Samuil Marshak
Also known as Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak
Russian and Soviet poet, playwright, translator, literary critic, screenwriter, author of popular children's books (1887–1964)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 3 November 1887
- Died
- 4 July 1964
- Works
- 169
Top works
- Tikhai︠a︡ skazka
- Sonety Shekspira
- Кошкин дом
- Sobranie sochineniĭ v vosʹmi tomakh
- Stikhotvorenie Samuila Marshaka "Vot kakoĭ rassei͡annyĭ" na i͡azyke dzhuuri
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Film & TV
Writing · Voronezh, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Samuil Marshak was a Russian Jewish and Soviet writer, translator and children's poet. He translated the sonnets and some other of the works of William Shakespeare, English poetry (including poems for children), and poetry from other languages into Russian.
Known for
- Your Books1953
- Pioneerism No. 3 — Self1952
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Article
Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (alternative spelling: Marchak) (Russian: Самуил Яковлевич Маршак; 3 November [O.S. 22 October] 1887 – 4 July 1964) was a Soviet writer of Belarusian Jewish origin, translator and poet who wrote for both children and adults. He translated the sonnets and some other of the works of William Shakespeare, English poetry (including poems for children), and poetry from other languages. Maxim Gorky proclaimed Marshak to be "the founder of Russia's (Soviet) children's literature".
Early years