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Portrait of Valentin Berestov. Courtesy of Marina Valentinovna Berestova, the daughter of the poet.

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Valentin Berestov , 1928 - 1998

Valentin Berestov (Валентин Берестов) was a Russian writer, poet, translator and researcher. He was especially prolific in writing for children and young adults. He was a friend of Korney Chukovsky, Anna Akhmatova, Lidia Chukovskaya, Nadezhda Mandelstam. 

Valentin Berestov studied history and archeology at the Moscow State University (1951) and made a PhD in ethnography at the Academy of Sciencies of the USSR (1955). He worked for many years as an archeologist and ethnographer. 

He stared to write prose and poems in 1946. Recipient of many awards, especially for his poetry for children. 


Sources:

Profile at kino-teatr.ru (accessed: July 16, 2019)

Official website (accessed: July 16, 2019)



Bio prepared by Hanna Paulouskaya, University of Warsaw, hannapa@al.uw.edu.pl


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Portrait of Valentin Berestov. Courtesy of Marina Valentinovna Berestova, the daughter of the poet.

Valentin Berestov

Valentin Berestov (Валентин Берестов) was a Russian writer, poet, translator and researcher. He was especially prolific in writing for children and young adults. He was a friend of Korney Chukovsky, Anna Akhmatova, Lidia Chukovskaya, Nadezhda Mandelstam. 

Valentin Berestov studied history and archeology at the Moscow State University (1951) and made a PhD in ethnography at the Academy of Sciencies of the USSR (1955). He worked for many years as an archeologist and ethnographer. 

He stared to write prose and poems in 1946. Recipient of many awards, especially for his poetry for children. 


Sources:

Profile at kino-teatr.ru (accessed: July 16, 2019)

Official website (accessed: July 16, 2019)



Bio prepared by Hanna Paulouskaya, University of Warsaw, hannapa@al.uw.edu.pl


Records in database:


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