His name is not known to all modern children, but everyone knows the heroes created by this man. More than one generation of children grew up on the cartoons “Crocodile Gena”, “Prostokvashino”, “Antoshka”. Eduard Uspensky gave this world something more than just scripts or books. Bright life and biography of this talented person, who carried his love for children throughout his life and made this world a little kinder, giving a smile to every family.
Childhood and youth
Famous writer in his youth
The beginning of a creative journey
Since his youth, Eduard Uspensky was fond of writing stories for children, and also came up with poems and songs. While studying at the Aviation University, he was a member of the Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful. Parents were perplexed as to how a boy from an ordinary Soviet family came to have such pronounced creative abilities.
Writer Eduard Uspensky
At first, the writer simply composed styles for his own pleasure and very rarely published anywhere. But with humorous stories, children's books and comic sketches are a different story - they immediately appealed to a wide audience. This encouraged the talented writer to develop in this particular genre.
World fame
No one today can imagine what the fate of the books written by Eduard Uspensky would have been if not for Soyuzmultfilm. In tandem, the following bright fairy-tale characters, unique in their charisma, were created:
“Papa” of Cheburashka - Eduard Uspensky
- from Prostokvashino: cat Matroskin, uncle Fyodor and Sharik, postman Pechkin;
- No less popular and beloved are the crocodile Gena and Cheburashka.
Eduard Uspensky put a lot of light and kindness into his other books, which were not filmed by Soyuzmultfilm. These are “Lectures by Professor Chainikov”, “About Vera and Anfisa” and others.
Uspensky wrote many children's books
The writer's books have been translated into 20 languages. They are understandable to children from different countries regardless of culture, religion and traditions. The writer gained particular fame in Sweden. He was accepted into the Swedish Writers' Union, and the heroes of the books very often appeared on television screens and magazine covers.
Eduard Uspensky personally wrote scripts for cartoons and approached this process with all love and responsibility. Later, two full-length films and one TV series were made based on the stories.
Uspensky copied the image of Shapoklyak from his first wife
Personal life
The writer managed to get married three times in his life. The man had been married to his first wife for 18 years. They had a daughter who gave grandchildren to Eduard Uspensky. Together with his second wife, the man adopted two twin girls. It was from this moment that a real family and children appeared in his biography.
The most painful thing for the writer was his third marriage with the famous radio host Eleanor Filina. Fate brought them together during collaboration in the radio program “Ships came into our harbor.”
With his third wife Eleanor Filina
After several years of marriage, a difficult divorce process began. Ex-wife appeared on television, gave interviews about life together, accusing Eduard Uspensky of a complex character and impartial behavior in everyday life. The writer himself rarely gave interviews on the topic of divorce and explained his wife’s behavior by saying that she wanted to pay off financial debts with his funds.
Of course, the talented author had difficult character. Relatives say that he did not agree to compromises and did not make concessions. However, this helped him create immortal creations that will delight children all over the world for several decades.
Eduard Uspensky died of stomach cancer
Illness and death
During the divorce proceedings, Eduard Uspensky was given terrible diagnosis- stomach cancer. Together with his wife, he went to Germany for treatment, but soon the woman could not stand it and returned to Russia.
German specialists were able to stop the disease for some time, but failed to save the man. Relatives believe that the high-profile divorce ruined their health famous writer and hastened his departure. On August 14, 2018, Eduard Uspensky died in one of the Moscow clinics.
Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky (12/22/1937 - 08/14/2018) - Soviet and Russian writer, playwright and screenwriter, author of children's books, television presenter.
BIOGRAPHY
He received his education at the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI). After becoming an engineer, he made a living by writing and making cartoon scripts. In addition to children's books, Uspensky wrote poems and theatrical scenes from the Cheburashka series, "Crocodile Gena and His Friends."
