Biography of Courland

Interesting facts biography are a children's writer, the author of numerous humorous stories, Alexander Courlandsky, in his youth, did not think that he would engage in literature professionally. But his hobby has become a matter of life. Thanks to the work of this man, the Soviet spectator got acquainted with the cult characters - a wolf, a hare, a parrot of Kesha and other heroes.

Childhood and youth was born the author of a series of cartoons “Well, wait a minute! His parents were people of a technical specialty. Father worked as a signalman-engineer, and his mother-a communication technician. At school, Sasha did not differ in approximate behavior - he often skipped classes, was a “tag” and a joker. In his free time, the boy, along with his friend Vova Chuprov, loved to go to the cinema.

In winter, he took skates and rode on pure ponds. The writer's talent began to appear in the school period. So, the student independently published a magazine entitled "Owls". In fact, it was a notebook with drawings and small texts. In the publication, which Courland distributed himself, there were offensive cartoons to teachers. Once he drew a class teacher, but she did not like the joke.

Parents were called to the educational institution, and in the evening a serious conversation took place with Sasha. In addition to amateur performances, the schoolboy participated in the development of wall newspapers. Alexander was fond of literature - was read out by science fiction at night under a blanket with a lantern. Despite the poor behavior and irresponsible attitude to study, he adored physics and geometry.

He dreamed of building a rocket in the future, and in the yard with friends he even tried to construct it from foil. Having a technical mindset and investment parents who dreamed that his son followed in their footsteps, Kurlandsky entered the Moscow Engineering Institute named after Then he did not think that he would connect a professional biography with literature.

In a higher educational institution, the future writer easily “clicked” drawing geometry, received excellent estimates. And in his free time he composed the scenarios of the cabbage. Having left Alma Mater, he went to pay off the debt to his homeland. In the army, the guy approached his dream - built missile sites. He himself calls his work with the beginning of the creative path cooperation with Mark Rozovsky.

The theater director turned to Courland and his comrade Arkady Hight with a request to write 2 miniatures for the program “Cheerful satellite”. Graduates of the Engineering Institute composed funny scenes in half an hour. And after 2 weeks they received the first fee in life - 30 rubles. This, as Alexander Efimovich shared in an interview, was a third of his salary as a foreman.

Then Efim Yakovlevich was surprised - all the time his son joked for free, and now they also give him money for this. So Alexander Efimovich Courland realized: a hobby can bring a good income. Subsequently, he acted as the author of the broadcast scripts for children, wrote pop miniatures, books, stories for magazines and newspapers. Although this person is called satirist, he himself was a different opinion.

The only work that a native of the city of Moscow timed to this genre is the "secrets of the Kremlin works." In an interview with the author, the most commonly asked question concerned the creation of the animated series “Well, wait a minute! The team began to create, deciding that the central action would be the chase. Thought about which animals to use.

In the original ideas, these were a fox and a rooster, then a mouse and a cat. But they stopped at the hare with a wolf. The latter, so that the children were not scared, made a sort of fool. None of the creators of the legendary duo knew anything about Tom and Jerry, so there was no imitation in the Soviet cartoon to an American competitor. The authors themselves came up with tricks, and then selected a plot under them.

Speaking of the work of Courland, one cannot fail to mention the parrot Kesha. Quotes “Have you been to Tahiti?

And the cartoon itself is not only children, but even their parents looked with pleasure. By the way, the idea came up with the director and writer Valentin Karavaev. Seeing a flock of sparrows and a parrot in the courtyard, he began to fantasize about the fate of an exotic bird. Then he shared his thoughts with Alexander Efimovich, after which the work boiled.

The first series "Return of the Prodigal Parrot" was released in the year. The screenwriter later published three novels about the characters of this cartoon. After the books “Have you been to Tahiti? Another winging attention of the writer's work is the story-fairy tale "My grandmother is a witch." If before that the screenwriter worked for a preschool audience, now I decided to create a work for older readers.

This book, as fans of the author’s work “Well, wait a minute! True, the bestseller Joan Rowling saw the light 10 years later. During his career, Alexander Efimovich published many works: “In the zoo - repairs! The chess story ”,“ City of losers ”. Many stories were the basis of the children's film magazine "Eralash". Today, the works of the comedian continue to be reprinted, and on the Internet there are audiobooks about the adventures of your favorite characters.The personal life of the wife of the famous children's author is Inessa Denisovna Chukovskaya.

The first meeting with the future wife took place after demobilization in the company of common friends. Although they were in absentias much earlier - even in his student times, Chukovskaya translated his story into German. The writer did not like to talk about his personal life in an interview, and on the network it is difficult to find at least one photo of the spouses.

When asked why his children were never born, he answered too late - he and Inessa Denisovna decided to get married. But with pleasure he talked about his beloved pet - Kote Suzika, whom Eduard Uspensky gave them. Death on December 21, the famous screenwriter died. According to his lawyer Svetlana Verkhoglyadova, he died after a long illness. She announced the date of the funeral - December 23.

Rumors of the presence of Courland coronavirus infection were not confirmed. According to information from the source from the close environment, the cause of the death of the creator “Well, wait a minute!