Search Results: Authors starting with V from M.B.Rare Books

Citizens of the USSR could not travel abroad and their contacts with foreigners were strictly controlled. Nevertheless, foreign languages ​​were studied in all schools. There were publishing houses that published books in foreign languages. Vladimir Mayakovsky, one of the most famous poets of the first third of the 20th century. "What is good and what is bad" is a classic example of the use of poetry in order to educate a citizen of a country of victorious socialism. Translation into English by an unknown translator. Colorful illustrations, which was common since the Soviet school of children's illustration included many of the most talented artists. In my collection there are other children's books translated into English, published in the 1960s and 70s.

Mayakovsky V.V. The Soviet Alphabet. Moscow, 1919 (facsimile edition).
In Russian literature, it is difficult to name a writer who took such an active part in the publication of his works as Mayakovsky. In many cases, he not only created the idea of the future book, but also directly embodied it, acting as a publisher, designer and printer. Therefore, the history of the publication of the poet's works is, in the true sense of the word, part of his human and creative biography. Among the books of the poet of the first years of the revolution, as well as among the pre-revolutionary ones, there is an edition published not by the publishing house, but by himself. The experience of working on the poster and the desire to make the poetic word more accessible to a new reader - Red Army soldier - prompted the poet to act as an illustrator of his own works. Moreover, in this case, the style of Mayakovsky's drawings was distinguished by the desire for novelty, the use of original pictorial solutions, and a… Read More