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Samuil Marshak
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Russian and Soviet poet, playwright, translator, literary critic, screenwriter, author of popular children's books (1887–1964)

Also known as: Samuil Marschak, Samuil Jakowlewitsch Marschak, Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak, Самуил Яковлевич Маршак, صموئيل مارشاك, 사무일 마르샤크

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Known works

  • The circus and other stories
  • Vospitanie slovom (1961)
  • Vereskovyĭ med (1947)
  • The pup grew up! (1989)
  • Angliĭskie narodnye pesenki