Birthdays of poets and writers in December. Literary calendar for February

Famous writers and poets

Abe Kobo(1924–1993) - Japanese writer, poet, screenwriter, director. Novels “The Woman in the Sands”, “Alien Face”, “The Burnt Map”, etc.

Amadou Jorge(1912–2001) - Brazilian writer, public and political figure. His novels (“Endless Lands”, “Gabriela, Cinnamon and Cloves”, “Shepherds of the Night”, “Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands”, “The Miracle Shop”, “Teresa Batista, Tired of War”, “Ambush”) have been translated almost into 50 languages of the world have been repeatedly filmed and formed the basis for theatrical and radio plays.

Andersen Hans Christian(1805–1875) - Danish writer and poet, author of world-famous fairy tales for children and adults: “The Ugly Duckling”, “The King’s New Clothes”, “The Shadow”, “The Princess and the Pea”, etc.

Andreev Leonid Nikolaevich(1871–1919) - Russian writer of the Silver Age. Stories (“Bergamot and Garaska”, etc.), dramas (“Anatema”, etc.). In the last years of his life he became close to the decadents.

Updike John(b. 1932) - American novelist, poet, essayist and literary critic. Updike's most famous work is a series of novels starring a character named Harry "Rabbit" Engstrom: "Rabbit, Run!" (1960), “Rabbit Healed” (1971), “Rabbit Got Rich” (1981).

Ariosto Ludovico(1474–1533) - humanist poet of the Italian Renaissance. His poem “Furious Roland” is imbued with subtle irony.

Aristophanes(c. 450 BC - between 387 and 380 BC) - ancient Greek playwright, “father of comedy,” the most famous representative of the so-called ancient Attic comedy.

Akhmatova Anna Andreevna (Gorenko)(1889–1966) - Russian poetess. In her youth she joined the Acmeists (collections “Evening”, “Rosary”). Characteristic features of Akhmatova’s work include fidelity to the moral foundations of existence, a subtle understanding of the psychology of feeling, comprehension of the national tragedies of the 20th century, coupled with personal experiences, and an affinity for the classical style of poetic language. The autobiographical cycle of poems “Requiem” is one of the first poetic works dedicated to the victims of repression of the 1930s.

Babel Isaac Emmanuilovich(1894–1941) - Russian Soviet writer. Stories about the Civil War in the collection "Cavalry", short stories ("Odessa Stories"), plays, etc.

Byron George Noel Gordon(1788–1824) - English romantic poet (poems “The Corsair”, “Manfred”, etc.).

Balzac Honore de(1799–1850) - French writer. He wrote a series of novels and short stories, “The Human Comedy,” consisting of 90 works, in which he showed the most diverse aspects of the life of his contemporary society.

Balmont Konstantin Dmitrievich (1867–1942) - Russian symbolist poet, essayist, one of the most prominent representatives of Russian poetry of the Silver Age.

Baratynsky Evgeniy Abramovich (1800–1844) - Russian romantic poet, author of many elegies and philosophical lyric poems.

Batyushkov Konstantin Nikolaevich (1787–1855) - Russian poet. He headed the anacreontic trend in Russian poetry, sang the fun and joy of life.

Begbede Frederic(R. 1965) - modern French prose writer, publicist, literary critic and editor.

Belinsky Vissarion Grigorievich (1811–1848) - Russian literary critic, publicist.

Bely Andrey (Bugaev Boris Nikolaevich) (1880–1934)- Russian writer, poet, critic, one of the leading figures of Russian symbolism.

Belyaev Alexander Romanovich (1884–1942) - Soviet science fiction writer, one of the founders of Soviet science fiction literature. Among the famous works: “The Head of Professor Dowell”, “Amphibian Man”, “Ariel”, “KETS Star” (KETS are the initials of Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky) and many others (in total more than 70 science fiction works, including 13 novels).

Beranger Pierre Jean (1780-1857) - French songwriter, satirist. His work is distinguished by humor, optimism, and rejection of hypocrisy. Beranger's songs gained wide popularity.

Burgess Anthony (1917-1993) - English novelist, essayist and translator, whose talent was most clearly demonstrated in his brilliant command of the language. Burgess's most famous work is A Clockwork Orange. (1962).

Bestuzhev-Marlinsky (Bestuzhev) Alexander Alexandrovich

(1797–1837) - Russian writer, Decembrist. One of the first novelists, founded the almanac "Polar Star".

Bianki Vitaly Valentinovich(1894–1959) - Russian Soviet children's writer. He wrote popular books about nature (“Forest Newspaper”, etc.).

Bierce Ambrose Gwinnett(1842-?) American satirist writer. In his dark, so-called “scary” stories, he explored the dark sides of human character. At the end of 1913, the writer went to Mexico, gripped by revolutionary events, from where on December 26 he wrote his last letter to his daughter. The further fate of the writer is not known with certainty.

Beecher Stowe Harriet(1811–1896) - American writer. The novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" shows the horrors of slavery, imbued with compassion and compassion for black Americans.

Blok Alexander Alexandrovich(1880–1921) - Russian poet (“Poems about the Beautiful Lady”, poem “The Twelve”). His poetry is characterized by insight, awareness of the tragedy of modern man, and refinement of form.

Bo Ju Yi(772–846) - classic of Chinese poetry (“Qin Chant”). Bo Ju Yi's quatrains are marked by clarity and depth of thought.

Boccaccio Giovanni(1313–1375) - famous Italian writer and poet, an outstanding representative of the humanistic literature of the Renaissance. Author of poems based on ancient mythology, the psychological story “Fiammetta,” pastorals, and sonnets. The main work is “The Decameron” - a book of erotic, realistic short stories, imbued with humanistic ideas, the spirit of freethinking and anti-clericalism, rejection of ascetic morality, and cheerful humor.

Beaumarchais Pierre Aupostin Caron de(1732–1799) - French playwright, who became famous thanks to the play “The Barber of Seville”, the name of the hero Figaro became a household name.

Borges Jorge Luis(1889–1986) - Argentine writer, essayist, cultural critic, unsurpassed master of the short story.

Brecht Berthold(1898–1956) - German playwright, prose writer, poet, director (“The Threepenny Opera”, “The Threepenny Novel”, “The Life of Galileo”, “The Good Man from Szechwan”, etc.).

Brodsky Joseph Alexandrovich(1942–1996) - Russian Soviet and American poet, essayist, playwright, translator, winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature. His poems are distinguished by their depth of philosophical thought and perfect form.

Bradbury Ray Douglas(b. 1920) - American science fiction writer (“The Martian Chronicles”, “Dandelion Wine”, “Fahrenheit 451”, etc.).

Bryusov Valery Yakovlevich(1873–1924) - Russian poet, verse theorist (collections of poems “To the City and the World”, “Dali”, etc.).

Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich(1891–1940) - Russian writer and playwright. Author of novels, stories, collections of stories, feuilletons and about two dozen plays (novels “The White Guard”, “The Master and Margarita”, plays “Running”, etc.).

Bunin Ivan Alekseevich(1870–1953) - Russian poet, writer, honorary academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1909), laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1933.

Vega Lope de(1562–1635) - Spanish playwright, founder of Spanish national drama.

Virgil(70–19 BC) - classical poet of Ancient Rome, author of the poem "Aeneid" about the legendary founder of Rome.

Verlaine Paul(1844–1896) - French poet, one of the founders of symbolism and decadence.

Verne Jules(1828–1905) - French science fiction writer who created more than 65 novels and other works that significantly contributed to the development of science fiction literature.

Villon Francois(b. between 1.4.1431 and 19.4.1432 -?), French poet. In 1463 he was convicted of brawling and sentenced to hang. While waiting for death, he wrote “The Ballad of the Hanged.” But the execution was canceled, and Villon was expelled from Paris. Villon later took part in poetry competitions at the court of Duke Charles of Orleans. Since 1464 his fate has been unknown.

Vizbor Yuri Iosifovich(1934–1984) - Russian poet, bard, film actor. Author of words and music of many songs.

Voznesensky Andrey Andreevich(b. 1933) - Russian Soviet poet, an architect by education. I searched and found new, modern poetic forms (collections “Antiworlds”, “Oza”, etc.).

Voynich Ethel Lilian(1864–1960) - English writer and composer. The pinnacle of creativity is the novel "Gadfly".

Voloshin (Kirienko-Voloshin) Maximilian Alexandrovich(1877–1932) - Russian decadent poet, distinguished by the originality of his form and the depth of his philosophical generalization (collections “Iverni”, “Deaf-Mute Demons”, etc.).

Voltaire (Marie Francois Arouet)(1694–1778) - French writer, educator and philosopher (“Candide”, etc.), fighter against religious intolerance and obscurantism.

Galich Alexander (Ginzburg Alexander Arkadievich) (1918–1977) - Russian poet, oppositional to the Soviet regime. His poems and songs were distributed throughout the country in tape recordings and samizdat.

Gamzatov Rasul Gamzatovich(b. 1923) - Avar Soviet poet, whose work is distinguished by high lyricism, folk color and humanism.

Hamsun (Pedersen) Knut(1859–1952) - Norwegian writer and playwright. Psychological novels (“Hunger”, “Pan”, etc., plays).

Garshin Vsevolod Mikhailovich(1855–1888) - Russian writer. His stories (“Four Days”, “Coward”, etc.) express a heightened sense of social injustice.

Hauff Wilhelm(1802–1827) - German writer and storyteller (“Little Muk”, etc.).

Hasek Yaroslav(1883–1923) - Czech satirist writer, author of the novel “The Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk” - one of the best satirical novels in the history of literature.

Heine Heinrich(1797–1856) - an outstanding lyric German poet (“Germany. The Winter's Tale”) and publicist.

Herzen Alexander Ivanovich(1812–1870) - Russian writer and publicist, emigrant, founder of the Free Russian Printing House in London, publisher of the Bell magazine, author of many stories and novels (The Past and Thoughts, etc.).

Hesse Hermann(1877–1962) - German writer, poet, critic, publicist. Nobel Prize Laureate.

Goethe Johann Wolfgang(1749–1832) - great German poet and thinker, founder of German literature of modern times.

Gogol Nikolay Vasilievich(1809–1852) - Russian writer and playwright, author of the plays “The Inspector General”, “Marriage”, the epic “Dead Souls”, etc. The head of the so-called “natural school”, satirist, philosopher. He had a tremendous influence on the development of Russian and Ukrainian literature.

Galsworthy John(1867–1933) - English writer, author of the trilogies “The Forsyte Saga”, “Modern Comedy”, “End of the Chapter”. Nobel laureate.

Homer(VIII–VII centuries BC) - legendary poet of Ancient Greece, author of the epic poems “Iliad” and “Odyssey”.

Goncourt brothers Edmond(1822–1896) and Jules(1830–1870) - classics of French literature. Novels from the life of various strata of French society (“Germinie Lacerte”, “René Mauprin”), memoirs. The story “The Zemgano Brothers”, written by Edmond after his brother’s death, became widely known. Founders of the Prix Goncourt.

