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Anatoly Aleksin

Anatoly Aleksin was a Soviet, Russian and Israeli writer and poet, known for his books for young readers.

1924 to 2017Books for children and young readersThe novel Thirty One DayChairing the Russian writers' union

Born: 3 August 1924, Moscow
Died: 1 May 2017, Luxembourg
Occupation: writer, children's writer, poet, playwright
Party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Education: Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies

Anatoly Aleksin was born in 1924 in Moscow

Anatoly Aleksin was born in Moscow on 3 August 1924. His original surname was Goberman. In the late thirties, his poems appeared in the children's newspaper Pionerskaya Pravda.

In 1950 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies. In the same year his first novel, Thirty One Day, was published.

He wrote prose, poetry, plays and screenplays, including the book Secret of the Yellow House. From 1970 to 1989 he chaired the Russian Federation Union of Writers, and he sat on the editorial board of the literary journal Yunost. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and received the USSR State Prize and the Order of Lenin.

Aleksin lived in Israel from 1993 to 2012. He then moved to Luxembourg and died in Luxembourg City on 1 May 2017.

Milestones in Anatoly Aleksin's life

1924
Born in Moscow.
1950
Graduated from the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies and published his first novel.
1970
Became chairman of the Russian Federation Union of Writers.
1989
Ended his term as chairman of the writers' union.
1993
Moved to Israel.
2012
Moved to Luxembourg.
2017
Died in Luxembourg City.

Anatoly Aleksin received 9 awards and honours

USSR State Prize
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Lenin Komsomol Prize
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"