Korney Chukovsky
Birthday
1882/03/31
Day of death
1969/10/28 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also know as
Корней Иванович Чуковский, Николай Васильевич Корнейчуков, Nikolai Korneichukov, К. Чуковский, Korney Chukovskiy
Biography
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") and Moydodyr ("Wash-'em-Clean") have been favourites with many generations of Russophone children. Line...Read more
