Lazar Lagin

Lazar Lagin

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1903-12-04
Deathday: 1979-06-16 (75 years old)

Biography

Lazar Iosifovich Lagin (Russian: Ла́зарь Ио́сифович Лагин), real name Lazar Ginzburg (4 December 1903, Vitebsk – 16 June 1979, Moscow), was a Soviet author of children's and science fiction books.

Lagin is best known for his ever-popular book Starik Hottabych (Старик Хоттабыч, Old Man Hottabych, 1938), a fairy tale telling the story of a genie who is freed from captivity by a Soviet schoolboy. The genie, as is to be expected, has some trouble in adapting to modern life values and technological development. The book was recommended to school libraries by Ministry of general and professional education of Russian Federation; it was made into the film Old Khottabych in 1956.

Lagin's science fiction novels are set in imaginary Western "capitalist" countries and satirize misuse of scientific inventions in bourgeois society. His novella Major Well Andyou (Майор Велл Эндъю) is a satiric sequel to H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds.

Lagin was also a screenplay writer, producing, for instance, the screenplay for the 1967 animation film Passion of Spies.

Information

Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1903-12-04

Deathday
1979-06-16 (75 years old)

Birth Place
Vitebsk, Russian Empire [now Vitsyebsk, Belarus]

Citizenships
Soviet Union

Also Known As
Л. Лагин, L. Lagin

Awards
Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, Medal "For the Defence of Sevastopol", Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Defence of Odessa"

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