Yuri Sotnik is the author of wonderful stories for children. The heroes of his books are naughty and mischievous, but they always strive to do everything as best as possible. The instructive stories told by the writer appeal not only to children. They are read and re-read with pleasure by adults, experienced readers.
From the biography of Yuri Vyacheslavovich Sotnik
The future writer was born in Vladikavkaz on June 11, 1914. After some time, the boy's family moved to the capital of the USSR.
Yura wrote his first story in the fourth grade, when many of his comrades were not even given a presentation. From that time on, he had a dream of becoming a writer. But before that, Yuri had to gain experience and get an education in his "life universities". After leaving school, the centurion had a chance to travel a lot around the country. He worked as a raftsman on the Siberian Lena River, was a laboratory assistant in a photographic workshop. A lot of what the Centurion learned about from life was later reflected in his works.
In 1938, Yuri became a member of the creative association created at the publishing house "Soviet Writer". Here he began to seriously study the craft of writing.
Creativity of Yuri Sotnik
The first literary work of the Centurion was published in 1939. The story "Archimedes" by Vovka Grushin "was published in the magazine" Pioneer ". A few years later, a book of the same title was published. After the end of the war, the writer began to compose whole cycles from his works.
In the 50-60s, stories about Lesha Tuchkov and his girlfriend Aglaya came out from the pen of the Sotnik. He chose living and immediate children as heroes. They do something wrong in life, but they are always guided by the best intentions. Although they can not always predict the consequences of their actions. Yuri Sotnik is not trying to engage in moralizing. He simply demonstrates what rash actions can result in. The reader makes his own conclusions.
Author of instructive stories
The stories about children written by Sotnik will also be interesting to adults who, over the years of their lives, have piled up many obligations, debts and all kinds of problems around themselves. Reading the books of the Centurion, a wise person is freed from this burden. And the young reader, laughing at the adventures of children, begins to realize when and how to act.
Almost all of Yuri Vyacheslavovich's stories begin with ordinary situations. The writer with great skill unfolds the dialogue and the action itself, often bringing the situation to the point of absurdity. The ending of a story is often very unexpected.
The centurion showed considerable ingenuity, coming up with fascinating, sometimes funny, but always instructive stories for children and youth. The heroes of Yuri Vyacheslavovich are naughty, mischievous, adventure-ready guys.
The writer seeks to convey to the audience that childhood is an invaluable gift; a person carries the memories of these years of his life through his whole life. The writer's significant contribution to the upbringing of children is beyond doubt.
Yuri Sotnik passed away on December 3, 1997 in the capital of Russia.
