Leonid Viktorovich Vladimirsky
Leonid Wiktorowitsch Wladimirski ( Russian Леонид Викторович Владимирский , scientific transliteration Leonid Viktorovič Vladimirskij ; born September 21, 1920 in Moscow ; † April 18, 2015 ) was a Russian graphic artist and illustrator . With his drawings for various Burattino books and the Emerald City books by Alexander Volkov , he achieved great fame in Russian-speaking countries and the former Eastern Bloc countries.
Life
After attending school, Vladimirsky went to a building college, but he was only able to complete three courses because he was drafted into the army in August 1941. After his discharge from the military, he took a course in animation at the Gerasimov Institute for Cinematography , which he graduated with honors in 1951.
In 1953 Wladimirski illustrated Alexei Tolstoy's book The Adventures of Burattino , and in 1959 the first book in the Emerald City series, The Magician of the Emerald City . The latter was later reprinted over 110 times with Vladimirski's illustrations in the Soviet Union and Russia. In the 1960s, Wladimirski created illustrations for a large number of other children's books with a total print run of over 20 million copies. In 1974 Vladimirsky received the Soviet honorary award “Honored Artist of the RSFSR ” for his work .
In 1995 the book Burattino sucht ein Schatz , written by Vladimirsky, was published in Russia as a continuation of the Burattino series. Burattino followed a year later in the emerald city . Both books have not yet been published in Germany. 2001 Wladimirski created the illustrations for the Emerald City-story Goodwin the Terrible by Sergei Suchinow .
Vladimirsky was married and had a daughter, a granddaughter and a great-grandson.
Works
Emerald City Books
- Goodwin the Terrible
- The wizard of the emerald city
- The clever Urfin and his wooden soldiers
- The seven underground kings
- The fire god of the Marranos
- The yellow fog
- The secret of the abandoned castle
Further
- The Adventures of Burattino or The Golden Key; Leipzig 1992
- Burattino on a treasure hunt; Leipzig October 2020
- Buratino in the emerald city (not published in German)
Documentation
- Thomas Gaevert Ways to Oz , radio documentation about Lyman Frank Baum, Alexander Wolkow and Leonid Wladimirsky, production: Südwestrundfunk 2009, first broadcast: SWR 2, June 21, 2009. (55 min.)
Web links
- Literature by and about Leonid Wiktorowitsch Wladimirski in the catalog of the German National Library
- detailed Russian site with interviews
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vladimirsky, Leonid Viktorovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vladimirsky, Leonid; Владимирский, Леонид Викторович |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian graphic artist and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 2015 |