Uspensky's first book about Uncle Fyodor, “Uncle Fyodor, the Dog and the Cat,” was published in 1974. The main characters were a six-year-old boy Uncle Fyodor, a talking stray cat Matroskin and a dog Sharik. Three popular animated films were made based on the book: “Three from Prostokvashino”, “Holidays in Prostokvashino” and “Winter in Prostokvashino”.
Eduard Nikolaevich was the chairman of the jury of the award " Cherished dream" In 1986 he was a member of the jury in the first games of the revived Major League KVN.
Uspensky was one of the creators of the programs " Good night, kids!”, “ABVGDeyka”, “Baby Monitor”, as well as programs about the original song “Ships Came into Our Harbor”, which was awarded the TEFI Prize in 2000.
In 2007-2008 he was a member of the Supreme Council political party"Civil Power".
In 2010, Uspensky was awarded the Korney Chukovsky Prize, established for children's writers, in the main category “For outstanding creative achievements in domestic children's literature."
DISEASE
Eduard Uspensky’s illness became known in 2012. The writer tried to carefully monitor his health: he was regularly observed by doctors. According to some media reports, in 2011, Uspensky underwent surgery: then he thought that he had managed to win serious illness. Later the disease reasserted itself. In the summer of 2018, the writer underwent treatment in Germany. On August 9, Uspensky felt ill at home and lost consciousness. He died on August 14, 2018 in his home in the village of Puchkovo, Troitsky administrative district of Moscow.
FAMILY
Father - Uspensky Nikolai Mikhailovich (1903-1947), employee of the apparatus of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks.
Mother - Natalya Alekseevna Uspenskaya (before Dzyurova’s marriage) (1907-1982), mechanical engineer.
Brothers: the eldest - Igor, the youngest - Yuri.
The first wife is Rimma.
Daughter Tatyana.
Granddaughter Ekaterina.
Grandson Edward.
Second wife - Elena Uspenskaya.
Twin daughters Irina and Svetlana,
Third wife (2005-2011) - Eleonora Filina, TV presenter.
WORKS
1966 - Crocodile Gena and his friends.
1967 - Multi-colored family.
1968 - That's how school is.
1970 - Crocodile Gena.
1971 — Balloons.
1972 - Down the Magic River.
1973 - Ice.
1973 - Bahram's legacy.
1974 - Uncle Fyodor, dog and cat.
1974 - Academician Ivanov.
1974 - Vacation of the crocodile Gena.
1975 - Guarantee men.
1975 - Crocodile Gena.
1976 - Everything is fine.
1976 - Repeat.
1976 - An amazing thing.
1977 - Crocodile Gena.
1977 - Crocodile Gena and other tales.
1979 - Down the Magic River.
1981 - Clown School.
1982 - Ice.
1983 - If I were a girl.
1983 - Vacation in Prostokvashino.
1980, 1981, 1984 - Above our apartment.
1985 - Vera and Anfisa at the clinic.
1985 - Vera and Anfisa meet.
1987 - Clown Ivan Bultykh.
1987 - Kolobok follows the trail.
1988 - 25 professions of Masha Filipenko.
1988 - About Sidorov Vova.
1989 - Fur boarding school.
- Sage.
1990 - Red hand, black sheet, green fingers.
1990 - Uncle Fyodor, dog and cat (dialogues on political issues).
1991 - “Uncle Fyodor, dog and cat, and politics.
1991 - Lectures by Professor Chainikov.
1992 - Literacy: A book for one reader and ten illiterate people.
1992 - Business of Crocodile Genes.
1992 - Year good child(co-author E. de Groen).
1993 - Underwater berets.
1995 - Uncle Fyodor's Aunt, or Escape from Prostokvashino.
1997 — Winter in Prostokvashino.
1997 - Uncle Fyodor’s favorite girl.
1997 - New orders in Prostokvashino.
1999 - Uncle Fyodor goes to school, or Nancy from the Internet in Prostokvashino.
1999 - False Dmitry the Second, real.
2001 — Spring in Prostokvashino.
