Corneille Ivanovich Chukovskij (Nikolai Korneychukov) was born in 1882 in St. Petersburg. Childhood and youth of the writer were in Odessa. Print Top in 1901 in The Odessa News ". In 1905 he left for St. Petersburg, where he continues journalism. In 1908 he published the first book Chukovskogo From Chekhov to the Present ". Since the autumn of 1906 Chukovski settled in the Finnish town Kuokalla near St. Petersburg. Since 1913 the company began its work on the restoration of the texts Nekrasov and study of his poetry. In 1915
Chukovskij first addresses the works for a children's audience - wrote the poem "Crocodile". Autumn of 1917 the writer and his family moved from Kuokkala in Petrograd. In the years 1922-1926 wrote children's stories "Moidodyr", "Cockroach" etc.. During these years, in his translations leave the "Tales" Kipling, "Robinson Crusoe," "Tom Sawyer," "Huckleberry Finn" and so. In 1926 he published his book "Nekrasov", and in 1928 - "Little Children", which became the prototype of the forthcoming book "From Two to Five. In 1938
Chukovskij moved to Moscow. In October 1941 the writer and his family evacuated to Tashkent. In 1957 Chukovsky awarded the degree of doctor of philology. In the first 50 years
Chukovskij moved from Moscow to the holiday village Peredelkino. In 1962, Oxford University Kornei Chukovsky awarded honorary Doctor of Literature. 28 October 1969 the writer died.
Corneille Chukovsky. Curriculum Vitae