Agniya Kuznetsova

Agniya Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (, ) (11 February 1911 – 12 November 1996) was a Russian Soviet children's writer.

Life She graduated from high school and the Faculty of History and Philology of the Saint Petersburg State University. She worked as a literary employee for children's and youth newspapers in Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk, and at the Irkutsk Radio Committee. In 1943 to 1946 she was executive secretary of the Irkutsk branch of the RSFSR SP. The first book of her stories was published in 1932 in Novosibirsk.

She was published in the anthology “New Siberia”, the magazines Roman-Gazeta, “Youth” and other periodicals. Throughout her creative career, she wrote about children and youth. Author of essays, stories and stories.

She worked on the Pushkin theme; the book “My Madonna” brings together stories about Natalya Goncharova and Pushkin's children. The works were translated into foreign languages. Composer Tamara Popatenko set some of Kuznetsova’s writings to music. She was buried beside her husband Georgi Markov at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery.

Awards

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1979) Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of Friendship of Peoples (1984) Order of the Badge of Honor

Selected bibliography В Чулымской тайге. Иркутск, 1939 Чёртова дюжина. Иркутск, 1946 Твой дом. Новосибирск, 1951 Жизнь зовёт. Красноярск, 1958 Честное комсомольское, 1959 Свет-трава, 1967 Мы из Коршуна. 1970 Ночевала тучка золотая, 1971 Много на земле дорог. 1972 Земной поклон.1977 Земной поклон: Повести: Советский писатель, 1979 Под бурями судьбы жестокой. Пермь, 1979 Достоинство: Повести. Молодая гвардия, 1980 Собрание сочинений: В 3-х томах. : Детская литература, 1982–1984.

Literature

Писатели Москвы: Биобиблиографический справочник / Сост.: Е. П. Ионов, С. П. Колов. Московский рабочий, 1987 Абрамович А. Ф. А. А. Кузнецова: Биогр. очерк // Литературная Сибирь. Иркутск: Вост.-Сиб. кн. изд-во, 1971. Писатели Восточной Сибири: Биобиблиографический указатель. Иркутск: Вост.-Сиб. кн. изд-во, 1973. Разумневич В. А. Проводы в совершеннолетие: Очерк творчества А. Кузнецовой.1974. Розова И. А. Кузнецова Агния // Русские детские писатели XX века: Биобиблиографический словарь. Флинта; Наука, 1997. С. 247–248. — ISBN 5-02-011304-2.