Vsevolod Nestayko

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Vsevolod Nestaiko
Native name
Всеволод Зіновійович Нестайко
BornVsevolod Zinoviiovych Nestaiko
(1930-01-30)30 January 1930
children's books
NationalityUkrainian

Vsevolod Zinoviiovych Nestaiko or Nestayko (Ukrainian: Всеволод Зіновійович Нестайко; 30 January 1930[1] – 16 August 2014[2][3]) was a modern Ukrainian children's writer.[3] In Ukraine he is considered the country's best-known and best loved Ukrainian children’s literature writer.[4][3][1][2]

Biography

During

Russian Imperial Army.[3] In 1933 his father was killed by the NKVD.[3][4] To escape the Holodomor famine Nestayko and his mother moved to Kyiv to her sister.[3] Nestayko lived and worked since in Kyiv.[3]

In 1947

Arabic, Bengali, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Slovak.[4] The adaptation of Nestayko's Toreadors from Vasyukivka won a Grand-prix at the International Festival in Munich (in 1968) and the main prize in Sydney (in 1969).[4] The Fraud ”F” adaptation was awarded at the All-Soviet Union Film Festival in Kyiv (in 1984) and at the Gabrovo Film Festival (in Bulgaria in 1985).[4] Nestayko's works are included in school curricula in Ukraine.[3]

In 2010 Viktor Yushchenko awarded him an order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of fifth class.[5]

On January 30, 2015, Google celebrated his 85th birthday with a Google Doodle.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Died Ukrainian children's writer Vsevolod Nestayko - media, Korrespondent (17 August 2014)
  2. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) He died a famous children's writer Vsevolod Nestayko , Dyvys.info (16 August 2014)
  3. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (17 August 2014)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Vsevolod Nestayko (30.01.1930), The publishing house of Ivan Malkovych A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA
  5. ^ Ющенко наградил орденом автора трилогии Тореадоры из Васюковки. korrespondent.net (in Russian). 25 January 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Vsevolod Nestayko's 85th Birthday". Google. 30 January 2015.
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