2001 - Mushrooms for Cheburashka.
2001 - Crocodile Gena - police lieutenant.
2001 - Pechkin vs. Khvataika.
2001 - The abduction of Cheburashka.
2001 - Holidays in the village of Prostokvashino.
2002 - Troubles in Prostokvashino.
2002 - The case of Stepanid: stories.
2002 - Viper bite.
2004 - Treasure from the village of Prostokvashino.
2004 - Mysterious guest from outer space.
2005 — Birthdays in Prostokvashino.
2005 - Acid rain in Prostokvashino and other funny stories.
2007 — New life in Prostokvashino
— Postman Pechkin’s mistake.
- Cheburashka goes to the people.
— Ivan is the royal son and the Gray Wolf.
— About Vera and Anfisa.
— Zhab Zhabych Skovorodkin.
- Son of Zhab Zhabych.
— The story of the sparrowhawk.
- Koloboks are conducting the investigation.
— Magnetic house near Vladimir.
— A farm dog on a Belarusian farm.
— Incidents in Prostokvashino, or the Inventions of the postman Pechkin.
2009 - Stories about a girl with strange name.
2011 - Guarantee men are back.
2011 - The story about Geveychik, the gutta-percha man.
2011 - Ghost from Prostokvashino.
PLAYS:
— Spanish series
1976 - Uncle Fyodor, dog and cat.
1979 - Guarantee men.
1983 - Girl teacher.
— New Year in Prostokvashino.
— Island of Scientists.
— Santa Claus's vacation.
- About the pike's command.
— The disappearance of a white elephant.
- Koloboks are conducting the investigation.
FILMOGRAPHY
Art films :
1982 - There, on unknown paths (based on the story “Down the Magic River”)
1991 - The Year of the Good Child (based on the story of the same name by E. Uspensky and E. de Grun)
Animated film scripts:
1969 - Antoshka (Merry Carousel, No. 1)
1969 - Crocodile Gena
1971 - Cheburashka
1971 - Defeat (Merry Roundabout, No. 3) (director V. Ugarov, composer S. Kallosh, text read by: A. Livshits, A. Levenbuk)
1971 - Red, red, freckled (Merry Carousel, No. 3)
1972 - Loser (script: R. Kachanov, E. Uspensky, director V. Golikov)
1974 - Shapoklyak
1974 - Bird Market (director M. Novogrudskaya)
1975 - Painting. Vanya was driving
1975 - The legacy of the wizard Bahram
1975 - Wonderful Day
1975 - Elephant-dilo-sonok (director B. Ardov)
1975 - Uncle Fyodor, dog and cat: Matroskin and Sharik (first film)
1976 - Uncle Fyodor, dog and cat: Mitya and Murka (second film)
1976 - Uncle Fyodor, dog and cat: Mom and Dad (third film)
1976 - Octopuses
1978 - Three from Prostokvashino
1979 - Uncle Au (first film)
1979 - Uncle Au's Mistake (second film)
1979 - Uncle Au in the city (third film)
1979 - About the refrigerator, gray mice and warranty men (director L. Domnin)
1979 - Olympic Character
1980 - Vacation in Prostokvashino
1980 - Blot
1980 - Canoeing (from a series of microfilms about sports for the Olympics-80) (directed by R. Strautmane)
1980 - Judo (from a series of microfilms about sports for the 1980 Olympics) (directed by Yu. Butyrin)
1980 - Equestrian sport (from a series of microfilms about sports for the 1980 Olympics) (directed by Yu. Butyrin)
1980 - Artistic gymnastics (from a series of microfilms about sports for the Olympics-80) (director B. Akulinichev)
1980 - Race walking (from a series of microfilms about sports for the 1980 Olympics) (director O. Churkin)
1980 - Field hockey (from a series of microfilms about sports for the 1980 Olympics) (director O. Churkin)
1980 - Baba Yaga against! (film first)
1980 - Baba Yaga against! (film two)
1980 - Baba Yaga against! (film three)
1981 - Plasticine Crow
1981 - Ivashka from the Palace of Pioneers
1982 - Teleglaz (screensaver for a series of programs about saving) (director A. Tatarsky)
1983 - Cheburashka goes to school
1983 - Koloboks are conducting the investigation (film first) (director Aida Zyablikova)
