There is no person who does not know the name of Samuel Marshak. The verses of this talented poet remain in the mind forever if you hear them once. Marshak's biography tells that this amazing man was born in 1887. It happened on November 3 in the city of Voronezh. Samuel Yakovlevich, in addition to writing wonderful poems, was also a literary critic, playwright, and translator. He became a laureate of the Stalin and Lenin Prizes.
Childhood and youth
Marshak’s biography tells that the poet was born into a Jewish family. His father worked at a soap factory. Mother was a simple housewife. Samuel studied at the Ostrogozh gymnasium, then he received education at the St. Petersburg and Yalta gymnasiums. The future poet was zealous and inquisitive in his youth. While studying in St. Petersburg, he spent a lot of time in the halls of the public library. This man, besides his education at home, received it also abroad. At first he studied at the Polytechnic College of London, then at the university of the same city.
Creation
Marshak's biography reports on his acquaintance with Maxim Gorky. It happened in 1904. The great Russian writer immediately saw and felt that Samuel was talented, he had a future in writing poems. Young Marshak lived at the Yalta cottage of Maxim Gorky for two years. And the first collection of a talented guy was not long in coming. It was published in 1907. However, the theme of the poems was Jewish. The collection was called "Zionides."
Marshak’s biography reports that since 1906 he has been permanently living in St. Petersburg, until 1911. It was then that the poet, as a correspondent for a couple of St. Petersburg publications, went on a trip to the Middle East. The indelible impression that Samuel received made him create the best works.
Marshak also lived in England, and already with his wife. There he devoted a lot of time to his education, studied folklore. In England, he began to translate local works into Russian. The poet returned to Russia in 1914, worked as a correspondent in provincial cities and villages. Since 1920, he begins to open children's cultural institutions, including on his own, he creates a children's theater (the first at that time in Russia). For him, he composes plays. For children, this man has done a lot. Everyone remembers his immortal "Tale of the Stupid Little Mouse" or "Kids in a Cage." The list of masterpieces is very long.
In Petrograd, the Sparrow magazine for kids was organized. And again Samuel Marshak tried. His biography reports that the poet devoted a huge part of his life to
children's literature.During the war, his activity continues. This amazing person donates a lot to the construction of kindergartens and boarding schools. However, he created not only children's works, but also serious feuilleton for the spite of the day. Shortly before his death, he published an autobiographical story.
Personal life
Marshak’s biography reports that he was married since 1912 to Sofya Mikhailovna. They raised their daughter Nathanel, who at the age of one year died under a terrible set of circumstances - a hot samovar tipped over on her. The youngest son of the couple lived for 21 years - he died of tuberculosis. But the elder even briefly outlived his father, he became a famous physicist. The poet’s grandson is still alive. He works as a narcologist and is quite famous in certain circles.
A brief biography of Marshak reports that he left this world in 1964. The poet lived a worthy life.