Gonchar Oles (Alexander Terentievich)(1918–1995) - Ukrainian Soviet writer. Novels “Cathedral”, “Tronka” and others. Classics of modern Ukrainian literature.

Goncharov Ivan Alexandrovich(1812–1891) - Russian writer. The novels “Ordinary History”, “Oblomov”, “Cliff”, the cycle of travel essays “Frigate Pallada with< » и др.

Horace (Quintus Horace Flaccus)(65-8 BC) - ancient Roman poet, author of satires, odes, epistles, which became an example of classicism.

Gorky Maxim (Peshkov Alexey Maximovich)(1868–1936) - Russian writer and playwright, public figure. In his works he reflected a broad picture of Russian life before the revolution.

Hoffmann Ernst Theodor Amadeus(1776–1822) - German writer, storyteller, composer and painter, who possessed subtle irony and whimsical imagination with a touch of mysticism.

Griboyedov Alexander Sergeevich(1795–1829) - Russian writer, poet and diplomat, author of the rhyming play “Woe from Wit.”

Grimm, brothers Jacob(1785–1863) and William(1786–1859) - German scientists and writers, storytellers, philologists and folklorists.

Green Alexander (Grinevsky Alexander Stepanovich)(1880–1932) - Russian writer, romantic. He sang the high moral qualities of man. The extravaganza “Scarlet Sails”, the story “Running on the Waves”, etc.

Green Graham(1904–1991) - English writer, poet, playwright, publicist, film scriptwriter, critic. Master of political detective (“Istanbul Express”, “The Quiet American”, “Our Man in Havana”, etc.).

Gulak-Artemovsky Petr Petrovich(1790–1865) - prominent Ukrainian writer and fabulist. In the history of Ukrainian literature, the significance of Gulak-Artemovsky is determined by his position as the next poet after Kotlyarevsky, who, using the latter’s creative methods (burlesque, travesty), tried to introduce a number of new genres into Ukrainian literature (ballads: “Tvardovsky”, “Fisherman”).

Gumilev Nikolay Stepanovich(1886–1921) - Russian poet of the Silver Age, Acmeist, romantic. His poems are marked by sophistication of form, decorativeness, and brightness of poetic language.

Hugo Victor Marie(1802–1885) - French classic writer, author of the well-known novels “Notre Dame Cathedral”, “Toilers of the Sea”, “Les Miserables” and other plays.

Davydov Denis Vasilievich(1784–1839) - Russian poet, hussar, general, partisan hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, author of “hussar lyrics”.

Dal Vladimir Ivanovich(1801–1872) - Russian ethnographer and linguist, compiler of the famous four-volume “Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language.”

Dante Alighieri(1265–1321) - Italian poet, creator of the Italian literary language. The pinnacle of Dante's work is the poem "The Divine Comedy".

Darrell Gerald Malcolm(1925–1995) - English zoologist, writer and director, author of more than 30 books, which, thanks to his relaxed manner and unsurpassed humor, brought him worldwide fame.

Derzhavin Gabriel Romanovich(1743–1816) - Russian poet of the Enlightenment, a representative of classicism, who significantly transformed it (“Felitsa”, “To Rulers and Judges”, etc.).

Defoe Daniel(1660–1731) - English writer, author of Robinson Crusoe. He spoke in defense of religious tolerance and freedom of speech.

Jalil Musa(1906–1944) - Tatar poet. He died in the dungeons of the Gestapo, from where, before his death, he handed over the cycle of poems “The Moabit Notebook.”

Jerome Klapka Jerome(1859–1927) - English humorist writer, author of the still popular story “Three in a Boat, Not Counting a Dog.”

Joyce James(1882–1941) - Irish writer, head of the “stream of consciousness” school. His novel Ulysses is considered by many critics to be the most innovative work of the 20th century.

Dickens Charles(1812–1870) - English writer, one of the greatest English-language prose writers of the 19th century, humanist, classic of world literature. Author of the novels “Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club”, “Dombey and Son”, “Bleak House”, “The Adventures of Oliver Twist”, etc.

Dovlatov Sergey Donatovich(1941–1990) - Russian writer, since 1978 in the USA. In autobiographical sketches, stories, novels, he ironically recreates the absurd Soviet reality and the life of the Russian emigration.

Daudet Alphonse(1840–1897) - French writer, author of the humorous trilogy “The Extraordinary Adventures of Tartarin of Tarasco” and others.

Dos Passos John(1896–1970) - American writer, representative of the "Lost Generation" in the First World War. Experimental in form, the epic trilogy “USA”, etc.

Dostoevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich(1821–1881) - an outstanding Russian writer. In the novels “Crime and Punishment”, “The Brothers Karamazov” and others, he passionately sought the causes of human vices, looked for ways to social and personal harmony.

Dreiser Theodor(1871–1945) - American writer (trilogy “Titan”, “Financier”, “Genius”).

Du Fu(712–770) - Chinese poet. His poetry is called “history in verse.”

Dumas Father Alexander(1802–1870) - French writer, whose adventure novels on a historical theme ("The Three Musketeers", "Twenty Years Later", etc.) made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world.

Dürrenmatt Friedrich(1921–1990) - Swiss playwright, philosopher, essayist (novel “The Judge and His Executioner”, plays “Crash”, “Physicists”, etc.).

Euripides(c. 480 BC - 406 BC) - ancient Greek playwright. From his works, 17 tragedies (out of 92) and one satyr drama (“Cyclops”) have survived to this day.

Ershov Petr Pavlovich(1815–1869) - Russian writer, author of the fairy tale “The Little Humpbacked Horse.”

Yesenin Sergey Alexandrovich(1895–1925) - Russian poet, one of the most popular and famous poets of the 20th century.

Efremov Ivan Antonovich(1907–1972) - Russian Soviet science fiction writer, author of the novels “The Andromeda Nebula”, “The Hour of the Ox”, “The Razor’s Edge”, etc.

George Sand (Dupin Amanda Lucille)(1804–1876) - French writer, author of the novels “The Sin of Monsieur Antoine”, “Consuelo”, in which she defended the ideas of personal liberation.

Zhukovsky Vasily Andreevich(1783–1852) - Russian poet and translator, friend of A. S. Pushkin, author of many ballads and songs. One of the creators of Russian romanticism.

Zola Emile(1840–1902) - French writer, one of the most significant representatives of realism of the second half of the 19th century. - leader and theorist of the so-called naturalistic movement.

Zoshchenko Mikhail Mikhailovich(1895–1958) - Russian Soviet writer, humorist and satirist. Numerous stories, philosophical essays "Blue Book".

Ilf Ilya (Fainzilberg Ilya Arnoldovich)(1897–1937) - Russian Soviet satirist writer (together with E. Petrov - “The Twelve Chairs”, “The Golden Calf”).

Ionesco Eugene(1909–1994) - French playwright of Romanian origin, one of the founders of the aesthetic movement of absurdism (theater of the absurd).

Irving Washington(1783–1859) - American writer, one of the founders of classical American literature, the first American writer to achieve wide recognition in Europe.

Kaverin Veniamin Alexandrovich(1902–1982) - Russian Soviet writer, author of the novels “Two Captains”, “Open Book”, etc.

Camoes (Camoes) Luis de(1524–1580) - the largest Portuguese poet of the Renaissance, author of the epic poem “The Lusiads” about Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India.

Karamzin Nikolai Mikhailovich(1766–1826) - Russian sentimentalist writer, historian (“Poor Liza”, “History of the Russian State” in 12 volumes).

Kataev Valentin Petrovich(1897–1986) - Russian Soviet writer, author of the stories “The Lonely Sail Whitens”, “Son of the Regiment”, etc., memoirs about his contemporaries (“My Diamond Crown”).

Kafka Franz(1883–1924) - Austrian writer. Author of the novels “The Trial”, “Castle”, “America”, as well as a number of short stories. His works, combining elements of expressionism and surrealism, had a significant influence on the philosophy and culture of the 20th century.

Kvitka-Osnovyanenko (Kvitka) Grigory Fedorovich(1778–1843) - Ukrainian writer and playwright, representative of the “natural school”. He wrote comedies (“Shelmenko the Batman” and others), novels (“Pan Khalyavsky” and others).

Keezy Ken(1935–2001) - American writer who is considered one of the main writers of the beatnik and hippie generations, having a great influence on the formation of these movements and their culture. Kesey's most famous work is the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Kipling Joseph Rudyard(1865–1936) - English poet and writer (ballads, poems, stories about the life of a boy among animals “Mowgli”, etc.), the first Englishman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Kolas Yakub (Mitskevich Konstantin Mikhailovich)(1882–1956) - Belarusian Soviet poet and prose writer, one of the founders of modern Belarusian literature.

Conan Doyle Arthur(1859–1930) - English writer, classic of the detective genre. The most famous are his detective works about Sherlock Holmes, science fiction about Professor Challenger, humorous works about Brigadier Gerard, as well as historical novels.

Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich(1853–1921) - Russian writer (stories “The Blind Musician”, etc.). Democrat and humanist.

Cortazar Julio(1914–1984) - Argentine writer. Among the most famous works of Cortazar are the novels “The Hopscotch Game”, “62. Model for assembly”, “Book of Manuel”, collection of stories “Bestiary”, etc.

Coster Charles de(1827–1879) - an outstanding Belgian writer, author of the novel “The Legend of Ulenspiegel.”

Kotlyarevsky Ivan Petrovich(1769–1838) - an outstanding Ukrainian writer, playwright, the first classic of new Ukrainian literature, the first author to write in Ukrainian. One of the ideologists of the Enlightenment in Ukraine.

Kotsyubinsky Mikhail Mikhailovich(1864–1913) - Ukrainian writer, classic of Ukrainian literature (story “Fata morgana”, etc.).

Coelho Paolo(b. 1947) - Brazilian writer and poet. He published a total of about 150 books - novels, commentary anthologies, collections of short stories, parables and children's fairy tales.

Christy Agatha(1891–1976) - English writer, classic of the detective genre (85 novels, plays, stories).

Krylov Ivan Andreevich(1769–1844) - great Russian fabulist and playwright. Created more than 200 fables.

Kunanbaev Abay(1845–1904) - Kazakh poet, founder of new written Kazakh literature.

Kupala Yanka (Lutsevich Ivan Dominikovich)(1882–1942) - classic of Belarusian literature, poet, playwright, publicist.

Cooper James Fenimore(1789–1851) - famous American novelist, author of many adventure novels ("St. John's Wort", "Pathfinder", "The Last of the Mohicans", etc.).

Kuprin Alexander Ivanovich(1870–1938) - Russian humanist writer, author of many novels and stories (“Duel”, “The Pit”, “Garnet Bracelet”, etc.).

Carroll Lewis (Dodgson Charles Latwidge) (1832–1898)- English writer and mathematician, author of the story “Alice in Wonderland.”

