Soviet writer Nikolai Nosov is famous, first of all, thanks to his series of books about Dunno, on which more than one generation has grown. But he was noted and other works, less well-known, but no less interesting and significant. The work of Nikolai Nikolaevich Nosov gives literary critics the right to call him one of the most talented children’s writers of all time.
At the age of 14, Nikolay Nosov began to work hard to feed his family. He cut grass, sold newspapers, and labored as a digger and cab driver. In his youth, the future writer dreamed of becoming not a writer, but a musician. The dream of music passed when Nosov tried to learn how to play the violin, but decided that it was too difficult, and gave up lessons. During his school years, he became actively interested in chemistry and equipped a real laboratory in the attic of the house, where he conducted various experiments. At one time, Nosov had time to work as a director of educational films for the Red Army. For this activity, he even received an order.
The first work of Nosov was the children’s story “The inventors”, written by him in 1938. Despite the bright and positive nature of the books of Nikolai Nosov, he himself, according to contemporaries, was a gloomy, gloomy and reserved man. Short stories, characters of books about Dunno, the writer came up with when he was still a child. Subsequently, he brought them to life in the pages of his books. The characters of many characters “Dunno” written off the nose with the children of his friends. The writer had a friendship with the homeless boys, whom he once made friends with. He was late for the train, the station was closed, and as a result, the street children called him to spend the night at their place.
In addition to children’s literature, Nosov wrote several serious autobiographical tales. Nikolay Nosov wrote scripts for four films, including the famous “Visionaries”. The writer often sent his books by mail to readers who could not afford them. The house in which Nikolai Nosov spent his childhood is still standing. But they didn’t organize a museum out of it, and now ordinary people live there. The descendants of the writer live in our time, so that his race is not interrupted. Nosov’s works were actively published in the famous magazine Murzilka.
