Which of us is not familiar with the mischievous and funny parrot Keshey? And his catchphrase: "You were not in Tahiti?" became winged among children and adults, representatives of different segments of the population and generations. Who did not watch the magnificent cartoon “Wait a minute!”, Which is beloved by the Soviet and Russian guys? Who did not laugh at a funny old woman in the animated film "A Baba Yaga against!" and didn’t sympathize with the animals, reading the mischievous but instructive book “Repair at the Zoo”?
If you know all these fairy-tale characters, then you simply must know the person who created them and breathed life into them. This is Alexander Efimovich Kurlyandsky, a Russian writer and playwright.
Biography of the writer Alexander Courland
Alexander Efimovich was born on July 1, 1938 in Moscow. His parents met each other when they studied at the technical school of communication. Their son graduated in 1961 from the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute. Valerian Kuibyshev. Now this educational institution is referred to as Moscow State University of Civil Engineering.
During the student years, the future writer worked as an ordinary foreman at construction sites. Alexander’s parents themselves wanted their son to follow in their footsteps and become an engineer. They considered all writing to be a whim. But in the biography of Alexander Courland, everything turned out differently. He already at the institute began to compose miniatures for student skits. There he met a congenial man, Arkady Hight. Then the young Alexander did not yet know that this was the future co-author of many of his works.
At the institute, young people wrote scripts of satirical numbers, which were staged in a theater studio at Moscow State University. Their director was a young Mark Rozovsky. He favored the talent of the children and supported their endeavors.
The beginning of literary activity
In 1964, Alexander Courlandsky became a professional writer. It was published in newspapers and magazines such as Yunost, Nedelya, Literaturnaya Gazeta and others. And he also wrote various stories, short stories and humoresques for radio and television, pop music.
Becoming a writer and screenwriter
In 1967, Alexander Kurlandsky made his debut as a screenwriter. He wrote the script for the film "Assault". But the scripts for cartoons, he initially did not plan to write. Everything turned out by chance: the writer was asked to write a script for one of the episodes of the Merry-Go-Round. Alexander Efimovich wrote a story about the Wolf and the Hare, and it was this series that became pilot or zero in the famous animated series “Well, wait a minute,” which is known to all countries of the former USSR.
No one even thought that the Wolf and the Hare would enjoy such a frenzied popularity. After the resounding success of the cartoon, Kurlandsky was offered to write a lot of scripts for the movie magazines "Wick" and "Jumble". In 1984, another cartoon was released, authored by Alexander Kurlyandsky - The Return of the Prodigal Parrot. This animated series has also gained recognition from adult and young viewers. In 1987, the second issue of the cartoon was released, and in 1988 the third. After the last cartoon with the parrot Keshey appeared on television , Alexander Kurlyandsky became a popular person. He was interviewed, children wrote letters to him, and adults - thanks for the great contribution to the development of Soviet animation.
Other works of Alexander Courland
Of course, the great writer could not gain such fame with the help of only the parrot Keshi and the Wolf with the Hare. On the account of Alexander Efimovich such cartoons as “Mushroom Rain”, “Meet Grandma”, “But Baba Yaga is against!” and other fun children's stories. Kurlandsky also wrote scripts for many episodes of the animated series Merry-Go-Round. Now he is busy working on new issues of cartoons about the parrot Kesha.
The biography of Alexander Efimovich Kurlyandsky indicates that he not only wrote scripts for children's cartoons, but also is the author of books for the older generation. He co-authored with Eduard Uspensky the science fiction novel The Last Champion, a separate writer who published books The Secrets of the Kremlin Underground, and also wrote a mock action movie titled Bush's Thirteenth Leg.
Alexander Kurlyandsky is an Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation, he has won many medals. But the biggest reward for the writer is the gratitude of all children and adults for the gift of a happy, carefree childhood.