Valentin Dmitrievich Berestov (russian: Валенти́н Дми́триевич Бе́рестов; April 1, 1928 in

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— April 15, 1998 in

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) was a Russian poet, lyricist, who wrote for both adults and children, translator, memoirist, Pushkin scholar, researcher.

Biography

Valentin Berestov was born on April 1, 1928 in Meshchovsk, Kaluga Oblast. Read the future poet learned in four years. In 1942, during

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, Berestov’s family was evacuated to Tashkent. There, he was lucky to get acquainted with

Nadezhda Mandelstam Nadezhda Yakovlevna Mandelstam ( rus, Надежда Яковлевна Мандельштам, p=nɐˈdʲeʐdə ˈjakəvlʲɪvnə mənʲdʲɪlʲˈʂtam, , Хазина; 29 December 1980) was a Russian Jewish writer and educator, and the wife of ...

, who introduced him to

Anna Akhmatova Anna Andreyevna Gorenko rus, А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, p=ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə, a=Anna Andreyevna Gorenko.ru.oga, links=yes; uk, А́нна Андрі́ївна Горе́нко, Ánna Andríyivn ...

. Then there was a meeting with

Korney Chukovsky Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky ( rus, Корне́й Ива́нович Чуко́вский, p=kɐrˈnʲej ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ tɕʊˈkofskʲɪj, a=Kornyey Ivanovich Chukovskiy.ru.vorb.oga; 31 March Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in East ...

, who played a big role in the fate of Valentin Berestov. His first works were published in the Smena Magazine in 1946. The first collection of poetry 'Departure' and the first children's book for the ''About the car'' came out in 1957. Then the readers were acquainted with the collection of poems and tales of ''Happy Summer'', ''Pictures in puddles'', ''Smile'' and others. He was a member of the

Union of Soviet Writers The Union of Soviet Writers, USSR Union of Writers, or Soviet Union of Writers (russian: Союз писателей СССР, translit=Soyuz Sovetstikh Pisatelei) was a creative union of professional writers in the Soviet Union. It was founded ...

. He signed the letter in defense of

Yuli Daniel Yuli Markovich Daniel ( rus, Ю́лий Ма́ркович Даниэ́ль, p=ˈjʉlʲɪj ˈmarkəvʲɪtɕ dənʲɪˈelʲ, a=Yuliy Markovich Daniel'.ru.vorb.oga; 15 November 1925 — 30 December 1988) was a Russian writer and Soviet dissident k ...

and

Andrei Sinyavsky Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky (russian: Андре́й Дона́тович Синя́вский; 8 October 1925 – 25 February 1997) was a Russian writer and Soviet dissident known as a defendant in the Sinyavsky–Daniel trial in 1965. Sinyavsk ...

(1966). In his later years, he wrote and produced children's stories with his wife, artist, and writer Tatyana Alexandrova. Valentin Berestov is buried at

Khovanskoye Cemetery Khovanskoye Cemetery (russian: Хованское кладбище), also known as Nikolo-Khovanskoye Cemetery (Николо-Хованское кладбище), is a large and expanding cemetery servicing Moscow, Russia. It is located in the ...

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Забытый мудрец и кудесник Валентин Берестов

Детские стихи Валентина Берестова на Знайка.нет
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