Samuil Marshak
Writer, Author
1887 – 1964
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Who was Samuil Marshak?
Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak was a Russian and Soviet writer, translator and children's poet. He translated Shakespeare's sonnets, some other Shakespeare's works, English poetry and poetry from other languages. Maxim Gorky proclaimed Marshak to be "the founder of Russia's children's literature."
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- Born
- Nov 3, 1887
Voronezh - Also known as
- S Marshak
- S. Marshak
- Samuil Marschak
- Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak
- Samuel Marshak
- Самуи́л Я́ковлевич Марша́к
- Siblings
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Russian
- Nationality
- Russia
- Soviet Union
- Profession
- Education
- University of London
Philosophy
- University of London
- Lived in
- Saint Petersburg
(1902 - ) - England
(1912 - ) - Moscow
(1937 - ) - Yalta
(1904 - 1907)
- Saint Petersburg
- Died
- Jul 4, 1964
Moscow - Resting place
- Novodevichy Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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