Lagerlöf Selma (1858–1940)- Swedish writer, author of the children's book “The Wonderful Journey of Nils Holgersson” and others, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Larni Martti Johannes (1909–1993) - Finnish writer, poet, journalist. Author of the novels “Dear Poor and Their Motley Company”, “Impatient Passion”, “Heaven Came to Earth”, “The Fourth Vertebrae, or the Reluctant Fraud”, “The Beautiful Pig Farm, or Memoirs of Economic Adviser Minna Karlsson-Kananen”, “About This Out Loud” do not speak".

Lafontaine Jean de (1621–1695) - French fabulist, playwright, writer, thinker and satirist.

Lem Stanislav(R. 1921) - Polish science fiction writer, whose works have been translated into more than 40 languages, philosopher, futurologist, author of “Star Diaries”, stories “Solaris”, “Return from the Stars”, etc.

Lermontov Mikhail Yurievich (1814–1841) - Russian poet, classic of Russian literature. His poems, poems, the story “Hero of Our Time,” along with the works of A. S. Pushkin, became textbooks (“On the Death of a Poet,” “Borodino,” poems “Mtsyri,” “Demon,” etc.).

Leskov Nikolai Semenovich (1831–1895) - Russian writer, author of many stories and tales from folk life, a great master of language.

Li Bo (711-762) - Chinese poet, one of the most revered poets in the history of Chinese literature. He left behind about 1,100 works.

Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia (1907-2002) - Swedish writer, author of world-famous works for children “Pippi Longstocking”, “Carlson Who Lives on the Roof”, “Emil from Lenneberga”, etc.

Longfellow Henry Wadsworth (1807–1882) - American poet. Author of "The Song of Hiawatha" and other poems and poems.

London Jack (Griffith John)(1876–1916) - American writer. Stories about the life of the North, the utopian novel “The Iron Heel”, the novel “Martin Eden”, etc.

Lorca Federico Garcia(1898–1936) - an outstanding Spanish poet and playwright, author of many poems characterized by a fiery temperament and a premonition of a tragic end.

Lucian(c. 120–190) - ancient Greek writer. Lucian's work, which has not come down to us in the originals, is extensive and includes philosophical dialogues, satires, biographies and novels of adventure and travel (often openly parodic), related to the prehistory of science fiction.

Lucretius (Car Titus Lucretius)(c. 99–55 BC) - Roman poet and philosopher. In the poetic poem “On the Nature of Things” he systematically outlined the materialist philosophy of antiquity.

Mine Reed (Reed Thomas Mine)(1818–1883) - English writer, author of fascinating adventure novels (“The Headless Horseman”, etc.).

Mandelstam Osip Emilievich(1891–1938) - Russian poet, one of the creators of Acmeism, was distinguished by his vivid and imaginative perception of the world. Repressed, died in the camps (poetry collection “Stone”, cycle of poems “Voronezh Notebooks”, etc.)

Mann Thomas(1875–1955) - great German writer, essayist, master of the epic novel, Nobel Prize laureate in literature. The novel "Buddenbrooks" and others.

Marshak Samuil Yakovlevich(1887–1964) - Russian Soviet poet, translator, classic of literature for children.

Matsuo Basho (Munefusa)(1644–1694) - a great Japanese poet who played a major role in the development of the haikai (haiku) poetic genre.

Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich(1893–1930) - Russian Soviet poet, reformer of the poetic genre, author of numerous poems and poems (“Cloud in pants”, “About this”, “At the top of my voice”, etc.).

Melville Herman(1819–1891) - American writer. As a young man, Melville spent several years among a tribe of cannibals in the Marquesas Islands. The writer's most famous work is the novel "Moby Dick, or the White Whale" - a complex work full of monologues, philosophical digressions, stories about the life of whales (which at times look like pages from a biology textbook) and the intricacies of whaling.

Merimee Prosper(1803–1870) - French writer, master of short stories (including Carmen, which served as the basis for the opera by J. Wiese), as well as historical novels and plays.

Milne Allen Alexander(1882–1956) - English writer, author of poems and fairy tales for children (“Winnie the Pooh and all-all-all”, etc.).

Milton John(1608–1674) - English poet and publicist, author of poems (“Paradise Lost”, “Paradise Regained”, etc.).

Mishima Yukio (Hiraoka Kimitake)(1925–1970) - Japanese writer, playwright, theater and film director, actor. The author of 40 novels, 15 of which were filmed during his lifetime, as well as many plays, short stories, and several volumes of literary essays. On November 25, 1970, together with several comrades, he tried to seize a military base and call on fellow citizens to carry out a coup d'etat. After the failure of this attempt, he committed suicide by committing seppuku.

Mitchell Margaret Munerlyn(1900–1949) - American writer, known as the author of the novel Gone with the Wind (1936).

Mickiewicz Adam(1798–1855) - Polish poet, founder of romanticism, considered a national poet and one of the greatest representatives of Slavic literature.

Moliere (Poquelin Jean Baptiste)(1622–1673) - French playwright and actor. He created a new type of comedy, exposing social vices, the greatest comedian of France and new Europe, creator of classical comedy, actor by profession, theater director. Comedies “Don Juan”, “Tartuffe”, “The Misanthrope”, etc.

Maupassant Guy de(1850–1893) - French writer. He exposed the hypocrisy, spiritual squalor, and hypocrisy of his contemporary society (novels “Life”, “Mont-Ariol”, “Dear Friend”, etc.).

Nabokov Vladimir(1899–1977) - Russian and American writer. He wrote in Russian, and since the 1940s - in English. Among the most famous examples of creativity are the novels “Mashenka”, “The Defense of Luzhin”, “Invitation to Execution”, “The Gift”. The writer gained fame among the general public after the publication of the scandalous novel “Lolita,” which was later adapted into several film adaptations.

Navoi Nizam-ad-din (Mir Alisher)(1441–1501) - Uzbek writer, poet, scientist. The pinnacle of creativity is the book “Five” (“Khamse”), which contains five poems, including the most famous “Leili and Majnun”.

Nekrasov Nikolay Alekseevich(1821–1878) - Russian poet. Many of his poems became textbooks, and those set to music became folk songs.

Neruda Pablo (Basualto Naftali Ricardo Reyes)(1904–1973) - Chilean poet (“General Song”, etc.), Nobel Prize laureate.

Nizami Ganjavi (Abu Muhammad Ilyas ibn Yusuf) (1141–1209) - Azerbaijani poet and thinker, author of many lyrical poems and poems, including “Seven Beauties” and others.

Ovid (Naso Publius Ovid) (43 BC e. - OK. 18 n. BC) - Roman poet, author of the mythological epic “Metamorphoses”, poems and poems about love.

Okudzhava Bulat Shalvovich(1924–1997) - Russian poet, bard, writer. His poems and historical stories are distinguished by deep lyricism and humanity.

Orwell George (Eric Arthur Blair)(1903–1950) - English writer and publicist, master of social dystopia exposing the totalitarian system (“Animal Farm”, “1984”).

Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolaevich(1823–1886) - Russian playwright, recognized as the founder of the Russian movement in the history of world drama.

Pavic Milorad(b. 1929) - Serbian writer, poet, translator and literary historian. The novel “The Khazar Dictionary” brought Pavich worldwide fame.

Palahniuk (Palagniuk) Chuck(b. 1962) - contemporary American writer and journalist. He is best known as the author of the book “Fight Club,” which was adapted into a film of the same name in 1999.

Pasternak Boris Leonidovich(1890–1960) - Russian poet, prose writer, translator (“My Sister is Life”, “Doctor Zhivago”, etc.), who created works distinguished by the depth of thinking and the beauty of poetic language.

Paustovsky Konstantin Georgievich(1892–1968) - Russian Soviet writer, romanticist, master of lyrical prose (“Golden Rose”, etc.).

Perrault Charles(1628–1703) - French writer and storyteller (“Puss in Boots”, “Cinderella”, etc.).

Petofi Sandor(1823–1849) - Hungarian poet, revolutionary, national hero, author of poems (“Vityaz Janos”, etc.).

Petrarch Francesco(1304–1374) - Italian poet, head of the older generation of humanists, one of the greatest figures of the Italian Renaissance.

Petrov Evgeniy (Evgeniy Petrovich Kataev)(1903–1942) - Russian Soviet writer, author (together with I. Ilf) of the novels “The Twelve Chairs” and “The Golden Calf”, many satirical stories and feuilletons.

Platonov Andrey Platonovich(1899–1951) - an outstanding Russian Soviet writer, whose works (“Chevengur”, “The Pit”, “The Juvenile Sea”, etc.) did not fit into the official literature.

By Edgar Allan(1809–1849) - one of the greatest writers of American literature, a poet who is considered a harbinger of symbolism.

Prus Boleslav (Alexander Glowacki)(1847–1912) - Polish writer. Stories about children (“Orphan’s Share”), stories “Return Wave”, “Outpost”, novels “Doll”, “Pharaoh”.

Proust Marcel(1871–1922) - French writer who sought to show the inner life of a person as a “stream of consciousness” (the cycle “In Search of Lost Time,” volumes I–XVI).

Pushkin, Alexander Sergeyevich(1799–1837) - great Russian poet and writer. He created numerous works of different genres and great significance. Poems, poems, a novel in verse (“Eugene Onegin”), the cycle “Belkin’s Tales”, “Little Tragedies”, the tragedy “Boris Godunov”, historical works, etc.

Rabelais Francois(1494–1553) - French writer, humanist and satirist. The novel “Gargantua and Pantagruel” is a kind of encyclopedia of the culture of the French Renaissance.

Remarque Erich Maria(1898–1970) - one of the most famous and widely read German writers of the 20th century. The writer's most famous works are the novels All Quiet on the Western Front, Three Comrades, Arc de Triomphe, and Night in Lisbon.

Rimbaud Arthur (1854–1891) was a French symbolist poet who had a significant influence on later poetry.

Rodari Gianni(1920–1980) - Italian children's writer.

Rolland Romain(1866–1944) - an outstanding French writer and playwright, author of the story “Cola Brugnon”, the novel “Jean Christophe”, etc.

Rostand Edmond(1868–1918) - French poet and playwright. After the resounding triumph of the poetic play Cyrano de Bergerac, Rostand was recognized as one of the most famous European playwrights.

Rowling Joan(b. 1965) - English writer, author of the Harry Potter series of novels.

Rudaki Abu Abdallah Jafar(860–941) - Tajik and Persian poet, the founder of poetry in the Farsi language.

Rousseau Jean Jacques (1712–1778)- French philosopher, thinker, sentimentalist writer (novels “Julia, or New Heloise”, “Confession”, etc.).

Rustaveli Shota(XII century) - classic of Georgian literature, author of the poem “The Knight in the Tiger’s Skin.”

Ryleev Kondraty Fedorovich(1795–1826) - Russian poet, romantic, Decembrist, creator of the almanac “Polar Star”.

Rylsky Maxim Faddeevich(1895–1964) - prominent Ukrainian lyricist (“Roses and Grapes”, etc.), translator, public figure.

Saadi Muslihiddin(c. 1203-c. 1291) - Persian lyric poet, thinker (poem “Bustan”, etc.).