1983 - The Koloboks are conducting the investigation (the second film) (director Aida Zyablikova)
1983 - Santa Claus's New Year's song
1984 - Winter in Prostokvashino
1985 - About Sidorov Vova
1986 - Academician Ivanov
1986 - About Vera and Anfisa
1986 - Koloboks are conducting the investigation (film first, second) (directors: Igor Kovalev, Alexander Tatarsky
1987 - Koloboks are conducting the investigation (film three, four) (directors: Igor Kovalev, Alexander Tatarsky)
1987 - About Vera and Anfisa: Vera and Anfisa put out the fire
1988 - About Vera and Anfisa: Vera and Anfisa in a lesson at school
1988 - Riddle (Merry Carousel, No. 19)
1989 - Today in our city
1989 - Happy Start 1 (film about dolphins)
1989 - Happy Start 3 (film about dolphins)
1989 - Lake at the Bottom of the Sea (film about dolphins)
1989 - Miko - Pavlova’s son (director E. Prorokova) (film about dolphins)
1989 - The surface of the iceberg (film about dolphins) (director A. Gorlenko, composers: T. Hayen, E. Artemyev)
1989 - Secret Ocean Dump (film about dolphins)
1990 - Happy Start 4 (film about dolphins)
1991 - Underwater Berets [feature film about dolphins]
TV serials
2001 - “Advice from Professor Chainikov,” television series for children (directed by Oleg Ryaskov, MNVK, TV6).
AWARDS AND PRIZES
1991 - prize and diploma named after. A. Gaidar for the story “The Year of a Good Child” to the writer Eles de Grun and the writer Eduard Uspensky.
1997 - Ogonyok magazine award
1997 - Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree
2005 - gold medal of the World Intellectual Property Organization
2010 - Government Prize Russian Federation in the field of culture for the book “Stories about a girl with a strange name”
2010 - Prize named after. K. Chukovsky in the nomination “For outstanding creative achievements in domestic children’s literature”
Laureate of the All-Union competition for the best children's book
2015 - Prize named after. Lev Kopelev for the fight for peace and human rights.
2015 - national award"Telegrand" for outstanding contribution in the creation of children's television programs and significant contributions to the development of animated films.
The series of works about “Prostokvashino” was translated into Turkish.
The image of the old woman Shapoklyak was copied by Uspensky from his ex-wife.
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On August 14, 2018, the famous children's writer, Eduard Uspensky, on whose works more than one generation of children grew up, left this world.
Biography
Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky was born on December 22, 1937 in the city of Yegoryevsk, in the Moscow region.
Family
His father, Nikolai Mikhailovich Uspensky, worked as a dog handler in the hunting department of the CPSU Central Committee, his mother, Natalya Alekseevna Uspenskaya, was a mechanical engineer by training. Eduard had 2 brothers, the older brother Igor and the younger brother Yuri.
By nationality, the elder Uspensky was Jewish, and Natalya Alekseevna was Russian. Thanks to my father's profession, the family always had many animals.
The Uspensky family idyll did not last long; Nikolai Mikhailovich died when Eduard was only 10 years old. The family, who at that time lived on Kutuzovsky Prospekt in Moscow, faced great financial difficulties.
Education
Despite poverty, Eduard Uspensky always dreamed of becoming big man, minister or at least academician. At the same time, he studied poorly, was very mischievous, and cut off the bad grades in his diary with a blade.
But everything changed when the boy broke his leg and was hospitalized. Then he started reading books, catching up on his knowledge, and graduated from school with diplomas.
