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591: 444: 389: 136: 44: 590: 288:). Levenson's family did not permit his marriage to Korneychukova, and the couple was eventually forced to separate. Korneychukova moved to Odessa with her two children, Nikolay and his sister Marussia. Levenson supported them financially for some time, until his marriage to another woman. Nikolay studied at the 419:
characterized "Crocodile", along with other Chukovsky's verse tales as follows, "clockwork rhythms and air of mischief and lightness in effect dispelled the plodding stodginess that had characterized pre-revolutionary children's poetry." Subsequently, they were adapted for theatre and
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of an Odessa newspaper, although he spent most of his time at the British Library instead of in the parliamentary press gallery. Back in
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as the illegitimate son of Yekaterina Osipovna Korneychukova and of Emmanuil Solomonovich Levenson, a man from a wealthy Russian
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It was at that period that Chukovsky produced his first fantasies for children. The girl from his famous fairy tale poem "
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in 1965–1967. In 1984, Lauren G. Leighton published her English translation of Chukovsky's final revision, and titled it
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On May 26, 1903, Chukovsky married Maria (Maria Borisovna Chukovskaya) née Goldfeld, daughter of Aron-Ber and Tauba.
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Chukovsky extensively wrote about the translation process and critiqued other translators. In 1919, he co-wrote with
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was an initiator of this campaign against "Chukovshshina", but criticism also came also from children's writer
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As his diaries attest, Chukovsky used his popularity to help the authors persecuted by the regime including
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Materials about three generations of the Chukovsky family: Korney,
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Korney Chukovsky: The children’s author who wrote against all odds
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Starting in the 1930s, Chukovsky lived in the writers' village of
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During the Soviet period, Chukovsky edited the complete works of
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Korney Chukovsly with his wife Maria and son Nikolai (1912–1925)
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Leighton, Lauren G. (1984). "The Translator's Introduction".
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Leighton, Lauren G. (1984). "The Translator's Introduction".
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For his works on the life of Nekrasov he was awarded a
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and other composers even adapted some of his poems for
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The Art of Translation: Kornei Chukovsky's A High Art
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The Art of Translation: Kornei Chukovsky's A High Art
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An unsigned bibliographical sketch for Chukovsky in:
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The Art of Translation: Kornei Chukovsky's A High Art
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Poet, writer, translator, literary critic, journalist
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1882 – 28 October 1969) was one of the most popular