Sagan Francoise (Couare Francoise)(1935–2004) - French writer and playwright. Sagan became famous for her novel Hello, Sadness, which was published when she was 19 years old.

Saltykov-Shchedrin (Saltykov Mikhail Evgrafovich)(1826–1889) - Russian satirist writer, master of the grotesque (“Gentlemen Golovlevs”, etc.).

Sappho (Sappho) (VII–VI centuries BC BC) - ancient Greek poetess, representative of melic (musical and song) lyrics, a native of the lesbian (on the island of Lesbos) city of Eres.

Swift Jonathan(1667–1745) - English satirist, author of the satirical novel Gulliver's Travels.

Severyanin Igor (Igor Vasilievich Lotarev)(1887–1941) - Russian poet (“Pineapples in Champagne”, etc.). His poems were distinguished by their sophistication of form and musicality.

Senkevich Henryk(1846–1916) - Polish writer (historical novels “With Fire and Sword”, “Without Dogma”, etc.).

Saint-Exupéry Antoine de(1900–1944) - French writer, pilot, died during World War II (“Land of Men”, “The Little Prince”, etc.).

Cervantes Saavedra Miguel de(1547–1616) - great Spanish writer (“The Cunning Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha”, etc.).

Simenon Georges(1903–1989) - French writer, classic of the detective genre.

Simonov Konstantin (Kirill) Mikhailovich(1915–1979) - Russian Soviet writer and poet (collections of poems “With You and Without You”, “Friends and Enemies”, trilogy “The Living and the Dead”, etc.).

Skovoroda Grigory Savvich(1722–1794) - an outstanding Ukrainian philosopher, poet and teacher, author of poems, fables in prose (“Kharkov Fables”, etc.).

Scott Walter(1771–1832) - English writer who is considered the founder of the historical novel genre, the author of many historical novels (Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, etc.) and romantic poems.

Solzhenitsyn Alexander Isaevich(b. 1918) - Russian writer and public figure, author of the novels “The Gulag Archipelago”, “Cancer Ward” and others. A Nobel laureate, he became widely known not only for his works, but also for his personal struggle against communist ideology and the Soviet regime.

Sophocles(c. 496–406 BC) - Athenian playwright, considered along with Aeschylus and Euripides one of the three greatest tragic poets of ancient Greece. The tragedies “Ajax”, “Antigone”, “Oedipus the King”, “Philoctetes”, “The Trachinian Women”, “Electra”, “Oedipus at Colonus” have survived to this day.

Steinbeck John Ernst(1902–1968) - classic of American literature (novels “The Winter of Our Trouble”, etc.). Nobel laureate.

Stendhal (Bayle Henri Marie)(1783–1842) - French writer, author of numerous novels, including “Red and Black”, “The Parma Monastery”, etc.

Stevenson Robert Lewis(1850–1894) - English writer, author of adventure (“Treasure Island”, etc.), historical (“Black Arrow”, etc.), psychological (“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”) novels.

Strugatsky (Strugatsky brothers), Arkady Natanovich(1925–1991) and Boris Natanovich(1933) - Russian writers, screenwriters, classics of modern science and social fiction (novels “Predatory Things of the Century”, “Doomed City”, stories “Monday Begins on Saturday”, “A Billion Years Before the End of the World”, etc.).

Salinger Jerome David(b. 1919) - American writer. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye brought him enormous success. After 1965, Jerome Salinger did not publish any more works, turning into one of the most mysterious “hermits” and “silent people” in world literature.

Tagore Rabindranath(1861–1941) - Indian writer, poet, composer, artist, public figure (“The Mountain”, “Home and the World”, etc.). Nobel laureate.

Tvardovsky Alexander Trifonovich(1910–1971) - Russian Soviet poet, author of the poems “The Country of Ant”, “Vasily Terkin” and others.

Twain Mark (Samuel Clemens) (1835–1910) - prominent American writer, satirist, journalist and lecturer. At his peak, he was probably the most popular figure in the United States.

Thackeray William Makepeace(1811–1863) - English novelist (“Vanity Fair”, etc.).

Tolkien John Ronald Ruel(1892–1973) - English writer, linguist, philologist. Tolkien became famous worldwide for his novel The Hobbit, or There and Back Again and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Tolstoy Alexey Konstantinovich(1817–1875) - Russian poet, writer, satirist, one of the authors of K. Prutkov (poems, poems, novel “Prince Silver”, etc.).

Tolstoy Alexey Nikolaevich(1883–1945) - Russian Soviet writer (novels “Peter I”, trilogy “Walking through Torment”, story “Bread”, etc.).

Tolstoy Lev Nikolaevich(1828–1910) - Russian writer, publicist and religious thinker, ideologist of the Tolstoyan movement (short stories, novellas, epic novel “War and Peace”, novels “Anna Karenina”, “Resurrection”, etc.). Tolstoy had a huge influence on the evolution of European humanism and on the development of realistic traditions in world literature.

Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich(1818–1883) - Russian writer (“Notes of a Hunter”, “Fathers and Sons”, etc.). He brought out images of the new heroes of his era - commoners.

Tynyanov Yuri Nikolaevich(1894–1943) - Russian Soviet writer, literary critic, master of the historical novel (“Kyukhlya”, “The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar”, etc.).

Tychina Pavlo (Pavel Grigorievich)(1891–1967) - Ukrainian Soviet poet and statesman, innovator of poetic form.

Tyutchev Fedor Ivanovich(1803–1873) - Russian poet, master of verse, soulful lyricist and thinker.

Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wheels(1854–1900) - English writer close to the Symbolists. He is best known for his numerous plays, catchphrases and aphorisms, as well as for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).

Williams Tennessee(1911–1983) - American playwright and novelist. Williams became famous for his play A Streetcar Named Desire. The playwright's plays have been filmed several times.

Whitman Walt(1819–1892) - American poet and philosopher (collection “Leaves of Grass”, etc.), reformer of American poetry.

Ukrainian Lesya (Kosach-Kvitka Larisa Petrovna)(1871–1913) - Ukrainian poetess (lyric poems, extravaganza “Forest Song”, etc.).

Wells Herbert George(1866–1946) - English writer, classic of science fiction literature (“The Invisible Man”, “War of the Worlds”, etc.).

Fowles John(1926–2005) - English writer and poet, one of the most significant English writers of the second half of the 20th century. Among the most famous works of John Fowles are the novels “The Collector”, “The French Lieutenant’s Girlfriend”, “The Worm”, etc.

Feuchtwanger Lyon(1884–1958) - German novelist and publicist (historical novels, including “False Nero”, “Success”, etc.).

Fet (Shenshin) Afanasy Afanasyevich(1820–1892) - Russian poet, adherent of “pure art”, subtle lyricist.

Ferdowsi Abulqasim(934-c. 1020) - Persian poet, author of the poem “Shahnameh”, which had a great influence on the literature of the East; the poem “Yusuf and Zuleikha” is also attributed to him.

Flaubert Gustave(1821–1880) - French writer (novel “Madame Bovary”, etc.), successor to the traditions of O. Balzac.

Franko Ivan Yakovlevich(1856–1916) - an outstanding Ukrainian writer, poet, fiction writer, scientist, publicist and leader of the revolutionary movement in western Ukraine, a classic of Ukrainian literature (“Eternal Revolutionary”, “Zakhar Berkut”, etc.).

France Anatole (Thibault Anatole Francois)(1844–1924) - French writer (“Penguin Island”, etc.), publicist, satirist. Nobel laureate.

Khayyam Omar(1048-c. 1123) - great Persian poet and mathematician. Known for his quatrains - rubai full of humor and wisdom.

Heller Joseph(1923–1999) - American novelist. The author of the grotesque satirical novel “Amendment-22” (Catch-22, in some translations - “Catch-22”), which has become a classic of the “black comedy” genre.

Hemingway Ernest Miller(1899–1961) - American writer. Hemingway received wide recognition thanks to his novels and numerous stories, on the one hand, and his life full of adventures and surprises, on the other. His style, concise and intense, had a huge influence on world literature of the 20th century. (“Fiesta”, “A Farewell to Arms!”, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, etc.).

Khlebnikov Velemir (Viktor Vladimirovich)(1885–1922) - Russian poet, innovator of words. He strove to create a “new mythology” and the language of the future free humanity.

Zweig Stefan(1881–1942) - Austrian writer, master of psychological short stories (“Amok”, “Confusion of Feelings”, etc.), novelized biographies of famous historical figures.

Tsvetaeva Marina Ivanovna(1892–1941) - Russian poetess, prose writer, translator, one of the most read and original Russian poetesses of the 20th century.

Cicero Marcus Tullius(106-43 BC) - ancient Roman orator and writer.

Capek Karel(1890–1938) - one of the most famous Czech writers of the 20th century, prose writer and playwright (“War with the Newts,” “White Disease,” etc.).

Chernyshevsky Nikolai Gavrilovich(1828–1889) - Russian writer, philosopher and critic (novels “What is to be done?”, “Prologue”, etc., stories).

Chekhov Anton Pavlovich(1860–1904) - an outstanding Russian writer and playwright (“The Lady with the Dog”, “Three Sisters”, etc.). Chekhov's work had a huge influence on Russian and world literature.

Chukovsky Korney Ivanovich(1882–1969) - Russian poet, writer, translator, literary critic (monumental work “The Mastery of Nekrasov”, “High Art”, very popular children's fairy tales and poems - “Moidodyr”, “The Adventures of Aibolit”, etc.).

Shevchenko Taras Grigorievich(1814–1861) - great Ukrainian poet and writer, classic of Ukrainian literature, artist (book of poetic works “Kobzar”, poems “Katerina”, “Blind”, “Haydamaky”, etc.).

Shakespeare William(1564–1616) - great English playwright and poet (tragedies “King Lear”, “Macbeth”, “Hamlet”, “Othello”, etc., comedies “The Taming of the Shrew”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, etc., sonnets and etc.). Deep philosophical thought and a wealth of poetic and dramatic means made Shakespeare's work one of the pinnacles of world art.

Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft(1797–1851) - English writer, author of Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, wife of the romantic poet Percy Shelley.

Shelley Percy Bysshe(1792–1822) - one of the greatest English poets of the 19th century. (“Queen Mab”, “Prometheus Unbound”, etc.).

Schiller Johann Friedrich(1759–1805) - German poet and playwright (“Cunning and Love”, “The Maid of Orleans”, “William Tell”, etc.).

Sholom Aleichem (Rabinovich Sholom Nokhumovich)(1859–1916) - an outstanding Jewish writer and playwright (drama “Tevye the Milkman”, novel “Wandering Stars”, etc.).

Sholokhov Mikhail Alexandrovich(1905–1984) - classic of Russian Soviet literature. Novels “Quiet Don”, “Virgin Soil Upturned”, etc. Nobel laureate.

Aesop (VI V. BC BC) is an ancient Greek fabulist, a legendary folk sage, to whom the plots of almost all fables known in antiquity were attributed.