Uspensky fell in love with mathematics very much, and chose a technical university for admission - the Moscow Aviation Institute. Having become an engineer, I worked in my specialty, although not for very long. Uspensky was drawn to creativity.
Creation
Also in school years While working as a counselor, Uspensky composed poems and songs for his little charges. During his institute years, the future writer participated in skits and played in KVN. Then he began to earn a living by writing scripts for cartoons.
Uspensky was also good at humorous works, but the writer did not want to develop in this direction.
- "Three from Prostokvashino",
- "Holidays in Prostokvashino"
- "Winter in Prostokvashino."
Uspensky had a hand in creating such programs for children as “Good night, kids!”, “ABVGDeyka”, “Baby Monitor”.
Uspensky was the chairman of the jury of the Cherished Dream Prize. Helped in refereeing KVN games in 1986.
In 1997, Uspensky was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland.
In 2000, he received the TEFI Award for his contribution to the creation of the original song program “Ships Came into Our Harbor.”
In 2007-2008, he was a member of the Supreme Council of the political party “Civil Power”.
In 2010, Uspensky was awarded the Korney Chukovsky Prize, established for children's writers, in the main category “For outstanding creative achievements in domestic children's literature.”
Personal life
Eduard Uspensky's family always stood on important place, it was here that he drew inspiration for his works, and some family members served as prototypes for his heroes. So he copied the old woman Shapoklyak from his first wife, Rimma, who, according to him, was distinguished by her mischief.
He lived in marriage with her for 18 years, a daughter, Tatyana, was born, whose first words gave the name to another beloved children's hero- Cheburashka. The daughter gave Uspensky a granddaughter, Ekaterina, and a grandson, Eduard.
The second choice of the writer was Elena Uspenskaya. Together they adopted twins - Irina and Svetlana.
Ouspensky's third marriage grew out of office romance. This time, the writer’s wife was his co-host in the radio program “Ships Came into Our Harbor,” Eleonora Filina. The divorce from her was loud, public and very unpleasant.
Already at that time, the writer was diagnosed with an illness that he tried to cope with in Germany. Filina supported her husband for only a few months and then left him. As it turned out, the woman found young lover, and reproached Uspensky for despotism in family life.
Next to him in the difficult task of recovery was his second wife, who forgave Uspensky and supported him.
IN Lately the writer lived in the Moscow region, where he was surrounded by close people and numerous pets. He wrote and hoped for recovery
Illness and death
Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky died on August 14 at his home in Moscow, he was 80 years old. After a successful operation in Germany, he began to recover, but the cancer returned.
The writer believed that he had “earned” serious illness on nervous soil, as a result of quarrels with his penultimate wife Eleanor Filina.
Eduard Uspensky. Books
- Crocodile Gena and his friends. - M., 1966, 1970
- Multi-colored family. - M., 1967
- That's how school is. - M., 1968
- Crocodile Gena. - M., 1970
- Balloons. - M., 1971
- Down the magical river. - M., 1972
- Ice. - M., 1973
- Bahram's Legacy (1973)
- Uncle Fyodor, dog and cat. - M., 1974
- Academician Ivanov. - M., 1974
- Crocodile Gena's Holiday (1974)
- Guarantee men. - M., 1975
- Crocodile Gena. — Tallinn, 1975
- Everything is fine. - M., 1976
- Repeat. - M., 1976
- Amazing thing. - M., 1976
- Crocodile Gena. - M., 1977
- Crocodile Gena and other tales. - M., 1977
- Down the magical river. - M., 1979
- Clown School (1981)
- Ice. - M., 1982
- If I were a girl. - M., 1983
- Vacations in Prostokvashino. - M., 1983
- Above our apartment. - M., 1980, 1981, 1984
