Samuil Marshak
Russian and Soviet poet, playwright, translator, literary critic, screenwriter, author of popular children's books (1887-1964) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 76
Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak was a Soviet writer of Belarusian Jewish origin, translator and poet who wrote for both children and adults. He translated the sonnets and some other of the works of William Shakespeare, English poetry, and poetry from other languages.
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Mikhail Tsekhanovsky Directed The Tale of the Silly Little Mouse (1940)
Vsevolod Pudovkin Samuil wrote The Young Fritz (1943)
Grigori Kozintsev Directed Young Fritz (1943)- Leonid Trauberg Directed Young Fritz (1943)
- Ivan Ivanov-Vano Directed The Twelve Months (1956)
Mikhail Astangov Samuil wrote The Young Fritz (1943)
Olga Khodataeva Directed Teremok (1945)- Vera Tsekhanovskaya Directed The Post (1964)
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Maxim Gorky proclaimed Marshak to be "the founder of Russia's (Soviet) children's literature".
