Anatoly Georgievich Aleksin (russian: Анато́лий Гео́ргиевич Але́ксин; original surname Goberman, russian: Гоберман; 3 August 1924 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

– 1 May 2017 in

Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ...

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

), was a Soviet, Russian and Israeli

writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, p ...

and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

. In the late thirties Aleksin's poems were published in a children's newspaper, ''

Pionerskaya Pravda ''Pionerskaya Pravda'' (Пионе́рская Пра́вда) is an all-Russian newspaper. Initially it was an all-Union newspaper of the Soviet Union. Its name may be translated as "Truth for Young Pioneers". History The newspaper was founde ...

''. In 1950 he graduated from the

Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies (russian: Московский институт востоковедения, abbreviated МИВ (''MIV'')) was a university-level educational institution that operated in Moscow, Russia, in 1920–1954. It w ...

and his first novel ''Thirty one day'' (Тридцать один день) was published. He was a chairman of the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

Union of Writers from 1970 to 1989 and a member of the editorial board in of the

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

journal ''

Yunost ''Yunost'' (russian: Ю́ность, ''Youth'') is a Russian language literary magazine created in 1955 in Moscow (initially as a USSR Union of Writers' organ) by Valentin Kataev, its first editor-in-chief, who was fired in 1961 for publishing Va ...

''. He also wrote the book titled "Secret of the Yellow House". Aleksin lived in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

from 1993 until 2012. Then he moved to

, where he lived until his death.

Bibliography

* А тем временем где-то - Meanwhile, somewhere * Безумная Евдокия - Reckless Yevdokia (1976) * Говорит седьмой этаж - Seventh floor speaking (1959) * Дневник жениха - The diary of fiancé (1980) * Домашний совет - Domestic council (1980) * Звоните и приезжайте!- Call and Come in (1970) * Ивашов - Ivashov (1980) * Коля пишет Оле, Оля пишет Коле – Kolya writes to Olya, Olya writes to Kolya (1965) * Мой брат играет на кларнете - My brother plays the clarinet * Необычайные похождения Севы Котлова - Extraordinary adventures of Seva Kotlev (1958) * Поздний ребенок - A late-born child (1968) * Раздел имущества - The division of the property * Саша и Шура - Sasha and Shura (1956) * Сердечная недостаточность - Heart failure (1979) * Третий в пятом ряду - The third in fifth row (1975) * Здоровые и больные – Healthy and sick (1982) * Очень страшная история – A very scary story

References

External links

Anatoly Aleksin and Tatiana Aleksina. Official site
* 1924 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Russian male writers 21st-century Russian male writers 20th-century Israeli male writers 21st-century Israeli male writers Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences Academic staff of High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors Recipients of the Lenin Komsomol Prize Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the USSR State Prize Russian emigrants to Israel Soviet children's writers Soviet male writers {{Russia-writer-stub Burials at Kuntsevo Cemetery Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies alumni