- Vera and Anfisa at the clinic. - M., 1985
- Vera and Anfisa meet. - M., 1985
- Clown Ivan Bultykh (1987)
- Kolobok follows the trail. - M., 1987
- 25 professions of Masha Filipenko (1988)
- About Sidorov Vova. - M., 1988
- Fur boarding school. - M., 1989
- Sage
- Red Hand, Black Sheet, Green Fingers (1990)
- Uncle Fyodor, dog and cat (dialogues on political issues) (1990)
- “Uncle Fyodor, the dog and the cat, and politics (1991)
- Lectures by Professor Chainikov (1991)
- Literacy: A Book for One Reader and Ten Illiterates (1992)
- The Business of Crocodile Genes (1992)
- The Year of the Good Child (1992) (co-author E. de Groen)
- Underwater Berets (1993)
- Uncle Fyodor's Aunt, or Escape from Prostokvashino. - M.: Samovar, 1995
- Winter in Prostokvashino (1997)
- Uncle Fyodor's Favorite Girl (1997)
- New orders in Prostokvashino (1997)
- Uncle Fyodor goes to school, or Nancy from the Internet in Prostokvashino (1999)
- False Dmitry the Second, real (1999)
- Spring in Prostokvashino (2001)
- Mushrooms for Cheburashka (2001)
- Crocodile Gena - police lieutenant (2001)
- Pechkin vs. Khvatayka (2001)
- The kidnapping of Cheburashka (2001)
- Holidays in the village of Prostokvashino (2001)
- Trouble in Prostokvashino (2002)
- The Case of Stepanid: Stories (2002)
- Viper's Bite (2002)
- Treasure from the village of Prostokvashino (2004)
- Mysterious Visitor from Outer Space (2004)
- Birthdays in Prostokvashino (2005)
- Acid rain in Prostokvashino and other funny stories (2005)
- New life in Prostokvashino (2007)
- Postman Pechkin's mistake
- Cheburashka goes to the people"
- Ivan - the Tsar's son and the Gray Wolf
- About Vera and Anfisa
- Zhab Zhabych Skovorodkin
- Son of Zhab Zhabych
- The story of the sparrowhawk
- The investigation is being conducted by Koloboks
- Magnetic house near Vladimir
- A farm dog on a Belarusian farm
- Incidents in Prostokvashino, or Inventions of the postman Pechkin
- Stories about a girl with a strange name (2009)
- The Guarantee Men Are Back (2011)
- The story of Geveychik, the gutta-percha man (2011)
- Ghost from Prostokvashino (2011)
On August 14, in the village of Puchkovo in New Moscow, at the age of 80, a children's writer and author of scripts for cartoons died of cancer. Eduard Uspensky. Oncological disease he was diagnosed back in 2011. According to relatives, on August 9 his condition worsened sharply, but he refused hospitalization.
The works of Eduard Uspensky have been translated into 25 languages, and 60 cartoons have been made based on his scripts and works. Among the most popular characters invented by him are Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka, the cat Matroskin, Uncle Fyodor, the postman Pechkin, the dog Sharik, the Kolobki brothers, etc.
Biography
Eduard Uspensky was born on December 22, 1937 in Yegoryevsk. Father Nikolai Uspensky worked in the apparatus of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party, was in charge of the flour-milling department, supervised grain production and, at the same time, fur farming, game breeding, and the breeding of new breeds of dogs. Mother Natalya Alekseevna worked as a mechanical engineer. Edward was the middle of three brothers. In 1947, the father died and the mother remarried. According to Uspensky, his stepfather was very fond of books, bought them and “locked them in a bookcase under pood locks,” because he was afraid that his stepsons would start taking them to sell.
Education
After graduating from school in 1955, he entered the Moscow Aviation Institute. As a student, he began to write poems and feuilletons, which were published in the institute's wall newspaper, and since 1960 the writer published them in pop collections, the newspaper "Nedelya" and the magazine "Crocodile".
Eduard Uspensky. 1988 Photo: RIA Novosti / Vladimir Rodionov
Professional activity
After graduating from the institute, he worked at the Second Moscow Instrument-Making Plant for three and a half years.