Eco Umberto(b. 1932) - Italian prose writer, scientist, cultural critic, essayist. Novels “The Name of the Rose”, “Foucault’s Pendulum”, etc.

Aeschylus(525–456 BC), ancient Greek playwright. In antiquity, about 80 dramatic works of Aeschylus were known, of which only seven have survived: “The Persians”, “Seven Against Thebes”, the “Oresteia” trilogy (“Agamemnon”, “Choephori”, “Eumenides”); tragedies “The Petitioners, or the Prayers” and “Prometheus Bound”.

From the book In the beginning there was a word. Aphorisms author Dushenko Konstantin Vasilievich

Poets A poet is a light, winged and sacred creature. Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC), ancient Greek philosopher. Whoever Jupiter wants to punish, he makes a poet. Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), German poet Anyone who cannot compose two lines is a dullard; and who composed as many as four -

From the book Famous Killers, Famous Victims author Mazurin Oleg

Russian poets about each other He is original with us - because he thinks. Alexander Pushkin about Evgeny Baratynsky Khlebnikov is not a poet for consumers. Khlebnikov - poet for the manufacturer Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), poet Great entertainer of the Russian land. Ilya Selvinsky about

From the book Crossword Guide author Kolosova Svetlana

Prose writers and poets... So that a prose writer becomes a poet, and a poet becomes a demigod. Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), poet The speaker should not blindly imitate poets. Poetry can only be admired from afar. Quintilian (c. 35-c. 96), Roman teacher of eloquence Prose writer gets tired of writing

From the book Berlin. Guide by Bergmann Jurgen

Critics and Poets The job of critics is to follow the poet, but to follow the critics is not the job of the poet. William Gaslitt (1778–1830), English essayist Every good poet is also a critic; but not vice versa. William Shenstone (1714–1763), English poet It is hardly necessary to be

From the book The Complete Encyclopedia of Modern Educational Games for Children. From birth to 12 years author Voznyuk Natalia Grigorievna

Oleg Mazurin FAMOUS KILLERS, FAMOUS VICTIMS Two killers are milling around the entrance, waiting for a client. One of them is visibly worried. Another, watching how nervous his partner is, asks him with a grin: “What are you, bro, are you worried?” - Yes, the client took a long time

From the book Catastrophes of Consciousness [Religious, ritual, everyday suicides, methods of suicide] author Revyako Tatyana Ivanovna

Poets and writers of ancient Greece and Rome 4 Aesop - ancient Greek fabulist of the 6th century BC. e.5 Aeschylus - ancient Greek poet-playwright of the 5th century BC. e.6 Leonidas, Tarentum - ancient Greek poet of the late IV - early III centuries BC. e. Lucian - ancient Greek poet of the 2nd century BC. e. Sophocles

From the author's book

Poets of the 13th–16th centuries 4 Baif, Jean Antoine - French poet of the 16th century. Vega, Garcilaso de la - Spanish poet of the 16th century. Donne, John - English poet of the late 16th - early 17th centuries. Labe, Louise - French poetess of the 16th century. Leon , Luis de - Spanish poet of the 16th century. Lobo, Francisco Rodriguez -

From the author's book

Writers and poets of the 17th century 3 Vio, Théophile de - French poet.4 Vega, Carpio Lope de - Spanish playwright. Melo, Francisco Manuel de - Portuguese poet. Opitz, Martin - German poet.5 Barro, Jacques Vallee de - French poet. Boileau, Nicola - French poet. Bacon, Francis -

From the author's book

Writers and poets of the 18th century 4 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang - German writer. Defoe, Daniel - English writer. 5 Burns, Robert - Scottish poet. Diderot, Denis - French writer, philosopher. Laclau, Pierre de - French writer. Lesage, Alain Rene - French writer. Rousseau,

From the author's book

Writers and poets of the 19th century 2 Poe, Edgar - American writer.4 Blok, Alexander Alexandrovich - Russian poet. Verne, Jules - French writer. Hugo, Victor - French writer. Dumas, Alexander - French writer. Zola, Emile - French writer. Prus, Boleslav –

From the author's book

Writers and poets of the 20th century 3 Gide, Andre - French writer. Shaw, George Bernard - English writer. 4 Blaise, Cendrars - French writer. Green, Alexander Stepanovich - Russian writer. Green, Graham - English writer. Doyle, Arthur Conan - English writer. Ilf, Ilya

From the author's book

Famous hunters 3 Min - Russian hunter, writer.5 Lvov, L.A. - Russian hunter, author of books about hunting. Palen - Russian hunter, count. Urvan - Russian hunter.6 Paskin - Russian hunter.7 Lukashin - hunter from the Pskov province. Nazimov, A.V. – Tver hunter.8 Karpushka

From the author's book

Famous hippologists 4 Witt, V.O.5 Griso, F. Orlov-Chesmensky, A.G.6 James, F. Shishkin7 Kabanov Kuleshov8 Guerinier, F.R. Caprilli,

From the author's book

FAMOUS DESIGNERS Friedrichstadt Passages, block 206, Friedrichstr. 71, metro station Franzosische Straße on line U6 or Stadtmitte on line U2. Cerruti, Gucci, Moschino, Yves Saint Laurent, Strenesse, Rive Gauche, Louis Vuitton, Etro, La Perla are represented here. Many designers have their own boutiques on Kurfürstendamm, for example, Burberry, Chanel, Jil Sander,

From the author's book

“Poets” The players take a large sheet of paper and write a poem on it. The idea is that everyone comes up with 2 lines that rhyme with each other and wraps the sheet so that the next player does not know what the previous one wrote about. Then the sheet is unfolded and read

From the author's book

Poets and Writers Suicide is popular among the creative elite around the world. So, in the 20th century. Russian poets V. Mayakovsky, S. Yesenin, M. Tsvetaeva, German poet and playwright Ernst Toller, writer S. Zweig (Austria), E. Hemingway (USA), Yu.

Every year in the Russian Federation many significant and memorable dates are celebrated. 2018 was no exception. A huge number of writers, poets, literary critics and other cultural figures who are known throughout the world were born on the territory of our country. Every cultured and educated person in our great country, of course, notes anniversaries of poets and writers in 2018.

The activities of these people influenced the ideological consciousness of humanity, and possibly the historical course of events.

Some people confuse the concepts of “anniversaries” and “memorable” dates. They need to be clarified. Today, all over the world it is customary to celebrate an anniversary that is a multiple of five. For example, the 130th anniversary of the birth of Leonid Grossman will be celebrated on January 24, 2018, a famous literary critic, writer, also known as the creator of the ZhZL series of books, in which, by the way, he wrote about Pushkin and Dostoevsky.

Memorable dates include events that influenced the course of history of a country or even all of humanity.

Systematization of significant and anniversary dates of writers and poets can be proposed in different chronological order:

Distribution of dates by century or sequence of literary movements and trends. For example: first come the writers and poets of the Golden Age, and then the Silver Age.
Distribution of dates in the calendar sequence of 2018, starting from January and ending with December. In this case, the list may include writers and poets of the Renaissance and our contemporaries.

This article presents the second option of chronological order.

Domestic and foreign anniversaries in 2018

Among the poets and writers of the 2018 anniversary, there are a lot of famous, big names. These people worked at different times, in different parts of the world, and made a huge contribution to the heritage of pestilent culture and literature.

Domestic writers and poets

On January 3, Alexander Bek will turn 115 years old, who managed to convey in his works the unique flavor of the reality of the times of the USSR.
On January 25, singer and composer Vladimir Vysotsky could celebrate his eightieth birthday.

On February 4, the Russian prose writer, writer and publicist Mikhail Prishvin will be 145 years old.
February 10 marks the 80th anniversary of Georgy Weiner, a Soviet detective writer, screenwriter and editor.
March 3 - 155 years have passed since the birth of one of the most prominent representatives of Russian symbolism - Fyodor Sologub.
March 13 will mark the 105th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Mikhalkov, a children's writer, poet, playwright, publicist and, not unimportantly, a war correspondent.

March 16, 115 years old Tamara Gabbe is a famous literary critic, playwright, folklorist, editor, writer and translator.
March 28 is the 150th anniversary of the writer, playwright, and prose writer Maxim Gorky.
On July 12, Nikolai Chernyshevsky will turn 190 years old. He is known as a literary critic and writer.
June 27 is the 165th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Korolenko, a Ukrainian and Russian writer.
September 9 is the 190th anniversary of Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy, the great Russian writer.

On September 9, Boris Zakhoder, a beloved children's writer, poet, translator and screenwriter, is exactly one hundred years old.
On September 21, Antioch Cantemir, satirist and translator, was born 310 years ago.
October 9. Mikhail Kheraskov is a poet, writer and playwright. 285 years have passed since his birth.
November 6 is exactly 200 years old for Pavel Melnikov (Pechersky), a realist writer, ethnographer, fiction writer, and publicist.
November 9 marks the bicentenary of Ivan Turgenev. Poet, realist writer, translator, playwright, publicist, classic of Russian literature.

November 23 – Nikolai Nosov is 110 years old. The playwright and screenwriter is best known as a children's prose writer.
On December 1, Victor Dragunsky turns 105 years old. A classic of Soviet children's literature, author of novels and short stories. His most popular series is Deniska's Stories.

Foreign artists

Russians honor and remember not only their compatriots, but also study foreign writers and poets. This worldwide list of anniversaries of writers and poets is quite huge, so only a small part of literary figures are highlighted in the article.

January 22. 230 years have passed since the birth of the English romantic poet George Gordon Byron.

January 23. The French writer, founder of the psychological novel, Stendhal, celebrates his 235th birthday.
April 15. 175 years have passed since the birth of Henry James, an American writer.
July 22. 120 years after the birth of the German writer Erich Maria Remarque.

July 25. George Orwell, a British writer and publicist, author of the acclaimed dystopian novel “1984,” was born 115 years ago.
June 3. 135 years ago, the German writer Franz Kafka was born, who, by the way, was of Jewish origin.
July 30. The middle of the Brontë sisters, Emily, was born exactly 200 years ago. This is an English writer and poetess, author of the extraordinary novel Wuthering Heights.

September 28. Master of the novel - Prosper Merimee was born 215 years ago. Writer of French origin and translator.

These dates will be celebrated in many educational institutions of the Russian Federation, somewhere in literary circles, in schools, in libraries, or perhaps in the home circle. At such events, the biography of these creative figures is remembered, their contribution to literature is studied, poetry and excerpts from prose works are read.

It is in this way that culture is instilled and ethical and aesthetic education is formed.

2018 is rich in significant dates (not only for literary figures). This year will give many impressions to people for whom creativity plays an important place in life.

Video

The 2018 calendar is rich in dozens of significant dates, a special place among which is given to the birth anniversaries of “geniuses of the pen.” The creativity of writers opens up the opportunity to enjoy the atmosphere of feelings and emotions, gain precious knowledge and find answers to burning questions.

