GOLYAVKIN Viktor

Born August 31, 1929 in Baku in the family of music teachers.
He graduated from art school in Dushanbe on 22 June 1953 with honors.
He graduated from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. I.E. Repin (Academy of Fine Arts) majoring in theater and decorative painting.
Non. In the war on age did not participate. On November 28, 1961 - Member of the Writers' Union. Since 1973 - Member of the USSR Union of Artists / LOSH / section schedules.
. The first literary publication was held in May 1958 in the journal "Fire", the story "How to solve complicated problems."
. The first book of short stories published in 1959 in the publishing house Detgiz "" notebooks in the rain "
. The first book of short stories for adults "Greetings to you, birds!" published in 1968 in Lenizdat. His books for children V. Golyavkin sometimes illustrated himself. Books for children and adults - stories, novels, romance - and emerged in children's literature "and" Soviet Writer "and Lenizdat, as well as in publishing houses in Moscow.
. Favorite genre writer is a short humorous story.
. "... Not one hundred stories written in
. Golyavkin marked individual stamp his bright, cheerful, gifted and firmly established in the cohort of those writers who can quickly learn to original phrase, a unique tone, a distinctive rhythm of the letter. But perhaps the main achievement in. Golyavkina - is his natural and rightful "residence" in the children's poems, . .. a genuine surprise and, fantastic, . paradox of logic and the severity of the reaction, . purity of motives and cunning - all organically for the writer and they are all present in his books "(I. Kuz'michev).,
. Some work in
. Golyavkina formed the basis of feature films, . liked by the audience: "Valya - Ruslan and his friend Sanka" (Studio Gorky on the novel "You come to us, . Come "), . "My dear Papa" (Lenfilm, . after the novel), . "Bob and Elephant" (directed Baltrushaitis, . on the original script).,
. In
. Golyavkin participated in art exhibitions, . from the International Exhibition in Moscow in 1957: 1975 - I All-Russia Exhibition book illustrations in the Union of Artists, . in the 80's in the hall of the Union of Artists of the RSFSR in the exhibition "Painting schedules" were shown 6 paintings, . some of whom were beaten later bought by the State Russian Museum, . 1990 - personal exhibition in the Writers' House (painting), and others.,
. In 1996 he was admitted to membership Rossiyskogo PEN.
. Among his friends - artists called Tahir Salakhova, To'oril Narimanbekov, Oleg Tselkov, Michael Kazan, Minas Avetisyan (deceased).