Today we will review the biographyValentina Berestova. It's about the Russian poet, the lyrics, which he wrote for children and adults. He was also an explorer, a Pushkinist, a memoirist and an interpreter.
Early life and activities
Biography of Valentine Berestov continuedacquaintance with Nadezhda Mandelstam. The latter in turn organized a meeting of our hero with Anna Akhmatova. Then I met Korney Chukovsky. They played a big role in the fate of Valentin Berestov.
In 1944our hero with letters of recommendation of Anna Akhmatova goes to Moscow. The ten-year-old graduates in the walls of the Boarding School for gifted children. The educational institution is located in the Moscow region, Lenin Hills. On weekends, our hero visits the family in Kaluga.
The future poet studied at the Faculty of HistoryMoscow State University. He graduated from this university. Then the post-graduate course at the Institute of Ethnography was passed. In 1946, while still a student, our hero went to the archaeological excavations.
The poet Berestov Valentin his first adult poemspublished in the magazine "Youth". They were devoted to an exotic profession, so they turned into a favorite topic for parodists. The works of our hero appeared in 1946 in the edition "Smena". In 1957, the first collection of poetry appeared entitled "Departure". Soon the debut children's book for preschool audience "About the machine" also appeared. Then there were various collections of fairy tales and poems.
Our hero was in the Union of Writers of the USSR.In 1966, Mr .. signed a letter, created in defense of Daniel and Sinyavsky. He wrote children's fairy tales together with his wife Tatyana Alexandrova, a writer and an artist. Compiled together with his wife "Favorites" on the basis of "Explanatory Dictionary" Dal.
To Valentine Berestov nourish the feelingthanks to many writers and poets, both adults and children, with whom he maintained friendly relations and even took care of them. The poet is buried in the Khovansky cemetery.
Books
For the youngest
From poems and fairy tales was compiled the book "Smile", published in 1986. Collection of poems "The definition of happiness" appeared in 1987. In 1988, the "Lark" was published.
The story-tale "Katya in a Toy Town" was published inlight in 1990. Work on this book was conducted together with TI Aleksandrova. Soon there are collections of poems "On the path to the first class" and "The first leaf fall".
In 1996there are books "Pictures in the puddles" and "Merry Summer". In 1997, the works "The Princess" and "Favorite Poems" were published. Also our hero belongs to the authorship of the work "Fifth leg", consisting of epigrams and songs. In 1998, in two volumes were selected works of the writer. Soon the book "Hello, Fairy Tale" was published.
Next, we just call the main children'sworks that were created by Valentin Berestov. "Reader" refers to the most famous of them. Also the pen of our hero belongs to the works: "How to find the path", "Vitya, Fitulka and Eraser", "Serpent-braggart", "Honest caterpillar", "Mother-and-Stepmother", "River Sknizhka", "Evil morning" "Master Bird", "Stork and the Nightingale", "Finished!", "Ball", "Hvorostin", "This man".
Recognition and rewards
The poet was awarded in 1990 by the Statethe Prize of the RSFSR Krupskaya. In this way his book of poems "Smile" is noted. In 2000, the writer became an Honorary Citizen of the Kaluga Region. Poetry poems are carved in a stone book in Italy in the homeland of Cicero in the town of Arpino.
Works created in co-authorship
Together with N.Panchenko was written a fairy tale "Extraordinary adventures of a sunny bunny." There were also books devoted to the life and work of our hero. Among such works it is necessary to note the "Bibliographic Index", which was published in 2001. Its compilers were VG Semenova, TS Rozhdestvenskaya and EM Kuzmenkova. That's all. Biography of Valentine Berestov and his creative path were described in detail above.
