,
nee Darmolatova -
Russian poetess and translator.
Born February 17, 1853
Jaroslav Vrchlicki -
outstanding Czech poet, playwright, translator, head of the so-called “cosmopolitan” school in Czech literature.
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a widely known classic of French fiction, writing at the turn of two centuries, whose real name was Henri-Joseph-Honoré Bex.
Born February 17, 1864
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson is an Australian poet, author of ballads and poems set in rural Australia. Paterson's most famous work, Matilda Dancing, is often regarded as Australia's unofficial anthem.
Born February 17, 1906
,
Russian poetess, public figure.
Everyone knows her poems... They are impossible
not to know, since everyone was a child.
And every poem of this amazing woman made us
cleaner and kinder...
Born February 17, 1912
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"The Great Lady of Science Fiction" is an American science fiction writer. Winner of about 20 awards and prizes. American Association science fiction writers was awarded by Norton the high title of Grand Master.
Born February 17, 1920
Trevor Dudley-Smith -
writer, classic spy novel. He wrote the most books under the pseudonym Elleston Trevor, but the writer gained worldwide fame under the pseudonym Adam Hall and a series of novels about Qwilleran, an agent of a fictional British secret organization who carries out missions throughout to the globe. In total, more than 20 novels have been written about Qwilleran’s adventures, the best of which is the first, “The Berlin Memorandum.”
Born February 18, 1825
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Hungarian novelist, one of the most influential figures in Hungarian XIX literature century. Known for the novels “The Nameless Castle”, “The Hungarian Nabob”, “The Golden Man”.
Born September 18, 1850
Auseklis —
Latvian poet, distinguished representative folk romanticism in Latvian literature, translator.
Born February 19, 1812
Napoleon Stanislav Adam
Felix Zygmunt Krasinski -
Polish poet and playwright, ranked among the greatest Polish poets of the Romantic era along with Adam Mickiewicz
and Juliusz Słowacki.
Born February 19, 1852
Niko Iosifovich Lomouri -
Georgian writer and poet. Lomouri's merit as a populist in Georgian literature lies in his truthful descriptions of the difficult life of peasants in conditions of their economic and cultural backwardness. Lomouri also wrote for children (“Ali”, “Kajana”, etc.).
Born February 19, 1869
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outstanding Armenian poet
and writer, social activist.
Born February 19, 1884
Leo Kiaceli -
Georgian Soviet writer.
Laureate of the Stalin Prize, second degree.
Born February 19, 1896
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French writer and poet,
founder of surrealism.
Born February 19, 1899
Boris Nikolaevich Agapov -
Russian Soviet writer and screenwriter. Honored Artist of the Latvian SSR (1947). Winner of two Stalin Prizes of the first degree (1946,1948).
Born February 19, 1920
Jaan Cross -
Soviet and Estonian writer.
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Russian writer, literary critic.
Born February 19, 1952
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contemporary Japanese writer and film director. Real name
Ryunosuke Murakami.
Born February 19, 1956
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Russian singer-songwriter, musician, actor. Member of the Russian Writers' Union.
National artist Russian Federation.
Author and first performer of the song
“It’s great that we’re all here.
we gathered today.”
Born February 20, 1852
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Russian writer and publicist.
Born February 20, 1894
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Polish writer, poet, playwright, translator. Chairman of the Union of Polish Writers. Laureate of the International Lenin Prize “For Strengthening Peace Between Nations.”
Born February 21, 1874
Dmitry Iosifovich Gulia -
Abkhazian writer, folk poet Abkhazia. The founder of Abkhaz written literature.
Born February 21, 1885
Sasha Guitry -
French writer, actor, director
and producer. A prolific playwright, he wrote more than a hundred plays and made films based on some of them.
Born February 21, 1886
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Russian futurist poet.
Born February 21, 1907
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Anglo-American poet born
in Great Britain, and after World War II became a US citizen. Auden is considered one of the greatest poets XX century; he wrote in the genre of intellectual lyrics, addressing both socially radical and philosophical-religious issues. He won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for his baroque eclogue “The Age of Anxiety” (1948). Auden also received the Bollingen Prize (1953), the National book prize for the collection “The Shield of Achilles” (1956) and the National Literary Medal (1967).
Born February 21, 1922
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Soviet writer, editor, journalist. World War II participant Marine. Chief Editor Obninsk newspaper “Forward” in 1965-1968. Author of a historical story about the Caucasian War
"Thunderous Rumble"
Born February 21, 1943
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Russian writer, screenwriter.
The first woman to win the Russian Booker Prize. Prize winner Big Book. The works of Lyudmila Ulitskaya have been translated into no less than 25 languages.
Born February 21, 1962
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contemporary American writer and freelance journalist. He is best known as the author of the book Fight Club, which was later made into a film by David Fincher.
Born February 22, 1821
(“Kozma Prutkov”), poet, playwright, known as one of the creators of the image of “Kozma Prutkov”.
Born February 22, 1861
Anastasia Alekseevna Verbitskaya –
Russian prose writer.
