Biography
Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (Russian: Эдуард Николаевич Успенский; 22 December 1937 – 14 August 2018) was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwriter and TV presenter. His works have been translated into 25 languages and spawned around 60 cartoon adaptations. Among the characters he created are Cheburashka and Gena the Crocodile, Uncle Fyodor and Kolobki brothers. He was awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class in 1997. Uspensky was born in Yegoryevsk, in Moscow Oblast into a Russian family. His father Nikolai Mikhailovich Uspensky came from the city of Yelets and was a distant relative of Tikhon Khrennikov. He served as a high-ranking official in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Eduard's mother Natalia Alekseyevna Uspenskaya (nee Dzurova) was an engineering technologist from Vyshny Volochyok. She came from a merchantry social estate. Her paternal ancestors were Poles who were resettled in Russia after one of the Polish uprisings.In 1941 with the start of the war the family was evacuated to Siberia where they spent two years. They returned to Moscow later on. After graduating as an engineer, Uspensky earned his living by writing and producing animations.
Besides writing and producing, Uspensky has enjoyed a professional role as a long-lasting figure in radio and television. He was among the founders of the longest-running Russian children's TV show Good Night, Little Ones! and the popular radio program Radio Nanny produced with the aim of featuring songs and humorous dialogue as integral elements of an educational radio program explaining concepts in grammar, mathematics, scientific subjects, and courteous behavior to children.
From 1991 to 2016 he hosted the musical TV and radio talk show Ships Used to Enter Our Harbour where he and his guests recollected the so-called street folklore, which included Russian chanson and blatnaya pesnya. The songs were performed by both professional and amateur singers, politicians, actors and people of various occupations.In addition to children's books, Uspensky's creative output also includes plays and poems.
Filmography
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Movies 38
Writer 33
TV Shows 4
Screenplay 3
self 2
Creator 1
Chebi: My Fluffy Friend (2023)
This Is Edik (2020)
Cheburashka (2010)
Portrait «Under the Fly» (2008)
The School for Scandal (2002)
Подводные береты (1991)
Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 2 (1987)
Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 1 (1986)
Академик Иванов (1986)
Investigation Held by Kolobki (1986)
Про Веру и Анфису (1986)
About Sidorov Vova (1985)
Winter in Prostokvashino (1984)
Investigation Held by Kolobkis. Theft of the century (1983)
Investigation Held by Kolobki. The First Investigation (1983)
Cheburashka Goes to School (1983)
Along Unknown Paths (1982)
New Year's Song of Father Frost (1982)
A Plasticine Crow (1981)
Ivashka from the Palace of Pioneers (1981)
Vacations in Prostokvashino (1980)
Клякса (1980)
Nunky Ahu in the Town (1979)
Uncle Au's Mistake (1979)
Uncle Au (1979)
Baba-Yaga Against! (1979)
Olympic Character (1979)
Three from Prostokvashino (1978)
Three from Prostokvashino (1978)
Octopus (1976)
It's a Wonderful Day (1975)
Слоно-дило-сёнок (1975)
Rode Vanya (1975)
Shapoklyak (1974)
Птичий рынок (1974)
Рыжий, рыжий, конопатый (1971)
Cheburashka (1971)
Чебурашка и крокодил Гена (1969)
Gena the Crocodile (1969)
Ну, погоди! (1969)
Весёлая карусель (1969)
Antoshka (1969)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1937-12-22
Deathday2018-08-14 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceYegoryevsk, Russia
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsЭдуард Успенский, Eduard Uspenskiy, Eduard Uspenski, Эдуард Николаевич Успенский, Eduard Nikolaevich Uspenskiy, Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky, Eduard Nikolaevich Uspenski
AwardsOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class
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