The Russian and Soviet writer Korney Chukovsky is famous not only for his “Aibolit”, although, undoubtedly, this work can be called one of the most famous. But the work of Chukovsky and without him is very extensive and multifaceted, so that it is not without reason that he takes his place of honor among famous writers.
Born the future writer was out of wedlock, which in his youth he was very shy. Korney Chukovsky’s parents were ordinary bourgeois, so he was able to break into the light and win universal recognition only thanks to his talent and hard work. Already at a very young age, Chukovsky actively helped his mother, taking up any work — he would catch and sell fish, paint fences, put up posters. Korny Chukovsky never had a chance to finish the gymnasium – he was expelled because of his “low”, that is, illegitimate, origin. Korney Chukovsky is a pseudonym by which the writer signed all his works. His real name is Nikolai Korneychukov. He is the most published children’s writer on the territory of Russia, beating even Victor Dragoon.
In his youth, the writer learned English with the help of a tutorial, but the very first trip to England showed that neither he nor the locals could understand each other, so he had to relearn himself on the spot. On the work of Chukovsky very highly Fedor Sologub. Korney Chukovsky’s literary career began with his work as a journalist and literary critic. He communicated a lot with poets and writers of his time, including Gumilev, Akhmatova and others. The writer outlived three of his children. In total, he had four of them. Throughout his life, Korney Chukovsky led an active social life, standing up for those arrested, helping the poor to get housing and treatment from the state. For the first time, the famous book by Jules Verne about Robinson Crusoe was translated into Russian by Chukovsky.
The nature of the writer, according to his contemporaries, was hot-tempered, unpredictable and explosive. No one ever knew what to expect from him. Korney Chukovsky openly hosted such disgraced writers as Solzhenitsyn and Zoshchenko. In honor of Chukovsky’s work “Fly-Tsokotuha” one of the new types of flies, opened in 1992, was named. His literary career lasted 62 years. Moreover, Korney Chukovsky worked usually every day, seven days a week. The writer argued that all children’s books should be provided with illustrations.
