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Grigory Oster

b. 1947

Russian children's writer (born 1947)

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Born 1947. Grigory Oster is a Russian children's writer, playwright, writer, screenwriter and television presenter.

Grigoriy Bentsionovich Oster (born 1947) is a Russian author and screenwriter. He has written scripts for over 70 animated films, and "is considered one of the most important living Russian authors of children’s books."

Biography Oster was born in Odesa and spent his childhood in Yalta. After three years in the Soviet North Sea Navy, he studied in Moscow at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute.

He is the author of many works for children, such as “A Tale with Details”, “Papamamalogy”, “Parenting Adults”, “Grandma Boa”, “Bad Advice”, “Fortunetelling on Hands, Legs, Ears, Back and Neck”. He wrote the scripts for the animated films “38 Parrots”, “Got That Biting!”, “A Kitten By the Name of Woof”, “Young Monkeys”, etc., of the feature film “Before the First Blood”. Four stories were featured in the Yeralash newsreel.

In the late 1990s, Mikhail Epstein and Alexander Genis included Grigory Oster in the list of “Who is who in Russian postmodernism”. In this list of 170 names, Oster is the only children's writer who “made a contribution to the development of post-totalitarian Russian literature.” At the same time, the writer never belonged to either the socialist realist, the dissident, or the avant-garde literary camp. According to the observations of critics, his aesthetics are distinguished by "stylistic eclecticism, subtext, citation, play of signs, irony, parody and stylization."

In 2004, at the suggestion of the Presidential Administration of Russia, he was one of the creators of the site “The President of Russia for Schoolchildren”.

From September 7, 2008 to July 18, 2009, along with the singer Glukoza, he conducted the program “Children's Pranks” on STS.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
Awards
Honored art worker of the Russian Federation; State Prize of the Russian Federation
Also known as
Grigory Bentsionovich Oster, Grigoriy Bentsionovich Oster, Grigoriy Oster

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Grigory Oster?

Russian children's writer (born 1947)

When was Grigory Oster born?

Grigory Oster was born on 27 November 1947 in Odesa.

What is Grigory Oster's occupation?

Grigory Oster is a children's writer, playwright, writer, screenwriter and television presenter.

What nationality is Grigory Oster?

Grigory Oster is Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Grigory Oster

· Wikidata: Q1071688

· DBpedia: Grigoriy Oster

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