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Yelizaveta Yakovlevna Tarakhovskaya (russian: Елизаве́та Я́ковлевна Тарахо́вская; 1891–1968) was a Russian poet, playwright, translator, and author of children's books. She is most known for her play '' By the Pike's Wish'' (1936).
In 1925, her first books were published: ''On How Chocolate Came to MosSelProm'' and ''Tit Will Fly''. Since then, she wrote many children's books, including ''Metropolitan'' (1932), ''The Moon and the Lazy Fellow'' (1933), ''The Seagull'' (1965, dedicated to A memorial plaque inaugurated in honor of three members of Parnokh family
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*''12 без пяти'' / М.: Гиз, 1930.
*''Бей в барабан!'' / М.: Мол. гвардия, 1932.
*''Бей в барабан!'' / М.: Гиз, 1930.
*''Бей в барабан!'' / Изд. 3-е. М.: Мол. гвардия, 1930.
*''Воздушный парад'' / М.; Л.: Детиздат, 1937.
*''Где овечка без хвоста?'' / М.; Л.: Гиз, 1930.
*''Дружба'' /Ташкент: Госиздат Уз. ССР, 1942.
*''Железная дорога'' / М.: Г. Ф. Мириманов, 1928.
*''Калитка в сад'' / М.; Л.: Детгиз, 1949.
*''Колокол в море'' / М.: Гиз, 1930.
*''Костя, клоп и микроскоп'' / Л.: Радуга, 1929.
*''Метро'' / М.: Детгиз, 1951.
*''Метро''. Изд. 3-е. М.; Л.: Детиздат, 1938.
*''Метрополитен'' / М.: Детгиз, 1935.
*''Метрополитен'' / Изд. 2-е. М.: Детиздат, 1936.
*''Метрополитен'' / М.: Мол. гвардия, 1932.
*''Новый дом'' / Изд. 2-е. М.; Л.: Мол. гвардия, 1931.
*''Новый дом'' / 1928.
*''Новый дом'' / М.; Л.: Гиз, 1930.
*''О том, как приехал шоколад в Моссельпром'' /Рязань: Изд. "Друзья детей", 1925.
*''Огород'' / 1928.
*''Радиобригада'' / М.: Гиз, 1930.
*''Радиобригада'' / Изд. 2-е. М.; Л.: Мол. гвардия, 1931.
*''Сказка про живую воду'' / М.; Л.: Детгиз, 1953.
*''Солнечные часы'' / М.; Л.: Детгиз, 1947.
*''Солнечные часы'' / Ставрополь: Ставроп. правда, 1947.
*''Стальные ребята'' / М.: Гиз, 1929.
*''Стихи'' / М.; Л.: Детгиз, 1951.
*''Стихи и сказки'' / М.: Детгиз, 1954.
*''Тит полетит'' / М.: ЗИФ, 1925.
*''У Черного моря'' / М.: Гиз, 1928.
*''Универмаг'' / М.: Гиз, 1930.
Biography
Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (born ''Parnokh'') was born in the city ofTaganrog
Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population:
History of Taganrog
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on July 26, 1891, in a pharmacist's family. She is sister to poet Sophia Parnok and twin sister to founder of Soviet Russian jazz Valentin Parnakh Valentin Yakovlevich Parnakh (russian: Валентин Яковлевич Парнах) (1891–1951) was a Soviet musician and choreographer, who was a founding father of Soviet Union, Soviet jazz. He was also a poet, and translated many foreign w ...
. She graduated from the Taganrog Girls Gymnasium, later studied in Bestuzhev courses
The Bestuzhev Courses (russian: Бестужевские курсы) in Saint Petersburg were the largest and most prominent women's higher education institution in Imperial Russia.
The institute opened its doors in 1878. It was named after Kons ...
in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
and started to write poems in her childhood.
In 1925, her first books were published: ''On How Chocolate Came to MosSelProm'' and ''Tit Will Fly''. Since then, she wrote many children's books, including ''Metropolitan'' (1932), ''The Moon and the Lazy Fellow'' (1933), ''The Seagull'' (1965, dedicated to Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova ( rus, Валентина Владимировна Терешкова, links=no, p=vɐlʲɪnʲˈtʲinə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə tʲɪrʲɪʂˈkovə, a=Valentina Tereshkova.ogg; born 6 March 1937) is an engine ...
, Soviet Russian cosmonaut, the first woman to go into space). She is the author of poems for grown-ups: ''The Violin Clef'' (1958), ''The Bird'' (1965). The verses of Tarakhovskaya are lyrical, thoughtful, and almost always full of humor, with most of them being the poetry of ordinary and everyday things around.
Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya translated into Russian many poems for children written by various Soviet and foreign authors: verses of Polish poet Julian Tuwim
Julian Tuwim (13 September 1894 – 27 December 1953), known also under the pseudonym "Oldlen" as a lyricist, was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition. He was educated in Łódź and in Warsaw where he studied la ...
, Uzbek poet Kuddus Muhammadi (Muhammadiev), Azerbaijani poet Mirvari Dilbazi, Georgian poet Mariki Baratashvili(მარიკა ბარათაშვილი), Lithuanian poet Eduardas Mieželaitis Eduardas Mieželaitis (3 October 1919 – 6 June 1997) was a Lithuanian Soviet poet, translator, essayist and public figure. He was awarded the Lenin Prize in 1962.
Biography
He was born to the family of a village teacher. In 1923 he moved with ...
, Bulgarian poet Assen Bossev and many more.
Today Tarakhovskaya is probably most known for her play '' By the Pike's Wish'', which was staged by Sergey Obraztsov
Sergey Vladimirovich Obraztsov (russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Образцо́в, 5 July ( O.S. 22 June), 1901 – 8 May 1992) was a Soviet and Russian puppeteer who is credited by the Encyclopædia Britannica with "establish ...
in the Moscow State Academic Puppet Show named after Serguei Obraztsov in November 1936 and has remained in the theater's repertoire ever since. The play ''By the Pike's Wish'' (''Po shchuchuyemu veleniyu'') is considered by theater experts as the greatest puppet show
Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. Such a performan ...
of the 20th century, making quintessence of Meyerhold
Vsevolod Emilyevich Meyerhold (russian: Всеволод Эмильевич Мейерхольд, translit=Vsévolod Èmíl'evič Mejerchól'd; born german: Karl Kasimir Theodor Meyerhold; 2 February 1940) was a Russian and Soviet theatre ...
's methods. It was also released as a motion picture in 1938 (directed by Aleksandr Rou).
Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya died 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 millio ...
on November 11, 1968, and was buried on Novodevichy Cemetery near her twin-brother Valentin.
A memorial plaque dedicated to Parnok family was placed on the wall of their birth house in Taganrog
Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population:
History of Taganrog
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Works (alphabetical list)
*''12 без пяти'' / М.: Гиз, 1930.
*''Бей в барабан!'' / М.: Мол. гвардия, 1932.
*''Бей в барабан!'' / М.: Гиз, 1930.
*''Бей в барабан!'' / Изд. 3-е. М.: Мол. гвардия, 1930.
*''Воздушный парад'' / М.; Л.: Детиздат, 1937.
*''Где овечка без хвоста?'' / М.; Л.: Гиз, 1930.
*''Дружба'' /Ташкент: Госиздат Уз. ССР, 1942.
*''Железная дорога'' / М.: Г. Ф. Мириманов, 1928.
*''Калитка в сад'' / М.; Л.: Детгиз, 1949.
*''Колокол в море'' / М.: Гиз, 1930.
*''Костя, клоп и микроскоп'' / Л.: Радуга, 1929.
*''Метро'' / М.: Детгиз, 1951.
*''Метро''. Изд. 3-е. М.; Л.: Детиздат, 1938.
*''Метрополитен'' / М.: Детгиз, 1935.
*''Метрополитен'' / Изд. 2-е. М.: Детиздат, 1936.
*''Метрополитен'' / М.: Мол. гвардия, 1932.
*''Новый дом'' / Изд. 2-е. М.; Л.: Мол. гвардия, 1931.
*''Новый дом'' / 1928.
*''Новый дом'' / М.; Л.: Гиз, 1930.
*''О том, как приехал шоколад в Моссельпром'' /Рязань: Изд. "Друзья детей", 1925.
*''Огород'' / 1928.
*''Радиобригада'' / М.: Гиз, 1930.
*''Радиобригада'' / Изд. 2-е. М.; Л.: Мол. гвардия, 1931.
*''Сказка про живую воду'' / М.; Л.: Детгиз, 1953.
*''Солнечные часы'' / М.; Л.: Детгиз, 1947.
*''Солнечные часы'' / Ставрополь: Ставроп. правда, 1947.
*''Стальные ребята'' / М.: Гиз, 1929.
*''Стихи'' / М.; Л.: Детгиз, 1951.
*''Стихи и сказки'' / М.: Детгиз, 1954.
*''Тит полетит'' / М.: ЗИФ, 1925.
*''У Черного моря'' / М.: Гиз, 1928.
*''Универмаг'' / М.: Гиз, 1930.
References
Sources
* Таганрог. Энциклопедия. — Таганрог: Антон, 2008External links
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