Samoilov biography

His father, Samuel Abramovich Kaufman, was a famous doctor. The literary abilities of David Samoilov appeared very early: he began to compose poetry at the age of 6-7 years. In the year, the boy met Vasily Grigoryevich Yan the real name - Yangvevetsky, who soon became famous as the author of historical novels. Vasily Yana can be considered the first literary mentor David Samoilov.

Carried away by the historical prose of the writer, the eighth grader of Samoilov transferred the story “Spartak” into drama in poetry, “Phoenician ship” into a poem. His first publication - the poem “Hunting for Mammoth” - appeared in the third issue of October magazine in a year. He signed as David Kaufman Pseudonym Samoilov, educated on behalf of his father, the poet took after the end of the Great Patriotic War.

David Samoilov wanted to be volunteered for the Finnish war, but could not, since he was not suitable for health reasons. In June, he was sent to the labor front. Samoilov was supposed to dig trenches near Vyazma, but after a while he was seriously ill. Later he was evacuated to Samarkand, where he began to attend classes at the evening pedagogical institute. David Samoilov also entered the Military Public School, but could not graduate, because he was already sent to the Volkhov front near Tikhvin in the year.

In the year, David Samoilov hit Mina’s fragment near the MGA station. He was seriously wounded in his hand. After the treatment, the poet again served in the rear, but already in March of the next year he continued to serve in the 3rd separate engineering of the intelligence department of the headquarters of the 1st Belorussian Front. He reached Berlin. The poet was awarded medals “For Courage”, “For Military Merit”, the Order of the Red Star, the honorary sign “An excellent intelligence”.

During the war, he took the pseudonym Semyon Shilo and was printed under it in a garrison newspaper. In the year, David Samoilov published “Poems about the New City” in the magazine “Banner”. The poet hid his work in the military and post -war years, and they learned about most of his works of the 10th - early Xs after his death. Despite the fact that his works were not often published, Samoilov was popular among the Moscow intelligentsia.

Poets such as A. Akhmatova, N. Zabolotsky, K. Chukovsky, S. by this time David Samoilov had been aware of him several times before the Great Audience, for example, he spoke in the Central Lecture of Kharkov in the year. His first book of poems “Near Country” was released by a small circulation of the year. The next poetic collection, the “second pass,” appeared in the year. The book included one of David Samoilov’s most famous poems - “forty, fatal”.

Then followed the poetry collections “Days”, “Equaline”, “Wave and Stone”, “News”, “Bay”, “Voices behind the hills”, “A handful” his best poems on the topics of war, history and love included the poet in the collection “Lines of the Hand”, intended for teenagers. David Samoilov also created works for children. After the war, he met composer Boris Tchaikovsky.

Together they began to work on the performance for children's radio. So the Radio -Treasy “The Elephant went to study” appeared: David Samoilov was the author of the script and poems, and Boris Tchaikovsky composed music. In the year, the Publishing House "Children's World" published the book of the same name with a plate. Illustrations were performed by Evgeny Monin.

This play in verses tells about the little elephant, which was the first time at school. All his classmates-the mouse, first laughed at the strange and large elephant, but after a while made friends with him. The work affects the problems that the child faces, finding himself in a new team. David Samoilov and Boris Tchaikovsky created three more radio tales about the elephant: “The Birthday of the Birthday”, “The Elephant-Tourist” and “The Elephant fell ill” all four poetry plays included in the book “The Elephant went to study” with the illustrations of Sergey Kovalenkov Publishing House “Children's Literature”, Evgeny Monin David School Sh.

The music for them was also written by Boris Tchaikovsky. In the beginning of the X, two more books with children's poems David Samoilov were published: “Fluff and Friend” Book-picture of George Karlov; And the “traffic light” both books were published by the Publishing House “Children's World”.

David Samoilov was engaged in translations a lot. He translated from Albanian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and other languages. His translations from L. Aragon, G. Apolliner, F. Garcia Lorca and others partially included in the collection “Modern Poets”, released in the series “Masters of the Poetic Translation” “Publishing House of Foreign Literature”. Especially for the contemporary theater, David Samoilov performed the translation of the play by W.

Shakespeare "Twelfth Night, or as you wish." The circle of children's reading included his translations of the poems of V. Nonval, J. Rainis, I. Sikharulidze, Yu. Tuvim and others. In the year, a poetic study of David Samoilov was published - “The Book of Russian Rhymus”. Subsequently, he was repeatedly reprinted. David Samoilov was married twice. The first wife is art critic O.

They got married in a year. Their son Alexander Davydov became a writer and translator.The second wife of the poet - in this marriage, three children were born: Varvara, Peter and Pavel. At this time, he mainly engaged in the translations of Estonian poets, also wrote humorous poems. David Samoilov composed them for friends, but they entered his posthumous collection “Circle of Himself” all his life, the poet kept a hidden diary - “Take records”.

The first record was made by him at the age of fourteen, the last - four days before the death. Since the year, David Samoilov also began to lead a “general diary”, where he recorded his thoughts on literary, cultural and metaphysical problems. Later, the diaries were added notebooks “Variere and Grace”, a kind of creative draft. The diary prose of David Samoilov was published in the two -volume recorder of “Land records” in the year.

David Samuilovich Samoilov died on February 23 of the year immediately after performing at the evening in the Tallinn Drama Theater. He was buried in a forest cemetery in Pyarn. Middle countries: Poems. Karlov, G. Samoilov, D. Tchaikovsky; rice. The second pass: Poems. Sturgeon]; [Il. Wave and stone: [poems]. News: Poems. Samoilov; [entered. Narovchatov; Film. Samoilov; artist.

Samoilov; [artist. A handful: Prince. Selected works: in 2 t. Samoilov; Entering. Samoilov; rice. The elephant went to study: poem. Igor Pankova. Samoilov; artist S. Samoilov; drawings by E. Davydova, G. Evgrafov; Drawings by N. Very dense paper.