Tamara Kryukova is a Russian writer. She is the author of many stories, novels, short stories. The fairy tales written by Kryukova are very popular among the youngest readers and their parents.
Childhood, adolescence
Tamara Shamilevna Kryukova was born on October 14, 1953 in Vladikavkaz. She grew up in an ordinary Soviet family, but from childhood she showed a love of reading and books. Parents were amazed at the richness of her imagination. Little Tamara's first teacher and true childhood friend was her grandfather. He taught her to read at the age of 4 and often told her fascinating tales. Perhaps during this period, a love for literature arose in Kryukova. The grandmother of the future writer was an amazing woman who knew a huge number of proverbs and sayings. Tamara Shamilievna said that everyone called my grandmother a storehouse of folk wisdom. Thanks to her, the heroes of the fairy tales of the popular writer speak in such a colorful language.
Tamara was a sociable, but a little strange child. Unlike her peers, she often felt the need to be alone with herself, to dream. She studied well at school and after graduation decided that she could become a good engineer. But she failed to enter and Tamara wanted to try herself in learning languages. The humanities were to her liking. Kryukova entered the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the North Ossetian State University and successfully graduated from it.
Writing career
After graduation, Kryukova taught English at the Moscow Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Aerial Photography. After completing her teaching career, she worked as a translator. Tamara Shamilievna went to South Yemen and Egypt. In South Yemen, she found military events. Kryukov and his family experienced terrible moments at that time. Civil war broke out in the country and the embassy found itself at the center of unrest. The children had to be evacuated. They were terribly scared. In order to somehow reassure the children, Tamara Shamilievna read them fairy tales.
Working as a translator in different countries, Kryukova felt the need for creative self-expression. In those years, she painfully experienced separation from the child. After the evacuation from Yemen, the son lived for some time with his grandmother. Kryukova sent him letters, in each of which she composed a fairy tale. The future writer was surprised when she found out that children from all over the area were going to read her fairy tales. From letters to her son, her first book was born - "The Mystery of People with Double Faces". It was published in North Ossetia in 1989.
Tamara Kryukova considers 1996 to be the beginning of her writing career. At that time, several books were ready and all of them were published. Her first works were:
- The Crystal Key;
- "Bringing Down the House";
- "Miracles are not pretend."
All these books were written in Egypt, but published in Russia. Success did not come to the writer immediately. For 10 years she was looking for her own style, working on the syllable. The story was born after the story. But the publishers were not always supportive of the writer. Quite often she had to hear refusals.
Since 1997, Kryukova has been a member of the Writers' Union of Russia. Tamara Shamilievna owns the famous phrase: "While the child is reading the book, his soul thinks." She always wrote with pleasure for different age categories, not depriving the attention of the smallest listeners and readers. In an interview, she admitted that she writes in order to convey to children the kindness and warmth that her loved ones generously endowed her in their distant childhood, so that little readers could love this world as much as she herself.
For kids, Tamara Shamiliena wrote famous stories:
- "Little hedgehog";
- "Pykh the locomotive";
- "The Brave Boat".
Kryukova became the author of not only artistic, but also educational works. She wrote books:
- "Get to know";
- "Verbal counting" (in verse);
- "Arithmetic" (in verse);
- "Simple arithmetic" (in verse);
- "A cheerful primer. From A to Z";
- "ABC for Kids".
In 2004, real success came to Kryukova. She received an award from the Happy Children International Theater Festival. Subsequently, almost every year she became a laureate of various competitions. In 2005, it was celebrated by the organizers of the Russian Culture International Public Foundation. She was awarded an award for her contribution to the revival of literature for schoolchildren. In 2008 she became a laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education. She received this award for her work on the Russian language textbook sets. They later received federal benefits status.
Based on Kryukova's story "Kostya + Nika", a comedy was filmed, which later became very popular. In 2007, the writer represented Russia at the BibliObraz International Festival in the Opening Each Other Program. The aim of the festival was to introduce readers from different countries to authors who write for teenagers.
Personal life
Tamara Kryukova managed to become not only a successful writer, but also a good wife, mother of a wonderful son. She has repeatedly admitted that she is happy in her personal life. Tamara Shamilievna actively communicates with readers and fans of her work on social networks. Kryukova tries to attend creative events and shares photos from meetings with her subscribers. They often travel with their family.
Tamara Shamilevna has many hobbies. One of the most interesting is tailoring. She sews many outfits herself. As a child, Kryukova attended cutting and sewing courses, but she never became a fashion designer, and her hobby remained for life. Tamara Shamilevna loves classical music. She has repeatedly admitted in interviews that music helps her write and come up with new images.
