Korney Chukovsky

Also known as Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky, Kornei Chukovskii, Korney Chukovskiy

Russian children's poet (1882–1969)

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Korney Chukovsky was a Russian children's poet who created imaginative, playful stories and poems that became beloved classics in Russian literature from the early 1900s through the mid-20th century. He matters because his innovative approach to children's literature—using rhythm, humor, and fantastical characters—significantly influenced how children's books were written and continues to be read by Russian children today.

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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Korney I. Chukovsky [Nikolai V. Korneichukov] (31 March NS 1882 – 28 October 1969) was one of the most popular children's poets in the Russian language. His catchy rhythms, inventive rhymes and absurd characters have invited comparisons with the American children's author Dr. Seuss. Chukovsky's poems Tarakanishche ("The Monster Cockroach"), Krokodil ("The Crocodile"), Telefon ("The Telephone")…

Known for

This Is Edik — self (found footage)2020
From Two to Five — Narrator (voice)1983
Confusion — (voice)1982
Chukokkala — Self1969
Telephone — Himself1944

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Soviet Union
Place of birth: Saint Petersburg
Place of death: Moscow
Educated at: Saint Petersburg State University
Languages spoken: Russian
Native language: Russian
Award: Lenin Prize
Field of work: journalism
Image: Chukovsky 1958 02 (cropped).jpg

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Commons category: Korney Chukovsky
date of birth: 1882-00-00
date of death: 1969-10-28
topic's main category: Category:Korney Chukovsky
member of: USSR Union of Writers
birth name: Николай Васильевич Корнейчуков
manner of death: natural causes
place of burial: Peredelkino Cemetery
cause of death: hepatitis
writing language: Russian
name in native language: Корней Чуковский
start of work period: 1901-00-00
relative: Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin
Commons Creator page: Korney Chukovsky

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Encyclopedic overview

Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (Russian: Корней Иванович Чуковский, IPA: [kɐrˈnʲej ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ tɕʊˈkofskʲɪj] ; 31 March NS 1882 – 28 October 1969) was one of the most popular children's poets in the Russian language. His catchy rhythms, inventive rhymes and absurd characters have invited comparisons with the American children's author Dr. Seuss. Chukovsky's poems Tarakanische ("The Monster Cockroach"), Krokodil ("Crocodile"), Telefon ("The Telephone"), and Moydodyr ("Wash-'em-Clean") have been favorites with many generations of Russophone children. Lines from his poems, in particular Telefon, have become universal catch-phrases in the Russian media and everyday conversation. He adapted the Doctor Dolittle stories into a book-length Russian poem as Doctor Aybolit ("Dr. Ow-It-Hurts"), and translated a substantial portion of the Mother Goose canon into Russian as Angliyskiye Narodnyye Pesenki ("English Folk Rhymes"). He also wrote very popular translations of Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, O. Henry, and other authors, and was an influential literary critic and essayist.

Early life

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