Eduard Nikolajewitsch Uspensky

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Eduard Nikolajewitsch Uspenski ( Russian Эдуард Николаевич Успенский ; born December 22, 1937 in Yegoryevsk , Moscow Oblast ; † August 14, 2018 in Moscow ) was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and screenwriter. He has created internationally known figures such as Cheburashka and the crocodile Gena .

biography

After graduating from school, Uspensky began studying engineering at the Moscow Aviation Institute . He completed this in 1961. He started working as an author while still a student. Originally published Uspenski mainly scripts for cartoons and humorous works, the latter partly in collaboration with the famous satirist Arkady Arkanow . A little later, Uspenski wrote several children's poems, which were published in the renowned cultural magazine Literaturnaja Gazeta , among others .

In 1966, Uspenski published his first larger children's book, Krokodil Gena and his friends , which is about the friends Krokodil Gena and Tscheburaschka and is still one of his most successful works to this day. Several sequels to the story followed over the next few years, including children's plays such as Tscheburaschka and his friends (1970) or Crocodile Gena on vacation (1974). A large part of Uspenski's work, however, take up screenplays for cartoons, including several Cheburashka films such as Crocodile Gena (1969) or Cheburashka Goes to School (1983).

In the 1980s he also wrote a new series of children's books that were filmed in a cartoon series called the Prostokwaschino Trilogy . This series is also one of his most famous works. By the 1990s, Uspenski wrote a total of over 60 scripts - most of them for cartoons, but also for two feature films. He has also created several successful children's television shows. Some of his children's books, including Crocodile Gena and Friends , have been translated into up to 25 languages.

Uspensky lived in Moscow . He ran his own book publisher and was also a board member of the political party Bürgererkraft .

The author died after suffering from cancer in 2018 in Putschkowo, Troitsk administrative district (Moscow) .

Works (selection)

literature

  • Crocodile Gena and his friends ( Крокодил Гена и его друзья , book, 1966; German 1978, 1988 and 2005)
  • Tscheburashka and his friends ( Чебурашка и его друзья , play, 1970; German by Jutta Balk 1974)
  • Crocodile Gena on vacation ( Отпуск крокодила Гены , play, 1974)
  • Uncle Fyodor, the dog and the cat ( Дядя Фёдор, пёс и кот , book, 1974)
  • Business of crocodile Gena ( Бизнес крокодила Гены , book, 1992)

Cartoons

  • Crocodile Gena ( Крокодил Гена , 1969)
  • Cheburashka ( Чебурашка , 1971)
  • Chapeau Claque ( Шапокляк , 1974)
  • The three from Prostokwaschino ( Трое из Простоквашино , 1978)
  • Holidays in Prostokwaschino ( Каникулы в Простоквашино , 1980)
  • Baba Jaga is against it! ( Баба-Яга против!, 1980)
  • Winter in Prostokwaschino ( Зима в Простоквашино , 1984)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Eduard Uspensky  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Seidler: Father of Plumps and Gena Russian author Eduard Uspenski has died. In: Berliner Zeitung . August 15, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ В возрасте 80 лет умер писатель Эд. In: RIA Novosti . August 15, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018 (Russian).
  3. ↑ Kullerchen and his friends . Central House for Cultural Work , Leipzig, 1974; Entry in the German National Library DNB
  4. ↑ Kopelev Prize is marked by the Ukraine crisis. In: Deutsche Welle . April 19, 2015, accessed August 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Uspensky, Eduard Nikolajewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Успенский, Эдуард Николаевич (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet and Russian children's writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Yegorievsk
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2018
Place of death Moscow