Ian Larry became famous for his wonderful book about the adventures of the boy Karik and the girl Vali, who became tiny and got the opportunity to directly learn about what is happening in the world of insects. The writer is also known as the creator of a satirical work in which he branded Soviet reality. For this work, Larry received ten years of camps.
Ian Larry: facts from a biography
The future writer, famous for his famous book on the adventures of Karik and Vali, was born in Riga on February 15, 1900. At nine, he became an orphan. From that time he began to wander, then got a job as a student at the watchmaker. For some time he worked as a waiter in a tavern.
In the midst of the imperialist war, Jan was drafted into the royal army. After the victory of October, he sided with the Bolsheviks. In the civil war he fought in the ranks of the Red Army.
Demobilized, Larry worked in periodicals of Kharkov, Leningrad and Novgorod. He has a solid education behind him - he graduated from the Faculty of Biology of Leningrad State University. After that there was a graduate school of the Research Institute of Fisheries and work as a director of a fish factory. However, Larry refused his further career, focusing on literature.
Creativity Jan Larry
Larry created his first literary works in the 1920s, and his science fiction began to appear in the 1930s. The debut in this genre was not too successful story "Window to the Future", published in 1930.
But the utopian novel by Jan Larry, “Country of the Happy” (1931), was very popular among the reading public. In this book, Larry developed his views on the future communist society. In this world there is no place for lies and totalitarianism. Humanity begins to explore outer space. However, humanity is still threatened by a crisis in the economy.
And yet, the most famous for Jan Leopoldovich brought the children's book "The Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Vali", published in 1937. Its author was commissioned by Marshak. The story has withstood several dozen reprints. The heroes of the book are the boy Karik and his sister Valya. They become tiny creatures and participate in adventures in the world of insects. In the 80s, the story of Larry was filmed. In 2005, an animated film was shot based on the work.
