Andrei Usachev is a children's writer, poet and prose writer. He appeared in literary circles in difficult times, when all good verses were created and songs were all written. Another writer in his place would have long gone to the bottom of literature: to create criticism of children's literature or advertising. And Andrei Usachev set about hard work. He went to editorial offices without interruption, worked on television and radio, wrote songs for performances and performances. And everything worked out well for him.
Andrey Usachev: biography
Andrei Alekseevich Usachev was born on July 5, 1958 in Moscow. The poet's father is a worker, his mother was a history teacher. According to family legend, Usachev’s grandfather was familiar with Nadezhda Krupskaya and saw Hitler live. The poet began to write poetry as a teenager in a vocal and instrumental ensemble, where he played drums. After school, Andrei Usachev entered the institute in Moscow for the study of electronic technology, but after 4 courses he dropped out of school. After the army, the poet was enrolled in the philological faculty of Kalinin State University, which he graduated in 1987. The thesis was on the theme: “Poetry poetry for children of Daniil Kharms”.
In 1985, the author began to publish, thanks to the magazine "Murzilka". After that, Usachev collaborated with Pioneer, Funny Pictures, Crocodile; for them he wrote feuilleton, humoresque, poetry. In addition, Andrei Usachev worked as a watchman, washing dishes. He was also a janitor and stage worker.
Andrey Usachev: poems
In 1990, thanks to Eduard Uspensky, the poet published the first children's poem collection “If you throw a stone up”, for which he received the first prize in the competition for young writers. A year later he joined the Writers Union. For several years, Usachev worked as a screenwriter and presenter of programs for children, "Merry Campaign", "Quartet", "Flying Sofa." Very quickly, Usachev became a popular author in Russian children's literature. In 1994, he wrote a poetry book, “Dreams of Petushkov,” in 1996, “The Magic Alphabet,” in 1998, “The Fairytale Alphabet,” in 1999, “The Planet of Cats” and “The Casket,” and in 2003, “The Rusting Song.” "," Curious Barbara "and" A bug walked along the street. " He also has collections of fairy tales and fiction for children “Clever Dog Sonya” - 1996, “Fairy Tale Ballooning” - 2003, “Orange Camel” - 2002, etc.
Literature and other spheres of activity of Usachev
More than 100 children's books by Usachev have been published in Russia. Two of his books were published in Hebrew in Israel, two books in Ukraine, two in Moldova. It is also published in Japan, Poland, Serbia. 5 books by Andrei Usachev were recommended by the Russian Ministry of Education for teaching in schools as textbooks.
Famous composers composed music on the poetry of the writer: Theodor Efimov, Maxim Dunaevsky, Pavel Ovsyannikov. To individual verses, Andrei Usachev wrote music on his own. More than 50 children's songs with music and poetry of the writer were heard on TV. Twenty audio tapes with his tales and songs were published.
In addition to prose and poetry, he wrote for the puppet theater. He independently and with other authors created more than 10 plays. They are shown in twenty Russian theaters. Usachev gave a lot of time to television. In 1995-96 he released more than a hundred programs. At the studios "STV", "Soyuzmultfilm" filmed 15 cartoons. One of them is full-length.
Usachev cartoons and awards
According to his scripts, various studios of the country shot dozens of cartoons, as well as a feature film from the 40 episodes of "Dragon and Company".
A. Usachev is the author of five textbooks recommended by the Russian Ministry of Education. His creations were translated into several languages, in total there are 3 million.
Usachev also wrote popular plays for the children's theater, New Year's scripts. In addition, he paid a lot of attention to songs: now more than ten of his collections have been released. Andrei Usachev became a laureate of the Golden Ostap festival (2005), the Book of the Year contest (for the work of 333 Cats) and Petya and the Wolf 2006 for the best work for children.