Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Nossow

Nikolay Nosov ( Russian Николай Николаевич Носов ; born November 10 ^{. Jul} / 23. November 1908 ^greg. In Kiev ; † 26. July 1976 in Moscow ) was a Soviet children's writer and director.

Life

Born the son of an actor, he went to seven-grade school. At the age of 19 he began to study at an art institute in Kiev, but later switched to the Faculty of Directing at the State Institute for Cinematic Art in Moscow, where he graduated in 1932. He then worked as a director for about twenty years. During the years of World War II (the Great Patriotic War ), he was awarded the Order of the Red Star for a film series dealing with war technology.

Nossow made his literary debut in 1938 in the children's magazine Mursilka (Мурзилка). He became known with the 1951 children's book Витя Малеев в школе и дома ( Vitja Malejew at school and at home), which was filmed in 1954 under the title Два друга (Two Friends) by Viktor Eisymont .

Nikolai Nossow became internationally known and popular with his children's books about the little boy Nimmerklug and his friends. They appeared in several languages and are still known today.

Works

Funny stories (Весёлая семейка, 1949) (German 1952, Verlag Kultur und Progress Berlin)
The bee trap (Дневник Коли Синицына, 1950) (German 1960, children's book publisher Berlin)
Nimmerklug im Knirpsenland (Приключения Незнайки и его друзей, 1954) (German 1956, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin)
Nimmerklug in Sonnenstadt (Незнайка в Солнечном городе, 1958) (German 1959, children's book publisher Berlin)
Nimmerklug's Journey to the Moon (Незнайка на Луне, 1965) (German 1968 only partially published)
Rat-a-tat-tat!

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personal data
SURNAME	Nossow, Nikolai Nikolajewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Носов, Николай Николаевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	soviet writer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 23, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kiev
DATE OF DEATH	July 26, 1976
Place of death	Moscow