Born February 22, 1866
Jalil Huseynkuli oglu Mammadkulizade—
Azerbaijani journalist, educator and satirist.
Born February 23, 1758
Vasily Vasilievich Kapnist -
Russian poet and playwright,
public figure.
Born February 23, 1808
Pyotr Vasilievich Kireevsky -
Russian writer, translator,
folklorist, archaeographer.
Born February 23, 1840
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author of the first dictionary of Russian criminal jargon. The release of the series “Petersburg Secrets”, based on the novel “Petersburg Slums” by V. Krestovsky, returned the popularity of the forgotten author.
Born February 23, 1903
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Czechoslovak journalist, literary and theater critic, publicist, activist of the Czechoslovak Communist Party. The day of Fucik's execution - September 8 - was chosen for celebration
Journalists' Solidarity Day.
Born February 23, 1944
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English writer and reporter
author historical novels about the royal marksman Richard Sharpe.
Born February 24, 1595
Matej Kazimir Sarbewski -
Lithuanian-Polish Latin-language poet and literary theorist. During his lifetime he was considered the most outstanding Latin-language poet in Europe. Pope Urban VIII crowned him with a laurel wreath.
Born February 24, 1786
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German philologist, brother of Jacob Grimm. Representative, like brother,
Heidelberg romantics, who aimed at the revival of social and scientific interest to folk culture.
Born February 24, 1848
Eugene-Melchior -
French diplomat, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic, literary historian, member of the French Academy.
The expression “We all came out of Gogol’s “The Overcoat”” does not belong to Dostoevsky, as is commonly believed, but to Eugene-Melchior de Vogüe. Although this is not entirely true. The full quote reads: “We all came out of Gogol’s “Overcoat,” Russian writers rightly say...”, that is, it is a kind of “generalized quote.”
Born February 24, 1852
George Augustus Moore -
Irish poet, novelist, playwright and critic, stood at the origins of the Gaelic Revival movement, which sought to create a national Irish literature in English.
Born February 24, 1895
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Russian Soviet writer, playwright.
Sergei Yesenin spoke about him:
“...Ivanov is a sincere guy. Oh how
his life was not taxing, no matter how it was breaking, -
he has always been and remains a true artist. He is a rare person who understands and loves art."
Born February 24, 1892
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Russian Soviet
writer, first secretary
and Chairman of the Board
Union of Writers of the USSR.
Hero of Socialist Labor.
Born February 24, 1899
Jacques Presser -
Dutch historian
writer and poet, best known
his book Ashes in the Wind: The Destruction of Dutch Jewry
about the persecution of the Dutch -
Russian poet, translator, prose writer.
Karl Friedrich May -
German writer, poet, composer, author of famous adventure novels for youth, many
of which are screened.
Born February 25, 1871
(real name Larisa Petrovna
Kosach-Kvitka) -
Ukrainian writer, translator, cultural figure. She wrote in a wide variety of genres: poetry, lyricism, epic, drama, prose, journalism.
Date of birth unknown
baptized 26 February 1564
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English poet, translator and playwright of the Elizabethan era, the most prominent of Shakespeare's predecessors, spy. Thanks to him
in Elizabethan England it became widespread not only
rhymed, but also blank verse.
Born February 26, 1802
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French writer,
head and theorist of French romanticism. Member of the French Academy.
Born February 27, 1807
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American poet. Author
"Songs of Hiawatha" and others
poems and poems.
Born February 27, 1902
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American prose writer, author of many world-famous novels and stories: “The Grapes of Wrath”, “East of Eden”, “Of Mice and Men”, “The Winter of Our Trouble”, etc. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Born February 27, 1925
Nafi Grigorievich Dzhusoity
(Nafi Dzhusoev) -
People's writer of Ossetia, poet, playwright, publicist, literary critic, translator. Academician, chief Researcher South Ossetian Research Institute named after. Z. N. Vaneeva, doctor philological sciences, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR, laureate of the “Apple of the Narts” prize.
Born February 28, 1801
Motejus Valančius -
Lithuanian educational writer, historian and church leader. Literary skill, richness of language, colorful pictures of folk life and customs made Valanius the founder of Lithuanian fiction.
Born February 28, 1866
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Russian symbolist poet, philosopher, translator, playwright, literary critic, Doctor of Philology, ideologist of Dionysianism. A bright representative of the “Silver Age”.
Born February 29, 1920
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Russian Soviet writer, literary critic, publicist. One of the most famous representatives so-called “village prose”, a significant trend Soviet literature 1960-1980s.
Born March 2, 1800
Evgeny Abramovich Baratynsky, poet, about creativity
which A.S. Pushkin spoke enthusiastically about.
Born March 2, 1824
Konstantin Dmitrievich Ushinsky, writer,
founder scientific pedagogy in Russia.
Born March 3, 1899
Yuri Karlovich Olesha, prose writer. E. Kazakevich,
Olesha’s great friend wrote: “Olesha is one of those
writers who haven't written a single word
false. He had enough strength of character
so as not to write what he didn’t want.”
Born March 3, 1939
Irina Mikhailovna Pivovarova, writer
amazing, magical talent. She manages to turn
our daily life into a fascinating fairy tale.
