Undoubtedly, Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, at the zenith of his work, earned the right to be called the patriarch of Russian literature. The mere fact that he is the author of two Soviet (1943, 1977) and subsequently Russian (2001) hymns at once 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 remarkable, comes from an ancient Russian family. His pedigree is unique. Father - Vladimir Alexandrovich Mikhalkov - was a graduate of the Law Faculty of Moscow State University. He was a religious person and was ready at any moment to defend his native Fatherland.
The poet’s mother, Olga Mikhailovna Glebova, was the daughter of the county leader of the nobility.
Curriculum Vitae
Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov was born on March 13, 1913 in the Russian capital.
The craving for versification he appeared in his childhood. Already at the age of nine, the future author of the Soviet anthem began to compose poems and write them down on paper. The father supported the undertakings 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 place of residence was also connected with the fact that Vladimir Alexandrovich did not want to once again “berate his eyes” to the Soviet authorities. After Pyatigorsk, the poet lived with his family in Georgievsk for some time.
The beginning of the creative path
Mikhalkov published his first literary work in 1928 in the Rostov print publication “On the Ascent”.
The poem was called "The Road." Soon the poet becomes a member of the Terek 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 gets a handyman at a local weaving and finishing factory. Then he tries himself as a junior observer of the exploration expedition of the Leningrad Geodetic Institute in Altai. Then, the budding poet visited the Volga and eastern Kazakhstan. After some time, he is already a freelance employee in the letters department of the Izvestia newspaper. So, in search of self-realization, Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, whose works were hardly known to every Soviet schoolchild, suddenly began to realize that his real calling was poetry.
Recognition and glory
In the early 30s of the last century, the Moscow poet became known to a wide circle of Soviet readers. And all because the works of Mikhalkov began to be regularly placed on the bands of the capital's magazines and newspapers, and they were also systematically broadcast on the radio.
So, the Pioneer magazine, the Komsomolskaya Pravda and Izvestia newspapers were the first to publish his immortal poems: “What about you?”, “Uncle Stepa”, “Three Citizens”, “Obstinate Thomas” and others. That's what Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich became famous for. He knew how to compose poems for children like no other.
In the period from 1935 to 1937, the poet was a student of the Literary Institute of M. Gorky. He then became a member of the Writers' Union and was forced to leave the alma mater.
In 1936, in the series “The Spark Library”, where he was a union of young writers, his debut collection Poems for Children was released. Naturally, after this, each child of the country of the Soviets found out who Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov was. “Poems for children” he turned out capacious, dynamic and informative. Their value was that the basics of children's education were presented “not directly”, but unobtrusively, taking into account the psychology of the baby.
The famous tale “Three Little Pigs” (1936) belongs to Peru, the patriarch of Russian literature.
Sergey Vladimirovich entered the world of children's literature confidently and triumphantly. His circulation of books soon did not yield to the circulation of eminent Chukovsky and Marshak. Renowned Soviet lyceum Rina Zelena and Igor Ilyinsky enjoyed performing on the radio with Mikhalkov’s works.
From the very beginning of his career, the poet was engaged in the translation of children's poems that were as identical as possible to the originals.
In 1939, Sergei Vladimirovich, for his work Svetlana, published earlier in the Izvestia newspaper, was hardly awarded the highest award - the Order of Lenin. A year later, he is awarded the Stalin Prize. Again Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich can triumph. Poems for children, which he wrote, were enjoyed even by Soviet officials. Then the poet will once again receive the Stalin Prize, but for writing the script for the film Front Friends.
In the late 30s, Mikhalkov joined the ranks of 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, in collaboration with the journalist Georgy El-Registan, coined the words of the anthem of the USSR, which first sounded on the upcoming New Year's Eve. After 34 years, he will write the 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 Mikhalkov the idea of trying himself as a fabulist.
And already the first works of Sergei Vladimirovich pleased him. Pravda first published the fable Fox and the Beaver, and after a little time, Hare into the Hop, Two Friends and Maintenance. Mikhalkov wrote a total of about two hundred fables.
Playwriter 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 “The Special Task” (1945), “Red Tie” (1946), “I Want to Go Home” (1949). In addition, Mikhalkov is the author of many scripts for animated films.
Regalia
To list the regalia of a famous children's writer can be a very long time. As already emphasized, he was awarded the Orders of Lenin, the Stalin Prize. In 1973, he was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor. Sergey Vladimirovich has repeatedly been a laureate of the State Prize. In addition, the poet has the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Order of Friendship of Peoples, the Order of Honor, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and many other awards.
