Lev Abramovich Kassil (Russian: Лев Абрамович Кассиль; 10 July 1905 – 21 June 1970) was an influential Soviet and Russian writer of juvenile and young adult literature and screenwriter, depicting Soviet life, teenagers, school, sports, culture, and war. [1]
He was born into a Jewish family in Pokrovskaya Sloboda (now Engels). He attended a local gymnasium that was later transformed into a Uniform Labour School. In 1923 Kassil entered Moscow State University, where he studied aerodynamics. He published his first short story in 1925, and eventually became a REF and LEF member. In 1927 Mayakovsky invited him to participate in the magazine called New LEF. His most important works were two autobiographical novels for young people dealing with student life before the Revolution, Konduit (The conduct book, 1929, tr. as The Black Book) and Shvambraniya (1931, tr. as The Land of Shvambrania); the two were revised and combined into one book called Konduit i Shvambraniya (1935, tr. as The Black Book and Shwambrania).[2]
The film The Goalkeeper, written by Kassil, premiered in 1936.
His books were often "development novels", describing how young people could, despite their mistakes, reach a mature view of life. Modesty, unselfishness, endurance, and courage were virtues that Kassil held dear.
Kassil taught at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute for an extended period of time. In 1965 he was elected as a member of the Academy of Pedagogical Science of the Soviet Union.
Kassil was married twice, first to Elena Iljinichna Kassil, with whom he had two children. Following their divorce, he married Swetlana Leonidovna Sobinova. They had one child. On June 21st, 1970, Kassil died in Moscow. [3]
^Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 174. ISBN3-540-00238-3.
^Kassil, Lev Abramovich (1956) [1st pub. 1956 in Russian as Khod beloĭ korolevy]. Queen of Snows. Moscow: Foreign Languages Pub. House. OCLC 214792.
^Kassil, Lev Abramovich (1956). Khod beloĭ korolevy : roman s prologom i ėpilogom Ход белой королевы : роман с прологом и эпилогом [The white queen's move : a novel with prologue and epilogue] (in Russian). Moscow: Гос. изд-во Детской лит-ры Министерства просвещения РСФСР (Publishing House of Children's Literature of the Ministry of Education of the RSFSR). OCLC 28149955.
February 15, 2024
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