We recommend!Anniversaries of writers and poets in 2019

The whole world honors the memory of the eternal builders of the flowering wall of celebration and inspiration on the days of writers' anniversaries in 2018 by month:

date	Anniversary	Literary hero of the day
03.01.1903	115	Alexander Beck
22.01.1788	230	George Gordon Byron
23.01.1783	235	Stendhal
25.01.1938	80
04.02.1873	145	Mikhail Prishvin
10.02.1938	80	Georgy Weiner
01.03.1863	155	Fedor Sologub
13.03.1913	105
16.03.1903	115	Tamara Gabbe
28.03.1868	150	Maksim Gorky
15.04.1843	175	Henry James
22.06.1898	120	Erich Maria Remarque
25.06.1903	115	George Orwell
03.07.1883	135
12.07.1828	190	Nikolai Chernyshevsky
27.07.1848	170	Hans Hoffmann
27.07.1853	165	Vladimir Korolenko
30.07.1818	200	Emily Brontë
09.09.1828	190	Lev Tolstoy
09.09.1918	100	Boris Zakhoder
21.09.1708	310	Antioch Cantemir
28.09.1803	215	Prosper Merimee
09.10.1733	285	Mikhail Kheraskov
09.11.1818	200	Ivan Turgenev
23.11.1908	110
01.12.1913	105	Victor Dragunsky

The immortal creations of writers are a precious heritage that is not measured in material terms, but makes humanity many times richer and wiser.

Russian and foreign anniversaries

Prose writers and poets, whose birthdays fall in 2018, created their masterpieces on different continents, in different countries and different parts of the world.

A galaxy of Russian writers

"Winter" birthday people

The eightieth anniversary of the birth of the outstanding “master of rhyme” Vladimir Vysotsky will be celebrated on January 25. In addition to the traditional visit to his grave by devoted friends and fans, this day will be marked by the opening of new halls in the Vysotsky House dedicated to the life path of the genius.

The anniversary date - 115 years from the birth of the writer Alexander Bek, who immortalized a whole milestone in the history of the Soviet period in his stories, falls on January 3, 2018. And on February 10, the great screenwriter and master of detective stories, Georgy Weiner, would have turned 80 years old.

Spring and summer

On March 16, the literary society will celebrate the anniversary of Maxim Gorky - 150 years from birth. The opening of restored museums dedicated to the memory of the great writer, who made a significant contribution to world literature, was timed to coincide with this day.

July will be marked by the anniversary of the Soviet-era writer-critic Nikolai Chernyshevsky and publicist Vladimir Korolenko.

"Autumn" birthday people

The brightest and most significant autumn event for true connoisseurs of verbal art is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Turgenev. By November 11, a large-scale celebration of the round anniversary is being prepared with the presentation of the “Turgenev” encyclopedia, the opening of a museum with its six branches and the release of memorable works of the writer.

The brightest anniversary stars in the literary firmament of foreign countries

Winter

On January 22, the whole world will pay tribute to the well-deserved respect and recognition of the great English poet of the Romantic era, George Gordon Byron, who would have turned 230 years old in 2018. And the 23rd day of the same month marks the 235th anniversary of Stendhal, a French writer whose works are read by fans of the “psychological novel” genre.

The writer and traveler, whose name is known throughout the world, the great Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828. And on this day, but already in 2018, the public will celebrate its 190th anniversary.

Spring

An American writer who wrote 12 plays, 112 gripping stories and 20 novels, prose writer Henry James was born on April 15, 1843. 2018 marks the 175th anniversary of his birth.

Summer

The public will celebrate the 120th birthday of the famous German prose writer, one of the best writers of the “lost generation” Erich Maria Remarque on June 22.

The outstanding “genius of the pen,” the German-language writer Franz Kafka, would have celebrated his 135th birthday on July 3, 2018. In the same month, but on the 30th back in 1818, Emily Brontë was born in Foggy Albion, who glorified her great literary family with the novel Wuthering Heights. In 2018 she would have turned 200 years old.

The 170th anniversary of Hans Hoffmann, a talented German innovative teacher and writer, whose pen wrote the famous grotesque story “Little Zaches,” falls on July 27.

Autumn

The date September 28, 1803 is known in literary circles as the birthday of the French prose writer Prosper Merimee, a recognized master of the short story. In 2018, the date of its 215th anniversary is celebrated.

Each of these literary geniuses, in their works, presented the world with a piece of their soul, feelings, emotions and experiences, the spirit of the time and the extraordinary flavor of the era in which they happened to live and create.

As a gift to children

The dates of the anniversaries of children's writers in 2018 deserve special attention. To open the door to a fairy tale, to open the curtain of a mysterious secret, to give a whole world of fantastic adventures - because for this it is not enough to just be a talented author, you need to love children with all your heart, and subtly feel their emotional experiences.

Among everyone’s favorite poets and prose writers who have created real masterpieces of the pen for their smallest and most grateful readers is the 110-year-old hero of the day, Nikolai Nosov. His stories, fairy tales and stories full of love for children are lively, real, witty and exciting. That is why they are so loved by young literature connoisseurs. Little Dunno, smart Bobik and Barbos, Vitya Maleev - these and other ageless, perky characters have forever settled in the hearts of long-grown-up “kids” and are just as quickly gaining warm recognition among modern children.

Boris Zakhoder, whose centenary is being celebrated in 2018, has also done a lot for the development of children's literature. His poems about professions and animals, which are both light and filled with deep meaning, and playful little rhymes are written simply and clearly, as if the author himself is still a child and sees the whole world as a child, in its brightest colors.

2018 marks the 145th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Prishvin, whose authorship includes stories about nature that very captivatingly and kindly introduce little readers to the greatness and beauty of the world around them.

Tamara Gabbe, a teacher at heart and a talented storyteller, gave many works to children's literature (“A Book for First Reading,” plays “The Crystal Slipper,” “City of Masters, or the Tale of the Two Hunchbacks,” a retelling of “Gulliver at the Lilliputians,” etc.). Her 115th anniversary also falls in 2018.

The 105th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Mikhalkov, a famous and beloved author of perky poems by children, will be celebrated on March 13, 2018. The same age would have been this year for the great classic Viktor Dragunsky, whose pen the cycle “Deniska’s Stories” belongs to.

True masters of artistic expression have brought their valuable gifts, filled with love and respect for young readers, to the collection of literature for children.

The anniversaries of writers and poets in 2018 are the best occasion to discover the wonderful world of words, to revive the work of venerable geniuses of the pen, or to enjoy amazing novels, short stories, novellas and poems for the first time.

2018–2027 - Decade of childhood in the Russian Federation

(Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 240 of May 29, 2017 “On the announcement of the Decade of Childhood in the Russian Federation”)

According to the UN decision:

2011–2020 - United Nations International Decade for Biodiversity

2013–2022 - International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures

2011–2020 - UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification

2011–2020 - Decade of Action for Road Safety

2011–2020 - Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism

2014–2024 - A decade of sustainable energy for all

2015–2024 - International Decade for People of African Descent

In 2018 we will celebrate:

185 years of James Greenwood (1833-1929)

90 years since the publication of the popular science natural history magazine for schoolchildren “Young Naturalist” (July 1928)

85 years of publishing house "Children's Literature" (September 1933)

85 years since the first issue of the “Lives of Remarkable People” series (January 1933)

JANUARY

January 2 - 60 years on the birthday of the Russian children's writer, poet Tim Sobakin(n. Andrey Viktorovich Ivanov) (1958)

January 3 - 115 years, prose writer Alexander Alfredovich Beck (1903–1972)

6th January - 90 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Lev Ivanovich Kuzmin (1928–2000)

January 8 - Children's Cinema Day(Established on January 8, 1998 by the Moscow Government on the initiative of the Moscow Children's Fund in connection with the centenary of the first film screening for children in Moscow)

January 9 - 65 years old on the birthday of the Russian writer, editor Alexander Vasilievich Etoev(b. 1953)

January 9 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer Evgeniy Stepanovich Kokovina (1913–1977)

January 10 - 135 years on the birthday of the Russian Soviet writer Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1883–1945)

January 12 - 390 years since the birth of the French storyteller, poet Charles Perrault (1628–1703)

January 13 - Russian Press Day (Celebrated since 1991 in honor of the publication of the first issue of the Russian printed newspaper Vedomosti by decree of Peter I in 1703.)

January 14 - 95 years old on the birthday of the Russian prose writer, poet, translator Yuri Iosifovich Korinets (1923–1989)

January 14 - 200 years since the birth of the Finnish writer Sacarias Topelius (1818–1898)

January 19 - 120 years Alexander Ilyich Bezymensky (1898–1973)

January 19 - 115 years Natalia Petrovna Konchalovskaya (1903–1988)

January 21 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Nikolai Mikhailovich Verzilin (1903–1984)

January 22 - 230 years since the birth of the English poet George Noel Gordon Byron (1788–1824)

January 22 - 90 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Petr Lukich Proskurina (1928–2001)

The 25th of January - 80 years old on the birthday of the Russian actor, poet Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky (1938–1980)

January 25 - Day of Russian Students (Tatyana's Day) (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation “On the Day of Russian Students” dated January 25, 2005 No. 76)

January 31 - 85 years old since the birth of the children's poet Renata Grigorievna Mukha (1933–2009)

FEBRUARY

February 4 - 145 years since the birth of the Russian writer Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin (1873–1954)

February 8 - 190 years Jules Verne (1828–1905)

February 8 - Day of Remembrance of the Young Anti-Fascist Hero (Celebrated since 1964 in honor of the fallen participants in anti-fascist demonstrations - French schoolboy Daniel Fery (1962) and Iraqi boy Fadil Jamal (1963).)

February 8 - Russian Science Day (On this day in 1724, Peter I signed a decree establishing the Academy of Sciences in Russia.)

February 9th - 235 years since the birth of the Russian poet Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky (1783–1852)

February 9th - 80 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Yuri Iosifovich Koval (1938–1995)

February 10 - 80 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Georgy Alexandrovich Weiner (1938–2009)

February 13 - 115 years anniversary of the birth of the French writer Georges Simenon (1903–1989)

February 14 - International Book Day (Celebrated since 2012. Residents of more than 30 countries of the world, including Russia, take part in it annually.)

February, 15 - 90 years old anniversary of the birth of the Estonian children's writer Eno Martinovic Rauda (1928–1996)

February 22 - 90 years old Vladimir Lukyanovich Razumnevich (1928–1996)

24 February - 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer Emmanuel Genrikhovich Kazakevich(1913–1962)

February 26 - 55 years on the birthday of the Russian writer Ilga Ponornitskaya(b. 1963)

MARCH

March 1 - World Civil Defense Day (In 1972, the International Civil Defense Organization was created. In Russia, this day has been celebrated since 1994)

March 7 - World Read Aloud Day (Celebrated since 2010 by the initiative of LitWorld on the first Wednesday of March.)

