Nikolai Nikolaevich Nosov, whose biography will be described in this article, was born in the family of a pop artist near Kiev in the village of Irpen. Here, the future writer spent all his childhood. Father thought that the boy would follow in his footsteps, but Nikolai chose the violin. Classes were very difficult for him, and soon he abandoned his musical career.
Education
The boy’s childhood coincided with the most tragic period of Russian history. Military action and the subsequent revolution caused the family to lack stable earnings. Therefore, from the age of 14, Nosov, whose biography is still of interest, combined his studies at the gymnasium with part-time jobs. During this period, the boy tried many different professions, ranging from mowing to the seller of newspapers. After the Civil War, the gymnasium, where the future playwright studied, was transformed into a seven-year school. After its completion in 1924, Nikolai got a job as a laborer, first at a cement plant, and then at a brick factory. During this period, he is very interested in chemistry and organizes a small laboratory for scientific research in the attic of his school friend. Nikolai had a desire to enter the Polytechnic Institute. But because of the incomplete secondary education, nothing came of it. At the age of 19, the failed chemist preferred the art to the polytechnic institute. In the late 1920s, Nosov, whose biography is known to many Soviet children, moved to Moscow and entered the Institute of Cinematography. After 2 years, he graduated from it, having received the profession of director and director of educational, animated and scientific films.
War
During the war years, Nikolai Nosov, whose biography contains many notable episodes, directed educational films for the army. Thanks to his military-technical creation for tank troops, he received the State Prize. In addition, in 1943 he was awarded the most revered military award - the Order of the Red Star.
Children's stories
Nikolai Nosov, whose biography is in many encyclopedias, is known to his compatriots as the creator of children's stories. Entire generations of children (Soviet and Russian) grew on them. The debut of the writer took place in 1938. This was the appearance in the Murzilka magazine of his story The Intrigues. This and other works published in this journal formed the basis of the first collection of Tuk-Tuk-Tuk, published after 1945. A year later, the book “Steps” appeared. In 1951, the writer was awarded the Stalin Prize. Nosov’s biography for children is just as interesting as his stories, the most famous of which are the works from the trilogy “The Adventures of Dunno,” created in the 50-60s. In 1969, the author decided to “switch” to an adult audience and released the collection “Historical Humoresques”, which consisted entirely of satirical stories dedicated to the difficult relationships between children and parents, philistinism and problems in the literature of that time. This book was the starting point in the whole cycle of stories for an adult audience. Many of them were published after the death of the writer in 1976.