Today we will tell you who Henry Sapgir is. Poems for children brought to this author the greatest fame. It's about the Russian writer, poet, screenwriter and translator. He was born in 1928, on November 20, in Biysk (Altai Territory).
Biography
Heinrich Sapgir is the son of a Moscow engineer. In Altai his father was on a business trip. Soon he returned to Moscow with his family. Our hero since 1944 became a participant in the literary studio of the artist and poet Yevgeny Kropyvnytsky. The organization worked at the Moscow House of Pioneers. Since the late fifties around Yevgeny Kropyvnytsky and Oscar Rabin - his pupil, a circle of artists and poets close in spirit has formed. Subsequently, this association was called the Lianozovo school. It was children's creativity that Henry Sapgir engaged in the Soviet years. Tales of his favorite little readers. In addition, during this period he created scenarios of classic cartoons, in particular, "Steam Engine from Romashkov". As a children's writer our hero traveled a lot. In 1979 he took part in the work on uncensored almanac "Metropol". The first publication of more "adult" poems abroad took place in 1968. In the USSR, they were published in 1989, during the perestroika period. He also acted as an interpreter. First and foremost in this capacity, he showed himself working with the works of Hovsei Driz, Jim Kates and German specific poetry. Participated in the creation of the anthology Samizdat Century. He is the compiler of the poetic section. During the period of perestroika he became a member of the Writers' Union of Moscow. Was a member of the PEN club. Joined the unification of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. He died in a Moscow trolleybus from a heart attack. He was going to the presentation of the anthology "Poetry of Silence". There was planned his speech. Wife - Sapgir Kira Alexandrovna - a writer. She was born in 1937. Maiden name Gurevich.
Creation
Heinrich Sapgir belonged to a rare type of authors of the protean warehouse. Throughout his creative career, he constantly changed and continuously sought new forms for expression. In his early works, he often turned to social satire. She differed from the author in elegant game forms. Then you can see how the poet Henry Sapgir has gradually changed. His poems began to be filled with landscape lyricism and even civic-mindedness. The author perfectly mastered the traditional methods of creating poetry, in particular, sonnet, but he developed experimental forms. Critics called him a classic of the Russian avant-garde of modern times. He is the author of many books. If we consider the late period of the author's work, he organically combines the variety of expressive means with laconism. Also in the works of our hero there is a desire for an ecstatic state of mind, sincere unexpected pathos, irony, grotesque, precision of details, reckless experiment. The poet is a follower of such geniuses as Vasily Trediakovsky, Vladimir Mayakovsky and Velimir Khlebnikov.
Awards
Heinrich Sapgir is a laureate of the Pushkin Prize of the Russian Federation. He was awarded at the Turgenev festival of small prose. He also received awards from the magazines "Sagittarius" and "Banner."
Publications
In 1962 the author's book "The Tale of the Star Map" was published. In 1970, the work "Beasts on Charging" appeared. In 1993, the "Library of New Russian Poetry" was published. In 1995, the light went out "Smeyans". In 1997 the book "Flying and sleeping" is published. In 1999, the work "Armageddon" appears, as well as a collection of works. Peru of our hero belongs to the following works: "Losharik", "Summer with Angels", "Unfinished Sonnet", "Book of the alphabet, counters, puzzles and verses", "The Planet of Childhood", "Skladen", "Forests-miracles", "Four Envelope. " The writer is the author of the translation of the book "The White Flame" (Ovssey Driz). His poems are also mentioned in music editions. He is the author of the lyrics: "The Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase", "Visiting the Dwarfs", "The Blue Elephant", "Santa Claus and the Gray Wolf", "Cinderella", "The Princess and the Ogre", "Balloon Torch", " "The Secret of the Yellow Bush", "The Serpent in the Attic", "The Adventures of Petrov and Vasechkin, Ordinary and Unbelievable", "Laughter and Grief at Bel White Sea".
Screenwriter
Heinrich Sapgir actively worked in this capacity. In particular, he was the author of the script for the following works: "The Frog Looks for the Pope", "The Bear on the Road," "The Starry Star," "My Green Crocodile," "How to Become Great," "The Legend of Grieg," "The Train from Romashkov" , "Not in the hat of happiness", "Nothing is forgotten", "Scarecrow", "Sunny grain", "Sweet fairy tale", "I draw the sun", "Edge of the earth", "Donkey Plush", "Awesome kitten", " In the Thirtieth Century "," The Breeze "," The Most Revered "," Magic Lanterns "," Fables in Faces "," First Encounters "," Thank You "," How the Earth held the Goat "," Morning Mu Zyka "," And my mother will forgive me "," Our nanny "," Bird feast "," Tale of greed "," Churidilo "," Do not listen to anybody "," Silver hoof "," My friend is a traffic light "," Princess and the Ogre "," Pie with a Laughter "," Moroz Ivanovich "," Sweet Spring ".