Biography of the writer
Samuel was born into a Jewish family in November 1887.years. His parents were simple people - his mother was a housewife, and his father worked as a foreman at a factory. The boy grew up inquisitive and hardworking. He graduated from the Ostrogozhsk gymnasium, and then from St. Petersburg and Yalta. He received an education abroad in London.
Marshak's works for children are liked in different waysagePhoto: GettyYoung Marshak lived for two years at Maxim Gorky's dacha in Yalta, and in 1906 he moved to St. Petersburg. He became a journalist for several printed publications, traveled around the Middle East, and wrote his best works. His first collection of poems was called "Zionides", and was published in 1907. In 1912, the writer got married. He lived with his wife abroad, in England, studying local folklore, and returned to Russia in 1914. After the October Revolution, the writer created the first children's theater and wrote plays for it himself. Marshak published a magazine for children, and during the war he helped build kindergartens and boarding schools. The author wrote his children's works in adulthood. He lived a long, dignified life and died at 76, but his work lives on and brings joy to new generations of children.
What Marshak's works are taught for preschool children, a short list
S.Ya.Marshak wrote 32 children's fairy tales, including works in verse and prose, one play "Twelve Months". Children enjoy reading the writer's humorous poems "Here's What a Scatterbrain" and "Mr. Twister". Children's cartoons have been made based on the author's works:
- Cat house;
- Teremok;
- About the goat;
- Poodle;
- That's what diffused;
- Tale of a stupid mouse;
- Miracles in a sieve, etc.
Marshak has many short children's poems,which cover the experience of children's life in all its manifestations. An interesting ABC in verses and pictures, written by the author for kids helps them learn letters and remember funny poems. In children's works, the author unobtrusively, sometimes with humor, teaches children to distinguish between good and evil, to sympathize, to help those who are weaker. He ridicules human shortcomings and cultivates love for the homeland. It is useful for children to read poems and fairy tales by S. Ya. Marshak. They develop thinking, imagination and emotional sensitivity, help in moral education.