March 8 - International Women's Day (In 1910, at the International Conference of Socialist Women in Copenhagen, K. Zetkin proposed annually holding the Day of Solidarity of Working Women of the World. It has been celebrated in Russia since 1913)

March 12 - 95 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Svyatoslav Vladimirovich Sakharnov (1923–2010)

March 13 - 180 years anniversary of the birth of the Italian writer, philologist and historian Raffaello Giovagnoli (1838–1915)

March 13 - 125 years on the birthday of the Russian teacher, writer Anton Semyonovich Makarenko (1888–1939)

March 13 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913–2009)

March 16 - 95 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Valery Vladimirovich Medvedev(1923–1998)

March 16 - 115 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, translator Tamara Grigorievna Gabbe (1903–1960)

March 17 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Boris Nikolaevich Polevoy (1908–1981)

20th of March - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Gennady Yakovlevich Snegirev (1933–2004)

March 24-30 - Children's and Youth Book Week (Held annually since 1944. The first “Book Name Days” were held on the initiative of L. Kassil in 1943 in Moscow.)

March 25 - Cultural Worker's Day (Established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation on August 27, 2007)

March 28 - 150 years since the birth of the Russian writer Maxim Gorky(n. and. Alexey Maksimovich Peshkov) (1868–1936)

30th of March - 175 years since the birth of the Russian writer Konstantin Mikhailovich Stanyukovich (1843–1903)

APRIL

April 1 - International Bird Day (The International Convention for the Conservation of Birds was signed in 1906.)

April 1 - 90 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Valentin Dmitrievich Berestov (1928–1998)

April 1 - 110 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, literary critic Lev Emmanuilovich Razgon(1908–1999)

April 2 - International Children's Book Day (Celebrated since 1967 on the birthday of H. C. Andersen by decision of the International Children's Book Council - IBBY.)

April 3 - 115 years on the birthday of the Russian writer Sofia Abramovna Mogilevskaya(1903–1981)

April, 4 - 200 years anniversary of the birth of the English writer Thomas Main Reid (1818–1883)

April 7 - World Health Day (Celebrated since 1948 by decision of the UN World Health Assembly.)

April 12 - Cosmonautics Day (Established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1962 to commemorate the first manned flight into space.)

12th of April - 195 years on the birthday of the Russian playwright Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky (1823–1886)

April 13 - 135 years since the birth of the Russian writer Demyan Bedny(n.i. Efim Alekseevich Pridvorov) (1883–1945)

April 15 - International Day of Culture (Celebrated since 1935 on the day of signing of the International Treaty - the Peace Pact, or the Roerich Pact.)

April 15 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Fedor Fedorovich Knorre (1903–1987)

April 15 - 85 years old on the birthday of the Russian science fiction writer Boris Natanovich Strugatsky(1933–2012)

April 18 - International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites (Celebrated since 1984. Established by decision of UNESCO.)

April 22 - World Earth Day (Celebrated since 1990 by decision of UNESCO with the aim of uniting people in protecting the environment)

April 22 - 95 years old anniversary of the birth of the American writer Paula Fox (1923)

April 24 - 110 years on the birthday of the Russian writer Vera Vasilievna Chaplina (1908–1994)

April 30 - 135 years on the birthday of the Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek (1883–1923)

MAY

May 1 - Spring and Labor Day (May Day, the day of international solidarity of workers, has been celebrated in the Russian Empire since 1890. In the Russian Federation it has been celebrated as a Spring and Labor holiday since 1992)

May 7 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian poet Nikolai Alekseevich Zabolotsky (1903–1958)

May 9 - Victory Day (Established to commemorate the victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945)

12 May - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Andrey Andreevich Voznesensky (1933–2010)

12 May - 65 years old on the birthday of the children's poet, prose writer, journalist Sergei Anatolyevich Makhotin(b. 1953)

May 14 - 90 years old on the birthday of the Russian writer Sofia Leonidovna Prokofieva(b. 1928)

May, 23rd - 120 years Scott Oh, Della (1898-1989)

May 24 - Day of Slavic Literature and Culture (Celebrated since 1986 in honor of the Slavic educators Cyril and Methodius.)

26 of May - 110 years Alexey Nikolaevich Arbuzov (1908–1986)

May 26 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian poetess Lyudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya (1938)

May 27 - All-Russian Library Day (Established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 1995 in honor of the founding of the state public library in Russia on May 27, 1795)

May 27 - 115 years on the birthday of the Russian poetess Elena Alexandrovna Blaginina (1903–1989)

JUNE

June 1 - International Children's Day (Established in 1949 at the Moscow session of the Council of the International Democratic Federation of Women.)

June 6 - 80 years old Igor Aleksandrovich Maznin (1938)

June 10th - 90 years old anniversary of the birth of an American children's writer and artist Maurice Sendak (1928–2012)

12 June - 140 years anniversary of the birth of the American writer James Oliver Curwood (1878–1927)

June 17 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian poet Mikhail Arkadyevich Svetlov(1903–1964)

June 22 - Day of Memory and Sorrow (Established by presidential decree in 1996 in honor of the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945)

22nd of June - 120 years Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970)

22nd of June - 95 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Georgy Alfredovich Yurmin (1923–2007)

22nd of June - 105 years on the birthday of the Russian writer Maria Pavlovna Prilezhaeva (1903–1989)

June 29 - Day of Partisans and Underground Workers (Celebrated since 2010 in accordance with the Federal Law “On Days of Military Glory and Memorable Dates of Russia.”)

JULY

4th of July - 100 years since the birth of the Russian poet Pavel Davydovich Kogan (1918–1942)

5'th of July - 115 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, illustrator Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev (1903–1993)

5'th of July - 60 years on the birthday of the Russian children's writer Andrey Alekseevich Usachev(1958)

July 10 - 100 years anniversary of the birth of the English writer James Aldridge (1918–2015)

July 13 - 90 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Valentin Savvich Pikul (1928–1990)

the 14 th of July - 275 years since the birth of the Russian poet Gabriel Romanovich Derzhavin (1743–1816)

July 15 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Boris Leontievich Gorbatov (1908–1954)

July 16 - 90 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Andrey Dmitrievich Dementiev (1928)

July 18 - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (1933–2017)

July 19 - 115 years on the birthday of the Russian writer Olga Ivanovna Vysotskaya (1903–1970)

July 19 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian poet Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (1893–1930)

July 20 - International Chess Day (Celebrated by decision of the World Chess Federation since 1966)

July 20 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Georgy Alekseevich Skrebitsky (1903–1964)

21 July - 120 years on the birthday of the Russian prose writer Leonid Sergeevich Soboleva (1898–1971)

21 July - 125 years on the birthday of the German writer Hans Fallada (1893–1947)

July 24 - 120 years on the birthday of the Russian poet and prose writer Vasily Ivanovich Lebedeva-Kumacha (1898–1949)

July 24 - 190 years since the birth of the Russian writer Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky (1828–1889)

July 25 - 95 years old Maria Christina Gripe (1923–2007)

July 27 - 165 years Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (1853–1921)

July 30 - 90 years old birthday of the artist, children's book illustrator Lev Alekseevich Tokmakov (1928–2010)

July 30 - 200 years anniversary of the birth of the English writer Emilia Bronte (1818–1848)

A B G U S T

August 2 - 115 years on the birthday of the Russian writer-naturalist Georgy Alekseevich Skrebitsky (1903–1964)

11th August - 215 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Fedorovich Odoevsky (1803–1869)

August 15 - 140 years on the birthday of the Russian writer Raisa Adamovna Kudasheva (1878–1964)

August 15 - 160 years on the birthday of the English writer, storyteller Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)

August 19 - 220 anniversary of the birth of the Russian poet Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798–1831)

August 21 - 105 years on the birthday of the Russian writer and playwright Viktor Sergeevich Rozov (1913–2004)

August 22 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Leonid Panteleev(N. I. Alexey Ivanovich Eremeev) (1908–1987)

August, 26th - 70 years old on the birthday of the German writer, artist Rotrout Suzanne Berner(b. 1948)

August, 26th - 80 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Stepanovich Gubarev (1938)

August 31 - 110 years anniversary of the birth of the American writer William Saroyan (1908–1981)

SEPTEMBER

September 1 - Day of Knowledge (celebrated since 1984, on the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated October 1, 1980)

September 3 - 85 years old on the birthday of the Russian writer Natalia Igorevna Romanova (1933–2005)

September 7 - International Day for the Destruction of Military Toys (Celebrated since 1988 on the initiative of the World Association for Orphans and Children Deprived of Parental Care.)

September 7 - 95 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Eduard Arkadyevich Asadov (1923–2004)

September 8 - International Literacy Day (Celebrated since 1967 by decision of UNESCO.)

8 September - 95 years old since the birth of the Avar poet Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov (1923–2003)

September 9 - World Beauty Day (The initiative belongs to the International Committee of Aesthetics and Cosmetology SIDESCO.)

9th of September - 100 years on the birthday of the Russian poet, translator Boris Vladimirovich Zakhoder (1918–2000)

9th of September - 190 years since the birth of the Russian writer Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828–1910)

10 September - 115 years on the birthday of the Russian writer Maria Andreevna Belakhova (1903–1969)

11 September - 95 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Grigory Yakovlevich Baklanov (1923–2009)

September 17 - International Day of Peace (Celebrated by decision of the UN since 1981 on the third Tuesday of September).

September 19 - 65 years old on the birthday of the Russian writer Dina Ilyinichna Rubina (1953)

September 21 - 310 years since the birth of the Russian philosopher, poet Antioch Dmitrievich Kantemir (1708–1744)

September 24 - 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer Georgy Petrovich Storm (1898–1978)

September 26 - 95 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Alexander Petrovich Mezhirov (1923–2009)

September 27 - World Maritime Day (Celebrated since 1978 at the initiative of the UN in the last week of September. In Russia this day is celebrated on September 27.)

September 28 - 110 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, literary critic Irakli Luarsabovich Andronikov (1908–1990)

September 28 - 100 years on the birthday of teacher, writer Vasily Alekseevich Sukhomlinsky (1918–1970)

September 28 - 215 years anniversary of the birth of the French writer Prospera Merimee (1803–1870)

OCTOBER

October 1 - International Day of Older Persons (Celebrated by decision of the UN General Assembly annually since 1991)

October 3 - 145 years since the birth of the Russian writer Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev (1873–1950)

October 4 - International Animal Day (Celebrated on the name day of Francis of Assisi - protector and patron of animals since 1931)

October 5 - 305 years on the birthday of the French writer, educator Denis Diderot (1713–1784)

October 5 - 75 years old anniversary of the birth of the English writer Michael Morpurgo(b. 1943)

October 9 - World Post Day (On this day in 1874 the Universal Postal Union was founded.)

October 10 - 155 years since the birth of the Russian geologist, writer Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev(1963–1956)

October 14 - 80 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin(1938)

October 14 - 65 years old on the birthday of the Russian writer Tamara Shamilyevna Kryukova(1953)

October 15 - 95 years old anniversary of the birth of the Italian writer Italo Calvino (1923-1985)

October 19 - Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum Day (On this day in 1811, the Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum opened.)

