Yasnov Mikhail: biography and works

Yasnov Mikhail Davidovich is a wonderful St. Petersburg poet, whose poems are mostly written for children and for children. Pure clear lines, piercing to the depths of their soul with their sincerity and kindness, easily found their admirers among the audience of all ages.

Mikhail Yasnov: poems for children

Heroes of the poet's fascinating works are ordinary children living next to us. Affectionate, restless, observant and cheerful, they get acquainted with the outside world, make interesting discoveries, try to take independent steps and look for their own way of life.

"I'm growing," "I'm training a kitten," "I'm helping in the kitchen," "I'm washing my hands," "I'm drawing a storm" -the names of the poems of Mikhail Yakovlev seem to be spoken by the voices of the guys with whom the author is merged. The poet, like a magician, turns a variety of life stories into a fun, unpredictable game that captivates the reader into his whirlpool.

Childhood and the youth of the author

And it all began on January 8, 1946, when Yasnov Mikhail Davidovich was born in the city of Leningrad. The future author grew up on the works of Korney Chukovsky and Samuel Marshak, listened with interest to the lessons of the poetic language of the children's poet Alexander Alexandrovich Shibaev. Read Misha learned early, and not in books, like most children, but standing with his mother in endless queues for food. It happened in the post-war famine years, numerous posters on the theatrical pedestals and store signs served as a reading aid. The first memorable words were the names of playwrights and the names of the performances, at that time the boy was completely incomprehensible. The first self-read book was "This is my little book about the sea and the lighthouse" by Vladimir Mayakovsky.

The main event in his destiny Yasnov Mikhail considers acquaintance and friendship with the famous children's writer Valentin Berestov - a man who showed him the way to the bright world of Childhood.

The beginning of the creative path

In school years, Yasnov Mikhail actively visited the literary club of the city Palace of Pioneers, where with pleasure, like many peers, he learned the subtleties of the Russian language and learned to be attentive to the word: he wrote epigrams and parodies, played words. An imperceptibly manifested love for poetry determined the choice of the life path of Michael.

Mikhail Davidovich began to practice professional literature after graduating from the philological faculty of Leningrad State University. Particularly easy are the author's artistic translations, which occupy a particularly vibrant niche in his work. The Leningrad writer skillfully expounds the French authors in Russian: Sh. Baudelaire, A. Rembo, P. Verlaine, G. Apollinaire, as well as poems and fairy tales for young readers.

Books by Mikhail Yasnov

The first book for children "Medicine from yawning" was released in 1979. Then the light was seen "I'm learning to write", "Eighth of March", "The Holiday of the Liturer", "The Cheek, the Cheek - Two Pouches", "Visiting Svinozavtra", "Nosomot with Begerog", "Chudetstvo", "Puppy ABC" Scarecrow meowed "," Games for the puppy "," Visiting Segezyan ". The book for the adult public was published in 1986.

Where does the author take the themes for poetry? How does the creative process? What is born first: rhyme or theme? A huge number of questions.

Everything happens in different ways. There is one unexpected word uttered by children's lips, or a fragment of a phrase, heard quite by accident, immediately "asks" for poetry. Or the basis for the rhymed lines is a certain plot, prompted by the younger generation. The rhymed lines of the poet turned into a lot of children's songs, the music to which was mostly written by composer and friend in combination - Grigory Gladkov. A large number of records, CDs with poems and children's songs were released.

Where do the lines come from?

Mikhail Yasnov, whose books have been translated into several languages (Polish, French, English, Romanian, Latvian, Estonian), since 1991 various children's programs have been broadcast on the radio: "Cricket", "Poetic ABC", which were necessarily associated with poetry. Love for the organization of the poetic process led Mikhail to the editors, where he fully enjoys his favorite work: he edited children's pages in newspapers and magazines, wrote about children's books, met with readers.

Meetings with children's audience long ago became an important part of his life. Speech with his own works in this case for the author turns into a joint "work on mistakes": some poems are grasped by the audience on the fly, the second - they require some refinement, the third - they simply disappear in the shadows. In addition, such meetings are of great benefit to the younger generation, because they teach sincerity, kindness, love for one's neighbor. Since 1995, Yasnov Mikhail works closely with literary gifted children and supports their participation in various international competitions.