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Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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A bibliographical sketch for Chukovsky in 236:, and other authors, and was an influential 829:The New Encyclopædia Britannica: Micropædia 295:, where one of his classmates was Vladimir 202:stories into a book-length Russian poem as 42: 920: 813: 787: 623:(1904–1965) was a writer and translator. 131:[kɐrˈnʲejɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕtɕʊˈkofskʲɪj] 972: 889: 862: 589: 442: 387: 376: 372: 14: 1017: 722: 939: 923:"Гржебин Зиновий Исаевич (1877 1929)" 788:Goloperov, Vadim (25 November 2016). 687:, rbth.com. Retrieved 8 January 2020. 509:, etc.) were under severe criticism. 129: 1040:People from Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd 723:Madrid, Anthony (19 February 2020). 526:Printsipy khudozhestvennogo perevoda 566:in philology. He also received the 27:Russian children's poet (1882–1969) 24: 1095:Translators of William Shakespeare 665:Category:Works by Korney Chukovsky 530:Principles of Artistic Translation 345:(an allusion to the famous critic 314:and, in 1903–05, he served as the 25: 1136: 965:, at the Stikhiia poetry archive 934: 384:'s caricature of Korney Chukovsky 1060:Recipients of the Order of Lenin 1045:Russian people of Jewish descent 698:"Russia Profile - Print edition" 254:Nikolay Vasilyevich Korneychukov 61:Nikolay Vasilyevich Korneychukov 1050:Writers from the Russian Empire 883: 856: 845: 819: 781: 767: 742: 716: 677: 626:His son Boris (1910—1941 went 447:Chukovsky in Peredelkino, 1959 329:and secured the friendship of 267:Николай Васильевич Корнейчуков 13: 1: 1055:Recipients of the Lenin Prize 1035:Writers from Saint Petersburg 670: 536:), 1936, 1941 (re-titling it 417:'s Encyclopedia of Literature 392:Chukovsky with children, 1959 247: 214:Angliyskiye Narodnyye Pesenki 750:"Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky" 307:diplomas by correspondence. 122:Корне́й Ива́нович Чуко́вский 7: 1080:English–Russian translators 963:Selected works of Chukovsky 948:, at Ryfma.com (in Russian) 658: 653:Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin 10: 1141: 1110:Soviet literary historians 1090:Translators of Oscar Wilde 946:Popular works by Chukovsky 927:Новый Исторический Вестник 914: 559:, where he is now buried. 117:Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky 1100:Soviet children's writers 921:Ippolitov, S. S. (2003). 585: 266: 121: 106: 82: 57: 41: 34: 1085:Translators from English 754:Encyclopaedia Britannica 351:From Chekhov to Our Days 276:in 1901. He was born in 995:Biography of Chukovsksy 408:Encyclopædia Britannica 595: 570:in 1962 for his book, 478:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 448: 393: 385: 212:canon into Russian as 1125:Deaths from hepatitis 973:Works about Chukovsky 630:during World War II. 593: 446: 391: 380: 164:The Monster Cockroach 1075:Literary translators 725:"Russia's Dr. Seuss" 580:University of Oxford 373:Later life and works 158:. Chukovsky's poems 1120:Soviet male writers 572:Mastery of Nekrasov 178:("The Telephone"), 940:Works by Chukovsky 596: 576:honorary doctorate 534:Iskusstvo perevoda 524:a brochure called 511:Nadezhda Krupskaya 470:Mikhail Zoshchenko 449: 394: 386: 347:Vissarion Belinsky 327:Russian literature 310:He taught himself 1115:Soviet male poets 794:The Odessa Review 628:missing in action 614:Nikolai Chukovsky 603:Lydia Chukovskaya 538:Vysokoe iskusstvo 252:Originally named 114: 113: 16:(Redirected from 1132: 1105:Soviet essayists 1070:Children's poets 1011: 999: 991: 968: 959: 930: 908: 907: 887: 881: 880: 860: 854: 849: 843: 823: 817: 811: 805: 804: 802: 800: 785: 779: 778: 771: 765: 764: 762: 760: 746: 740: 739: 737: 735: 729:The Paris Review 720: 714: 713: 711: 709: 704:on 13 April 2012 700:. Archived from 694: 688: 681: 655:was his nephew. 