October 19 - 100 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, poet, screenwriter Alexander Arkadyevich Galich (1918–1977)

The 20th of October - 95 years old on the birthday of the German writer Otfried Preusler (1923–2013)

22 of October - 95 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Nikolai Konstantinovich Dorizo (1923–2011)

October 22 - International School Library Day (Established by the International Association of School Libraries, celebrated on the fourth Monday of October.)

October 24 - United Nations Day (On this day in 1945, the Charter of the United Nations came into force; since 1948 it has been celebrated as UN Day.)

the 25th of October - 105 years on the birthday of the Bashkir writer Anver Gadeevich Bikchentaev (1913–1989)

the 25th of October - 175 years since the birth of the Russian writer Gleb Ivanovich Uspensky (1843–1902)

27th October - 135 years on the birthday of the poet, children's writer Lev Nikolaevich Zilov(pseudonyms: Garsky, Rykunov, Maltsev, etc.) (1883–1937)

29th of October - 115 years since the birth of the Russian critic, literary critic Boris Alexandrovich Begak(1903–1989)

NOVEMBER

Nov. 1 - 60 years on the birthday of the Russian writer Maria Vasilievna Semyonova (1958)

November 2 - 100 years on the birthday of the English writer, historian of children's literature Roger (Gilbert) Lancelyn Green (1918–1987)

November 6 - 200 years since the birth of the Russian writer Pavel Ivanovich Melnikov-Pechersky(pseudonym Andrey Pechersky) (1819–1883)

November 7 - 105 years anniversary of the birth of the French writer and philosopher Albert Camus (1913–1989)

November 7 - 115 years on the birthday of the Austrian zoologist and writer Conrad Zacharias Lorenz(1903–1989)

November 8 - 135 years on the birthday of the Russian geologist, writer Alexander Evgenievich Fersman(1883–1945)

November 9 - 200 years since the birth of the Russian writer Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883)

November 10 - World Science Day for Peace and Development (Proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in 2001)

November 12 - 185 years since the birth of the Russian composer Alexander Porfirievich Borodin ( 1833–1887)

November 14 - 95 years old on the birthday of the Russian playwright and writer Lev Efimovich Ustinova(1923–2009)

November 16 - International Day of Tolerance(Declaration of Principles of Tolerance adopted by UNESCO in 1995)

November 20 - World Children's Day (Celebrated by UN decision since 1954. November 20 is the day of adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.)

20 November - 160 years anniversary of the birth of the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940)

November 22 - 120 years on the birthday of the Russian writer Lidia Anatolyevna Budogoska (1898–1984)

November 23 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Nikolai Nikolaevich Nosov (1908–1976)

November 24-30 - All-Russian Week “Theater and Children” (Established by the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR, the Ministry of Education of the RSFSR, the Central Committee of the Komsomol, the joint venture of the RSFSR, the WTO in 1974)

November 25 - Mother's Day (Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 1998. Celebrated on the last Sunday of November.)

November 26 - World Information Day (Established at the initiative of the International Academy of Informatization.)

29th of November - 120 years anniversary of the birth of the English writer Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963)

DECEMBER

December 1 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer Viktor Yuzefovich Dragunsky (1913–1972)

December 4 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Lazar Iosifovich Lagin (1903–1979)

5th of December - 95 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Fedorovich Tendryakov(1923–1984)

5th of December - 215 years since the birth of the Russian poet Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803–1873)

December 6 - 75 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Oleg Evgenievich Grigoriev (1943–1992)

December 8 - 165 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, journalist Vladimir Alekseevich Gilyarovsky (1853–1935)

December 9 - Day of Heroes of the Fatherland (Celebrated since 2007 in accordance with Federal Law No. 231-FZ of October 24, 2007)

9th December - 170 years anniversary of the birth of the American writer Joel Chandler Harris (1848–1908)

9th December - 95 years old on the birthday of the Russian writer, playwright Lev Solomonovich Novogrudsky (1923–2003)

December 10 - International Human Rights Day (In 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted a universal declaration proclaiming the right of everyone to life, liberty and security.)

December 11 - World Children's Television Day (Celebrated at the initiative of UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) since 1992)

December 11th - 100 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, prose writer, publicist Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008)

December 12 - Constitution Day of the Russian Federation (The Constitution was adopted by popular vote in 1993)

12 December - 90 years old on the birthday of the Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (1928–2008)

December 13th - 145 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, translator Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873–1924)

December 13th - 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Evgeniy Petrovich Petrov (1903–1942)

December 14 - Day of Nahum the Reader (“The Prophet Nahum will guide the mind.” There was a custom on the first day of December, according to the old style, to send youths to be apprenticed to sextons, the so-called masters of literacy.)

December 15 - 95 years old on the birthday of the Russian poet, prose writer Yakov Lazarevich Akim (1923–2013)

20th of December - 105 years since the birth of the Russian folklorist Mikhail Alexandrovich Bulatov (1913–1963)

December 26 - 75 years old on the birthday of the Russian writer, director Valery Mikhailovich Priyomykhov (1943–2000)

31th of December - 65 years old on the birthday of the Russian writer Marina Vladimirovna Druzhinina (1953)

Books - anniversaries of 2018

315 years(1703)

Magnitsky L. « Arithmetic, that is, the science of numbers»

185 years(1833)

Pushkin A.S. " Eugene Onegin»

180 years(1838)

Andersen H. K. " The Steadfast Tin Soldier»

170 years(1848)

Dostoevsky F. M. " White Nights»

160 years(1858)

Aksakov S. T. "The Scarlet Flower"

150 years(1868)

Vern J. " The Children of Captain Grant»

140 years(1878)

Little G. " Without family»

135 years(1883)

Collodi K. « The Adventures of Pinocchio. The story of one puppet»

115 years(1903)

Kudasheva R. A. " The Forest Raised a Christmas Tree"

110 years(1908)

Maeterlinck M. « Blue bird"

105 years(1913)

Yesenin S. A. "Birch"

100 years(1918)

95 years old(1923)

Arsenyev V.K. "Dersu Uzala"

Blyakhin P. A. " Little red devils»

Marshak S. Ya. " About the stupid mouse», "Children in a Cage"

Chukovsky K.I. " Moidodyr», « Fly Tsokotukha», « cockroach»

Furmanov D. A. " Chapaev»

90 years old(1928)

Belyaev A. R. "Amphibian Man"

Bianchi V.V. "Forest Newspaper"

Kestner E. " Emil and the detectives"

Olesha Yu. K. " Three fat men»

Rozanov S. G. " Adventures of Weed»

Mayakovsky V.V. " Who to be?"

80 years old(1938)

Kaverin V. A. "Two captains"

Lagin L. I. "Old Man Hottabych"

Nosov N. N. "Entertainers"

75 years old(1943)

Saint-Exupéry de A. " A little prince»

70 years old(1948)

Rybakov A. N. "Dirk"

admin 22.11.2017

We offer you the TOP 10 most outstanding writers who would celebrate their birthday in October.

1 October 1791 year Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov was born. He went down in history as a writer, literary and theater critic, and public figure. At one time he was the director of the Konstantinovsky Land Survey Institute. His collections of books on hunting and fishing, as well as collections on butterflies, are widely known. Readers know him for his works “The Scarlet Flower”, “Buran”, “Sketches of a Winter Day”. Sergei Timofeevich made a huge contribution to the development of Russian journalism.

October 3, 1895(119 years ago) Russian poet Sergei Alexandrovich was born. Today his name is on everyone's lips. Many people remember his famous poems from school. He managed to become unique and master a special writing technique peculiar only to him. Unfortunately, his life was cut short tragically under unknown circumstances. He was found hanged in one of the Leningrad hotels. Thus, Sergei Yesenin took the secret of his death with him.

October 8, 1892 a historical woman was born - poetess Marina Tsvetaeva. Many people know about the complexity and tragedy of her biography. Perhaps that is why she was able to write such exciting works. Women rarely become famous poets. The very term “poetess” was perceived with hostility in those days, as “it’s not a woman’s business.” But Tsvetaeva proudly defended her work. Today she can rightfully be included among the great Russian poets of the 20th century.

October 8, 1940 The year a worldwide legend was born - John Lennon. In addition to his musical activities, the founder of the Beatles wrote poetry, prose, detective stories and action films. His collection includes the books “I Write as It’s Spelled”, “The Beatles: An Anthology”, “The Spaniard on the Wheel” and others. Nevertheless, music was the main field of his activity. Unfortunately, John Lennon became the victim of a psychopath who killed him after taking his autograph.

Miguel de Cervantes

October 9 in 1547 a new star was lit in the history of world literature in honor of Miguel De Cervantes. The famous novel about Don Quixote brought him praise and fame. He authored such works as “Travels to Parnassus”, “Persiles and Sikhismunda” and many dramatic works. It is worth noting that he had a difficult fate. At the peak of his youth, he fell into painful slavery for many years. And at the end of his life he became a monk. But despite all this, he worked until the last day of his life.

October 13, 1880 Birthday of the famous satirist Alexander Glikberg, known to many as Sasha Cherny. His pseudonym has stuck since childhood. Their family had many children, two of whom were named Sasha. The blond was called “white”, the brunette, respectively, “black”. Sasha Cherny wrote on topical issues of the time; his works were often banned by the government. He was the shark of the pen in satire and showed all reality. He is also the author of children's prose and poems. Sasha Cherny was a fairly kind and sincere person; he was worried about the problems and troubles of the people.

October 15, 1814 Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov was born. The poem “The poet died! - a slave of honor...”, dedicated to Pushkin, brought him great fame. Lermontov had a complex character, he was often secretive and quick-tempered. He often became a participant in scandals, disputes and duels. The complexity of his soul had some influence on his death. He met his old acquaintance, Major Martynov, and in conversation with him Lermontov often made sarcastic and offensive jokes. A quarrel ensued, which subsequently escalated into a duel. Mikhail Yuryevich deliberately missed, and Martynov shot him right in the chest. Death came instantly.

Ilya Ilfa

October 15, 1897- date of birth of the member of the sensational literary duet Ilya Ilf. The company Ilf and Petrov is a rather original union of writers. Their first success was brought to them by the novel “The Twelve Chairs”. The next takeoff was the novel “The Golden Calf.” Films have been made based on their books and theater productions have been staged year after year. The writers traveled to the USA together, after which they wrote the book “One-Storey America”.

Oscar Wilde

October 16 (1854) birthday of the aristocratic writer Oscar Wilde. He was particularly popular in his circle and had a high reputation. And in 2007, according to the British newspaper The Telegraph, he was awarded the title of the wittiest person in Great Britain. He is the author of many poems, comedy plays and prose works. The most famous: the story “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, “Melmont”, the poem “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”.

October 21, 1896 a children's writer, author of plays at the Leningrad Youth Theater, Evgeniy Schwartz, was born. His first book for children was “The Story of an Old Balalaika”, then “Alien Girl”, “First-Grader” and others were published. He was the author of the magazines "Hedgehog" and "Chizh". During the Patriotic War, he wrote many works about the war. Evgeny Schwartz is the author of the films "Cinderella", "Don Quixote", "An Ordinary Miracle".