The name of Marshak Samuil Yakovlevich is known throughoutthe world. Already more than one generation has grown up on the beautiful works of the writer. Basically everyone knows Marshak as a children's writer, but Samuel Yakovlevich was still a poet, translator and playwright. Let's get acquainted with what works Marshak wrote during his creative life.
Previously writer's work
What works did Marshak write in his childhood?These were the poems that the boy began to write with 4 years. The first works were written in Hebrew, since Marshak was born in a Jewish family. Little Samuel grew up in the city of Ostrogozhsk, not far from Voronezh. The boy's father was an educated person and encouraged his interests. In search of better work, the family often changed their place of residence. In 1902, the poet's father found a permanent job in St. Petersburg and moved his entire family there. The first works of Marshak for children appeared when he was only 12 years old.
После переезда в Петербург Самуил Яковлевич meets a critic Vladimir Stasov, who favorably accepts the poet's work. During this period, Marshak created his first serious creations of a political nature. The writer meets Gorky and lives two years with his family in Yalta. The first compilation of Samuel Yakovlevich "Zionids" is published.
Marshak S. Ya. Poems for Children
In 1912the writer goes to study in London, where he discovers new talents in himself - the translation of poetry. Marshak began to translate poems by famous writers such as Byron, Milne, Kipling. It is to Samuel Yakovlevich that we are grateful for the poem “The House That Jack Built”. The first book of the writer is called the verse, and also contains English songs. The collection was released in 1923.
Returning to Russia, the poet organizes the "Children'stown ", which includes a theater and library. Marshak begins to put the play on his creations. With this begins a new stage in the work of the poet - poetry plays for children. What works Marshak wrote for the smallest? These are the popular to this day "Kids in a cage", "Circus", "Yesterday and today", "Poodle", "That's so scattered" and many others. The writer’s fairy tales became especially famous: “Smart Things”, “Cat's House” and “Twelve Months”.
Lyrics and satire in the writings
What works Marshak wrote, in addition to childrenpoems? These are lyric creations that the writer has published since 1907 in almanacs and magazines. In the forties, Samuel released a collection of "Poems 1941-1946", which includes 17 poems "From the Lyric Notebook." During life, new works were added to this cycle. For the collection "Chosen Lyrics" Marshak received in 1963 the Lenin Prize.
Another style in which the writer worked issatire. Collections of satirist poems were published in 1959 and 1964. Marshak also published his feuilletons, epigrams and parodies in newspapers and magazines.
Poems, plays and other writingstranslated into many languages and are popular all over the world. The tale of Marshak "The Twelve Months" is included in the school curriculum. Some works of the writer were filmed and loved by young viewers.