In March 1965, together with Felix Kamov headed the author's group of the MAI student pop-satirical theater "Television".
In 1965, the publishing house "Children's Literature" published the first book by Eduard Uspensky - a collection of poems "The Funny Elephant".
In 1966, the Moscow publishing house “Iskusstvo” published a collection humorous stories for the stage "Four under one cover", the authors of which were Eduard Uspensky, Felix Kamov, Arkady Arkanov and Grigory Gorin.
In the same year, the fairy tales “Gena the Crocodile and His Friends” were published. Their characters - Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka became very popular in the USSR and abroad. Animator based on book scripts Roman Kachanov staged puppets cartoons“Crocodile Gena” (1969), “Cheburashka” (1971), “Shapoklyak” (1974), “Cheburashka goes to school” (1983). Animated films about Cheburashka were also made in Japan in the 2000s.
In 1974, Eduard Uspensky published the fairy tale “Uncle Fyodor, the Dog and the Cat,” the main character of which was a six-year-old boy who was called Uncle Fyodor because he was very independent. Based on this work, the director Vladimir Popov directed the animated films “Three from Prostokvashino” (1978), “Holidays in Prostokvashino” (1980) and “Winter in Prostokvashino” (1984).
In addition, Uspensky released several more fairy tales, including “Down the Magic River”, “Guarantee Men”, “School of Clowns”, “Kolobok Follows the Trail”, “25 Professions of Masha Filipenko”, “Fur Boarding School”, as well as poetic collections “An Amazing Thing”, “Balloons”, “Everything is Alright”, “The Lady from Amsterdam”, etc.
In 1991, he published an “entertaining textbook” on radio engineering, “Professor Chainikov’s Lectures,” and in 1999 he published historical novel"False Dmitry the Second, the real one."
Based on Uspensky's books art films- “There, on unknown paths”, “The Year of the Good Child”.
Working on television
Uspensky took part in the creation of such popular television programs as “Good night, kids!”, “ABVGDeyka”, “Baby Monitor” and “Ships came into our harbor”. In 1986, he was one of the jury members of the revived television program “The Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful.”
Political activity
In 2007, he was a member of the supreme council of the political party “Civil Power”.
Titles and awards
He was a member of the Moscow Writers' Union.
Winner of the Russian Government Prize in the field of culture (2010, for the book “Stories about a girl with a strange name”).
He was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (1997), and was also noted literary prize them. Korney Chukovsky in the nomination “For outstanding creative achievements in domestic children’s literature” (2010), the prize named after. Lev Kopelev “For Freedom and Human Rights” (2015), the “Crown” Prize of the Moscow Writers Union (2016).
Family
Was married three times. First wife - Rimma, graduate of Moscow Aviation Institute; second - Elena, television employee; the third is a TV presenter Eleonora Filina. From his first marriage - daughter Tatiana(born 1968), from the second - twin daughters Irina And Svetlana(born 1991). After divorcing his third wife, he reunited with his second wife.
Eduard Uspensky. Photo: www.russianlook.com
Quotes
“My works are sermons. Every time I want to say something to the guys, I start inventing a story.”
“To teach a child, any means are good, even direct bribery - change pages with ten-ruble bills - read a certain number of pages - get money.”
“But I always knew that I would write for children. I started with some poems, but they didn’t want to publish me. They said it was bad, some kind of entertainment, just counting rhymes. They said we need to write something serious for children, like Agnia Barto. She told me that too. But I didn’t write anything serious.”
“Now the most talented young children’s writer can publish his book with a circulation of 5-10 thousand, which means throwing it in the trash. Because without animation, without cinema, a book is doomed to die.”
“When you instruct a person, teach him how he should act, he will never follow the advice, and even if he follows, nothing will work out for him. Therefore, it is best to live with your own mind from a young age, without forcing yourself into any average framework, rules or standards. That’s what I’ve been doing all my life.”