Born March 3, 1929
Irina Petrovna Tokmakova, poetess, writer,
translator
Born March 6, 1815
Pyotr Pavlovich Ershov, poet, prose writer, playwright.
Did you know that the first part of your favorite
“The Little Humpbacked Horse” is simple course work By
Russian literature student of philosophical and legal
faculty St. Petersburg University Ershova Petra.
The amazed professor read aloud the unprecedented
“course student” in the student audience, and in Russia at that time
a new day has appeared famous writer nine-
eleven years old.
Born March 6, 1929
Fazil Abdulovich Iskander, poet, prose writer. Reader-
Iskander received recognition thanks to a number of
satirical stories and stories, and, above all,
a large series of works under the general title
“Sandro from Chegem,” which the writer continues
present day.
Born March 12, 1923
Svyatoslav Vladimirovich Sakharnov, natural writer
sheet. He belongs to a rare type of writers who
set themselves two tasks: as fully as possible
see the world and tell about everything you see. Almost all
his books are written for children.
Born March 13, 1888
Anton Semenovich Makarenko, teacher, writer.
Long Soviet years the name “Makarenko” and the word “teacher”
were synonyms. Then, along with everything “Soviet”
both the glorious name and main book -
"Pedagogical Poem".
Born March 13, 1913
Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, poet, playwright.
To say that his books are in every family is not only
Russian, but also Ukrainian, Georgian, Tatar, any -
means to give only a rough idea of
popularity children's poet, fabulist, playwright,
storyteller Sergei Mikhalkov.
Born March 16, 1903
Tamara Grigorievna Grabbe, writer, playwright,
translator
Born March 16, 1884
Alexander Romanovich Belyaev, science fiction writer. His
creativity is interesting because most scientific
Belyaev's technical foresight to date
came true.
Born March 18, 1902
Lidia Yakovlevna Ginzburg, prose writer, literary critic,
literary critic. She wrote about Pushkin, Lermontov,
Vyazemsky, Benediktov so that you get seriously carried away by the course
anyone unprepared could have her reasonings and reflections
reader, any “uninitiated”. No less valuable
memories of Lydia Yakovlevna about Anna Akhmatova,
Eduard Bagritsky, Nikolai Zabolotsky, Nikolai
Oleinikov, Boris Eikhenbaum...
Born March 20, 1933
Gennady Yakovlevich Snegirev, writer, classicist
children's literature, author of 150 books published
fifty million copies in the Soviet Union
and in Russia, in Japan and in France, in Germany and in
America, Italy and Poland, here and there. According to him
stories published in primers, anthologies and
textbooks, children study.
Born March 23, 1902
Alexey Kuzmich Yugov, prose writer. Connoisseur and amateur
archaic and dialect words Alexey Yugov most of all
known for the historical epic “Ratobortsy”, which tells
talk about events in ancient Rus' XIII century, about times
Daniil Galitsky and Alexander Nevsky. About the same era
tells him too historical story"Brave
heart", published for children. The writer published
also several works on the history of the Russian language, and
in 1945 he translated “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign.”
Born March 24, 1877
Alexey Silych Novikov-Priboy, prose writer.
Novikov-Priboi served in the navy and knew the sea very well.
traditions, participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.
It is not surprising that most of his books are devoted to
sailors: “The Sea is Calling”, “Submariners”, “Sea
stories”, “In the power of the sea”... About the campaign and death of the Russian
squadrons in years Russo-Japanese War it is said and
in his main work - the epic novel "Tsushima" ...
Born March 27, 1881
Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko, prose writer, playwright,
theater critic.
Born March 27, 1781
Alexander Khristoforovich Vostokov, poet, philologist
Slavist, researcher of ancient Slavic monuments
writing, Slavic grammar (including
Russian) languages, Russian tonic versification,
one of the founders of comparative Slavic
linguistics in Russia.
Born March 28, 1868
Maxim Gorky (real name Alexey Maksimovich
Peshkov), prose writer, playwright, poet, publicist.
Born March 30, 1912
Alexander Konstantinovich Gladkov, Russian poet and
playwright. Alexandra Gladkov was glorified by the first
the play he composed - the heroic comedy "Once Upon a Time"
- about a female hussar, whose prototype was
heroine of the Patriotic War of 1812 Nadezhda Durova.
And the playwright brought additional popularity
famous film by Eldar Ryazanov “The Hussar Ballad”,
based on this funny comedy.
Born March 30, 1843
Konstantin Mikhailovich Stanyukovich, prose writer. His
called "singer of the sea." The son of a prominent naval commander,
Stanyukovich knew the harsh life of a sailor firsthand
- he himself went on voyages on various ships and divided
all the hardships of serving with ordinary sailors. Its sea
stories are still the best fiction
documents about the past of the Russian fleet.
Born March 31, 1822
Dmitry Vasilievich Grigorovich, prose writer, poet,
translator, art critic.
Born March 31, 1882
Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (real name Korneychukov
Nikolai Vasilievich), poet, prose writer, translator.
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