Literary works for children need to be written much better than for adults. There is such a rule among professional writers. Irina Tokmakova wrote poetry herself and translated from foreign languages.
A distant start
The work of the famous writer Irina Petrovna Tokmakova is dedicated to children. Critics and experts emphasize that her books can be read not only for fun, but also with great benefit. In short and easy texts, the child learns to count, read and figuratively represent objects of the surrounding reality. Children who became acquainted with poetry in early childhood acquire the ability to correctly formulate their thoughts.
A talented writer and translator was born on March 3, 1929 in an intelligent Moscow family. My father worked as an engineer at a machine-building enterprise. The mother, a professional pediatrician, was in charge of the orphanage. And the father's sister lived in the house, who was mainly involved in the upbringing of Irina. Father and aunt spoke at home in Armenian and Russian. The girl, being in such an atmosphere, learned to read early and easily mastered foreign languages.
Professional activity
At school, Irina studied only with excellent marks. After literature lessons I tried to write poetry myself. And she did well. At first, the girl dreamed of studying to be a biologist, but in high school she changed her mind. After graduating from school with a gold medal, the graduate entered the philological faculty of Moscow State University without entrance exams. After receiving a diploma of higher education, Tokmakova began to work as a translator and study in absentia in graduate school.
Irina Petrovna came to professional employment in writing quite by accident. She came across a book with children's poems in Swedish. She easily translated the rhymed texts into Russian to read them with her son. The spouse took the translations to the publishing house, where they immediately agreed to print them. A children's book called "Bees lead a round dance" turned out to be popular, and it sold out in two weeks.
Essays on personal life
In 1962, Irina Tokmakova published the next collection of poems "Trees". It includes translations from English and poems of his own composition. The writer's career has evolved consistently and reliably. She wrote not only poetry and plays. From the pen of Irina Petrovna, educational stories-games came out. She knew how the target audience lived. With the help of these books, children mastered reading, counting and writing skills. With her labors, the writer earned the love of all the children of the Soviet Union.
It is enough to write a couple of lines about Irina Tokmakova's personal life. She got married while still a student. The talented artist Lev Tokmakov became the spouse. The husband and wife raised and raised their son. In the biography of the writer, 2002 is especially noted, when she received the State Prize of the Russian Federation for her literary works. Irina Petrovna Tokmakova passed away in April 2018.
