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Yury Iosifovich Koval (Russian: Юрий Иосифович Коваль, February 9, 1938 in Moscow – August 2, 1995 in Moscow) was a Russian author, artist, and screenplay writer.[1]

Yury Iosifovich Koval
Born(1938-02-09)February 9, 1938
Moscow, Soviet Union
DiedAugust 2, 1995(1995-08-02) (aged 57)
Moscow, Russia
OccupationWriter, screenwriter, poet, artist
GenreChildren's literature

Biography


Yury Koval was born in Moscow in 1938. Both of his parents came from peasant families. His Ukrainian father Iosif Yakovlevich Koval was a criminal investigator, while his mother Olga Dmitrievna Kolybina was a psychiatrist of Russian origin.[2] In 1955 Yuri begun his studies at the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute, and in 1960, he graduated and started working as a drawing teacher in the countryside in the Republic of Tatarstan. After a year, he returned to Moscow, working first as a schoolteacher and subsequently as an editor in the Detskaya Literatura magazine. In 1966, he became a freelance journalist and writer.[3]

Koval published sporadically since he was a student, and in 1967 and 1969 he published two books of verses for children, however, he was first noticed in 1968, when he published Aly, a short story of a dog. He subsequently decided to change topic frequently. He spent considerable periods of time in the north of European Russia, in particular, in Vologda Oblast. In Arkhangelsk, Yury Koval met Boris Shergin, a Russian Pomor writer, and became interested in Russian folklore. Later, he invested a lot of time promoting literary works of Shergin and Stepan Pisakhov, and even wrote a screenplay for animated films The Magic Ring (Russian: Волшебное кольцо) and Laughter and Grief by the White Sea, based on Shergin's fairy tales.[3]

In the 1970s, Koval wrote several short stories and novels for children. The Little Silver Fox (1975) shows the story of an Arctic fox who escaped from a fur farm and wanted to get to the North Pole. In 1984, he published The lightest boat in the world, and Suyer-Vyyer was published in 1996 posthumously. For Suyer-Vyyer, Koval received the Strannik Award, which is given for science fiction books.[4] Koval's books were translated to all major European languages, as well as to Chinese and Japanese.[3][5]

In addition to his writing and screenwriting work, Yuri was also a professional sculptor, artist, icon painter, enameller and woodcarver.[6][7] He mastered a wide range of techniques, mostly traditional national Russian styles. He also wrote songs and played guitar.

Koval died in 1995 at the age of 57 after a serious heart attack. He was buried in the family tomb at the Lianozovskoe Cemetery.[8] He was survived by his second wife Natalia Alexandrovna Koval (nee Degtyar), his children (Yulia from the first marriage and Alexei from the second marriage) and his elder brother Boris.[2] Koval belonged to the Russian Orthodox Church.[6]


Literary works


Koval is the author of several novels, novellas and collections of short stories and fairy-tales, both for children and adults. He has also written poems and songs. His major works in prose include:

He translated into Russian various children's writers and poets, including Rainis, Imants Ziedonis, Eduardas Mieželaitis, Spiridon Vangheli, Akhmedkhan Abu-Bakar, Michio Mado, Yoko Sano, etc.


English editions



Cinema and animation


Some of Koval's works were made into feature films:

He wrote the screenplays for several short animation films, and many animation films are based on his works, including:

Koval also appeared in small supporting roles in two movies (in both cases he sings his songs playing a guitar):


References


  1. Коваль Юрий Иосифович (in Russian). Аниматор.ру. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  2. Yuri Koval Island – Official Website (in Russian)
  3. Биография (in Russian). Литературный клуб. Серия великие российские и зарубежные писател. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  4. Странник-96 (in Russian). Оргкомитет конгресса "Странник". Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  5. "Yuri Koval". Guarant-InfoCentre. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  6. Yuri Koval. Monologue documentary, January 20, 1991
  7. Yuri Koval: Art, Sculpture, Enamel by Tatiana Bek in Znamya, 2003, № 8. (in Russian)
  8. "КОВАЛЬ Юрий Иосифович (1938 – 1995)". moscow-tombs.ru. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  9. A pig in a poke. Abelard-Schuman. July 6, 1975. OCLC 014755022 via Open WorldCat.
  10. Koval, Yuri (July 6, 1983). A purple bird. Raduga. OCLC 11110494 via Open WorldCat.
  11. A purple bird. Raduga Publishers. July 6, 1989. OCLC 261615288 via Open WorldCat.
  12. "The Little Silver Fox".
  13. Koval, Yuri. "The Lightest Boat in the World". Russian Life.
  14. Nedopesok Napoleon III at IMDb
  15. Pyat pokhishchennykh monakhov at IMDb
  16. Yavlenie prirody at IMDb
  17. Priklyucheniya Vasi Kurolesova at IMDb
  18. Tigryonok na podsolnukhe at IMDb
  19. Pro barana i kozla at IMDb
  20. Ulitsa Nyutona, dom 1 at IMDb
  21. Marka strany Gondelupy at IMDb



На других языках


- [en] Yury Iosifovich Koval

[ru] Коваль, Юрий Иосифович

Ю́рий Ио́сифович Кова́ль (9 февраля 1938, Москва — 2 августа 1995, там же) — советский русский детский писатель и поэт, а также сценарист мультфильмов и фильмов для детей, художник и скульптор, автор-исполнитель песен.



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