Russian prose writer, poet, screenwriter, science fiction writer - this is the list of Felix Davidovich Krivin's merit. The country heard its interludes performed by the famous Arkady Raikin. But to a greater extent, Krivin became known as the author of subtle intellectual humorous works. The writer spent the last years of his life in Israel.
Facts from the biography of Felix Krivin
Felix Davidovich Krivin was born on June 11, 1928 in Mariupol, in a Jewish family. In 1933, the Krivins moved to Odessa. During the war, the future writer was evacuated, worked as a locksmith apprentice in Tashkent.
In 1945, he came to Izmail. He joined the Danube Shipping Company, was an apprentice minder, and then an minder on the Edelweiss barge. Krivin also had the opportunity to visit the night editor in the small newspaper Danube Pravda. It was here that his first poems were published.
Behind Felix Krivin is also the work of a radio journalist in the regional radio committee.
Krivin graduated from evening high school, and in 1951 - Kiev Pedagogical Institute. For three years he worked as a teacher in Mariupol. From 1954 to 1955 he lived in Kiev, then moved to Uzhgorod, where he joined the editorial office of a regional publishing house.
In 1998, Felix Davidovich went to Israel for permanent residence. He lived in Be'er Sheva. In 2006, Krivin became the laureate of the independent "Russian Prize", established in Subcarpathian Russia.
When Krivin worked as an apprentice locksmith in one of the factories in Tashkent during the years of evacuation, a small speck got into his eye while working with a file. This did not pass without a trace: after a few years, Felix developed a serious eye disease.
Career in literature
Already the first literary experiments of Felix Krivin attracted the attention of critics. The magazine "New World" noted that the greatest load is available to the "small" genre of the author. Krivin's works are characterized by a crafty allegorical. The author showed that stories about things may well give a detailed portrait of the hero of his time. The caustic humorous sketches of Felix Davidovich often turned into subtle lyrical sketches.
In the ranks of the Union of Writers of Ukraine Krivin adopted in 1962. His book "In the Land of Things" was published in Moscow. In Uzhgorod, the "Pocket School" was born. Krivin is the author of several dozen books, which since the beginning of the 60s of the last century were published in various publishing houses of the USSR. Felix Davidovich wrote interludes for Arkady Raikin, which were very popular.
Felix Krivin warmly recalled his meeting with Marshak. The young author sent him children's poems. Marshak did not hesitate, appreciated Felix's artistic abilities, and handed the manuscript to the publishing house "Kid". As a result, a book came out, about which Krivin found out with pleasant surprise.
Peru Krivin script belongs to the animated films "Cipollino", "Dandelion - thick cheeks", "Grandma's goat."