643: 622: 503:, Barmaley from 474:Alexander Galich 458:From Two to Five 453:Nikolay Nekrasov 438:Vladimir Nabokov 426:Sergei Prokofiev 402:Zinovii Grzhebin 355:Critique stories 301:secondary-school 297:Ze'ev Jabotinsky 286:Vladimir Rokhlin 278:Saint Petersburg 268: 261: 152:Russian language 148:children's poets 141: 140: 139: 133: 128: 124: 123: 89: 73:Saint Petersburg 69: 67: 46: 36:Korney Chukovsky 32: 31: 21: 18:Kornei Chukovsky 1140: 1139: 1135: 1134: 1133: 1131: 1130: 1129: 1015: 1014: 1009: 997: 989: 975: 966: 957: 953:Живой как жизнь 942: 937: 917: 912: 911: 904: 888: 884: 877: 861: 857: 850: 846: 824: 820: 812: 808: 798: 796: 786: 782: 773: 772: 768: 758: 756: 748: 747: 743: 733: 731: 721: 717: 707: 705: 696: 695: 691: 683:Daria Aminova, 682: 678: 673: 661: 637: 616: 588: 542:Collected Works 522:Nikolai Gumilev 484:on winning the 482:Boris Pasternak 415:Merriam-Webster 375: 359:Faces and masks 343:Korney Belinsky 257: 250: 238:literary critic 230:Rudyard Kipling 200:Doctor Dolittle 135: 134: 126: 91: 87: 86:28 October 1969 71: 65: 63: 62: 53: 37: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 1138: 1128: 1127: 1122: 1117: 1112: 1107: 1102: 1097: 1092: 1087: 1082: 1077: 1072: 1067: 1062: 1057: 1052: 1047: 1042: 1037: 1032: 1027: 1013: 1012: 1005:, by essayist 1000: 992: 974: 971: 970: 969: 960: 949: 941: 938: 936: 935:External links 933: 932: 931: 916: 913: 910: 909: 902: 882: 875: 855: 844: 842: 841: 832: 831:, 1993, p. 300 818: 814:Ippolitov 2003 806: 780: 766: 741: 715: 689: 675: 674: 672: 669: 668: 667: 660: 657: 651:Mathematician 607:Anna Akhmatova 601:His daughter, 587: 584: 506:Doctor Aybolit 466:Anna Akhmatova 455:and published 422:animated films 374: 371: 331:Alexander Blok 249: 246: 205:Doctor Aybolit 119:(Russian: 112: 111: 108: 104: 103: 90:(aged 87) 84: 80: 79: 77:Russian Empire 59: 55: 54: 47: 39: 38: 35: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1137: 1126: 1123: 1121: 1118: 1116: 1113: 1111: 1108: 1106: 1103: 1101: 1098: 1096: 1093: 1091: 1088: 1086: 1083: 1081: 1078: 1076: 1073: 1071: 1068: 1066: 1063: 1061: 1058: 1056: 1053: 1051: 1048: 1046: 1043: 1041: 1038: 1036: 1033: 1031: 1028: 1026: 1023: 1022: 1020: 1008: 1007:Dmitrii Bykov 1004: 1001: 996: 993: 988: 984: 980: 979:Chukfamily.ru 977: 976: 964: 961: 955: 954: 950: 947: 944: 943: 928: 924: 919: 918: 905: 903:9780870494055 899: 895: 894: 886: 878: 876:9780870494055 872: 868: 867: 859: 853: 848: 840: 836: 833: 830: 827: 826: 822: 815: 810: 795: 791: 784: 776: 770: 755: 751: 745: 730: 726: 719: 703: 699: 693: 686: 680: 676: 666: 663: 662: 656: 654: 649: 647: 641: 636: 633:His daughter 631: 629: 624: 620: 615: 610: 608: 604: 599: 592: 583: 581: 577: 573: 569: 565: 560: 558: 554: 549: 547: 543: 539: 535: 531: 527: 523: 518: 516: 512: 508: 507: 502: 501: 496: 495: 489: 487: 483: 479: 475: 471: 467: 462: 460: 459: 454: 445: 441: 439: 435: 431: 427: 423: 418: 416: 411: 409: 403: 399: 390: 383: 379: 370: 368: 364: 360: 356: 352: 348: 344: 340: 336: 332: 328: 324: 320: 319:correspondent 317: 313: 308: 306: 302: 298: 294: 291: 287: 283: 279: 275: 273: 264: 260: 255: 245: 243: 239: 235: 231: 227: 223: 219: 215: 211: 207: 206: 201: 197: 193: 189: 188: 183: 182: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 145: 138: 132: 118: 109: 105: 102: 98: 94: 85: 81: 78: 74: 70:31 March 1882 60: 56: 51: 45: 40: 33: 30: 19: 1010:(in Russian) 998:(in Russian) 990:(in Russian) 967:(in Russian) 958:(in Russian) 952: 926: 892: 885: 865: 858: 847: 834: 828: 821: 809: 797:. 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Kornei Chukovsky
Portrait by Ilya Repin.
Ilya Repin
Saint Petersburg
Russian Empire
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Soviet Union
[kɐrˈnʲejɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕtɕʊˈkofskʲɪj]

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children's poets
Russian language
Dr. Seuss
The Monster Cockroach
Crocodile
Chukokkala
Moydodyr
Russophone
Doctor Dolittle
Doctor Aybolit
Mother Goose
Walt Whitman
Mark Twain
Oscar Wilde
Rudyard Kipling
O. Henry
literary critic
essayist
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