Elena Ilyina is the sister of the famous writer Samuel Marshak. She wrote many stories for children of different ages. "Fourth Height" - one of the few works that has been filmed.
Elena Ilyina - children's writer, sister of Samuel Marshak. She became known thanks to the book “Fourth Height”. She spent many years in hard labor, which affected her health. Feature films have been shot for some books.
Biography
Elena Ilyina was born on June 29, 1091 in Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh province. Her real name is Lia Yakovlevna Preis, and in her girlhood Marshak. The family originated from Talmudic ancestors, in particular from Aharon Shmuel bin Israel Koidanover. If you add the first letters, you get MAHARSHAK.
Father - Yakov Mironovich Marshak - a native of Koidanov, worked as a foreman at the soap factory of the Mikhailov brothers. Work in small factories did not satisfy all the needs of a man who independently understood the basics of chemistry and was constantly engaged in various experiments. In search of a better life, his father constantly moved from city to city until he found a job to his liking in St. Petersburg.
Mom - Evgeny Borisovna Gitelson. She was a native of Vitebsk, did not work anywhere, was engaged in raising children. In addition to Samuel, Leah had another brother, Ilya (M. Ilyin), who was one of the founders of popular science literature.
Elena studied at the gymnasium, where the literature teacher instilled in children a love of classical prose and poetry, and in every possible way encouraged the first literary experiments of her pupils. During the years of the struggle against Nazi Nazism, the family was constantly monitored by the gebists.
Mom died when the girl was 16 years old. Samuel left his family quite early, so she lived in her youth with her brother Ilya. They lived as students, very modestly. All the money had to be given to the landlady. There was practically nothing left for other expenses. Ilya believed that things were not so bad.
After graduation, he enters the factory. Thanks to the salary, life slowly began to be smelted. In his memoirs, the brother noted: when the parents died, and the older brothers and sisters started their own families, Leah and Ilya had a feeling of loneliness, which brought them together.
Lia Yakovlevna in 1926 graduated from the verbal department of the Leningrad Institute of the History of Art in 1926. However, the debut in the role of a writer took place a year earlier, when the story "Seal of the managerial house" was published in the journal "New Robinson". Modest fees were barely enough for life, thanks to the knowledge of several foreign languages, Leah began to engage in translations. The personal life of the writer was arranged. The husband was the historian I.I. Preuss (1892-1968). The wife and husband lived together until their death.
Creation
The first full-fledged book, Turuses on Wheels, was published immediately after the publication of the story in the magazine. In subsequent years, works were published in such magazines as:
- "Hedgehog";
- "Siskin";
- "Bonfire";
- "Pioneer";
- Murzilka.
You could get to know them in albums, calendars for children. Elena Yakovlevna has published books for preschool children, as well as students of middle and senior school age. The collection for kids “Katya had a birthday” was very popular, in which the verses “Crying in vain, I don't like, ” “About Masha and Natasha” were especially memorable. Readers also fell in love with a collection of fairy tales, published for younger schoolchildren: “Noise and Noise”. It published fairy tales:
- "The old primer and the new book";
- “Chasing wand”;
- “Chick-chick with scissors” and others.
- She also released a series of books, "My First Book."
Among the works one could find serious ones. For example, "This is my school." The original story was called "Always Ready." She told about schoolchildren of the fifties. Another documentary story was the work “Indefatigable traveler. The childhood, youth and young years of Karl Marx. " It describes how K. Marx grew, comprehended science, became a great scientist and creator.
Many works of Elena Ilyina became a bibliographic rarity. The only place where you can meet them now is the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg.
