Writer Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov: biography, works and poems for children

Undoubtedly, Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, even at the zenith of his work, deserved the right to be called the patriarch of Russian literature. The mere fact that he is the author of two Soviet (1943, 1977) and later Russian (2001) hymns, proves the need to perpetuate his name in the Guinness Book of Records. He is known not only as a talented poet, but also as a playwright, screenwriter and fabulist.

Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich, whose brief biography contains a lot of interesting and noteworthy, comes from the ancient Russian race. His pedigree is unique. His father - Vladimir Alexandrovich Mikhalkov - was a graduate of the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University. He was a religious man and was ready at any moment to stand up for the defense of his native Motherland.

The mother of the poet - Olga Mikhailovna Glebova - was the daughter of a district marshal of the nobility.

Biographical information

Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov was born on March 13, 1913 in the Russian capital.

The desire for versification in him appeared in his childhood. Already at the age of nine, the future author of the Soviet anthem began composing verses and writing them down on paper. Father supported the initiatives of his son and even showed his works to the poet A. Bezymensky.

Soon the Mikhalkov family moved from Moscow to Pyatigorsk. The poet's father was offered a place in the Terselkredsoyuz. Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov himself recalled that the move to a new residence was also due to the fact that Vladimir Aleksandrovich did not want to once again "callous eyes" to the Soviet authorities. After Pyatigorsk the poet together with his family lived for some time in Georgievsk.

The beginning of the creative path

The first literary work Mikhalkov published in 1928 in the Rostov print edition "On the Rise."

The poem was called "The Road". Soon the poet becomes a member of the Terskoy Association of Proletarian Writers (TAPP) and his literary epics are published in the Pyatigorsk newspaper Terek.

Years of Youth

In 1930, after school, Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov returned to Moscow. He arranged a handyman for a local weaving and finishing factory. Then he tries himself as a younger observer of the exploration expedition of the Leningrad Geodesic Institute in the Altai. Then the novice poet visited the Volga and eastern Kazakhstan. After some time, he is already a freelance employee of the letters department of the newspaper "Izvestia". So, while in search of self-realization, Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich, whose works almost every Soviet schoolboy knew, suddenly began to realize that his real calling was versification.

Recognition and glory

In the early 30-ies of the last century the Moscow poet becomes known to a wide circle of Soviet readers. And all because Mikhalkov's works were regularly put on the bands of the capital's magazines and newspapers, and they were systematically broadcasted on the radio.

Thus, the magazine Pioneer, the newspapers Komsomolskaya Pravda and Izvestia published his immortal poems first: "What about you?", "Uncle Stepa", "Three Citizen", "Stubborn Foma" and others. That's what made Mikhalkov Sergei Vladimirovich famous. Poems for children he was able to compose, like no other.

In the period from 1935 to 1937, the poet was a student of the Literary Institute M. Gorky. Then he became a member of the Writers' Union and was forced to leave the alma mater.

In 1936, in the series "Library" Ogonyok ", where he was in the association of young writers, was released his debut collection," Poems for Children. " Naturally, after that every child of the country of the Soviets learned who Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich was. "Poems for children" he turned out to be capacious, dynamic and cognitive. Their value was that the fundamentals of child education were presented "not directly", but unobtrusively, taking into account the psychology of the baby.

Peru, the patriarch of Russian literature, also owns the famous fairy tale "Three Little Pigs" (1936).

In the world of children's literature, Sergei Vladimirovich entered confidently and triumphantly. His circulation of books was not inferior to the print runs of eminent Chukovsky and Marshak. Famous Soviet litsedey Rina Zelenaya and Igor Ilyinsky with pleasure acted with Mikhalkov's works on the radio.

The poet from the very beginning of the creative path was engaged in the translation of children's poems, which were as much as possible identical to the original.

In 1939, Sergei Vladimirovich for the work published earlier in the newspaper "Izvestia" "Svetlana" is awarded hardly the highest award - the Order of Lenin. A year later he was awarded the Stalin Prize. Again, Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich can triumph. Poems for children, which he wrote, pleased even Soviet officials. Then the poet will once again receive the Stalin Prize, but already for writing a screenplay for the film "Frontline Friends."

At the end of the 1930s Mikhalkov joined the Soviet Army and participated in the liberation of Western Ukraine. The whole period of the struggle against fascism, he works as a war correspondent.

Anthem

Sergei Vladimirovich in 1943, co-authored with journalist Georgi El-Registan, comes up with the words of the USSR anthem, which was first sounded on the coming New Year's Eve. After 34 years he will write a second edition of the "main song" of the country of the Soviets, and in 2001 he will present the text of the Russian anthem.

Fabulist

One of the authoritative experts of Russian literature A. Tolstoy suggested to Mikhalkov the idea of trying himself as a fabulist.

And already the first works of Sergei Vladimirovich fell in love. Pravda published first the fable "Fox and Beaver", and after a short time - "The Hare in Hop", "Two Friends" and "Current Repair." Mikhalkov wrote a total of about two hundred fables.

Author of plays and screenwriter

Sergei Vladimirovich showed his talent in writing plays for children's theaters. From the pen of the maestro came such famous works as "Special Assignment" (1945), "Red Tie" (1946), "I Want Home" (1949). In addition, Mikhalkov is the author of many scenarios for animated films.

Regalia

You can list the regalia of a famous children's writer for a very long time. As already emphasized, he was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Stalin Prize. In 1973 he was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor. Sergey Vladimirovich was repeatedly a laureate of the State Prize. In addition, the poet has the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Patriotic War I degree, the Order of Friendship of Peoples, the Order of Honor, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and many other awards.

Personal life

In 1936, a young Mikhalkov engaged with the granddaughter of the famous artist Vasily Surikov - Natalia Petrovna Konchalovskaya, who was older than her chosen one for 10 years.

Prior to meeting with him, she already had a certain experience of family life: previously the poet was the spouse of the intelligence agent Alexei Bogdanov. In a marriage with him, Konchalovskaya gave birth to her daughter Catherine, whom Sergei Vladimirovich later adopted. The poet and Natalia Petrovna were happy together for a long time, having lived for 53 years. First they had a son Andrei, and then a son Nikita. The children of Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich became famous people, having chosen a directorial career. Daughter Catherine became the wife of the famous writer Julian Semenov.

The poet passed away on August 27, 2009, having lived 96 years. Doctors ascertained a swelling of the lungs in Mikhalkov. The patriarch of Russian literature was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery of the capital.