Mucha, Renata Grigoryevna

She worked at the Department of English Philology of Kharkov University , defended her thesis, author of more than 40 scientific papers. She was engaged in research in the field of English syntax, prepared the course " Mother Goose visiting Kurochka Ryaba " about the influence of English children's literature on Russian, developed the methodology "Fairytale English" about the use of oral storytelling in teaching foreign languages.

Since 1995, Renata Mucha has lived in Israel , in the city of Be'er Sheva . She taught at the University. Ben Gurion . In 2006 she became a laureate of the medal of the society “House of Janusz Korczak in Jerusalem”. ^[one]

The author of poetry collections “Trouble” (with Nina Voronel , 1968), “About the Stupid Horse, the Forgetful Owl, the Hippo Brothers, the Cat who didn’t know how to purr and the Kitten who thought he was a tiger” (with Polly Cameron and Vadim Levin , 1993), “Hippopoea” (1998), “Disorders” (2001), “Miracles Happen in Life” (2002). The author of dozens of poems for children and several collections of poems.

“The heroes of my poems,” she wrote, “are animals, birds, insects, rains and puddles, cabinets and beds, but I don’t consider myself a child poet. It’s easier for me to consider myself a translator from bird, cat, crocodile, shoe, from the language of rains and galoshes, fruits and vegetables. And to the question to whom I am addressing my verses, I answer: “I am writing on demand.”

• "Trouble" (with Nina Voronel , 1968);
• “About the Stupid Horse, the Forgetful Owl, the Hippo Brothers, the Cat who didn’t know how to purr and the Kitten who thought that he was a tiger” (with Vadim Levin and Polly Cameron, 1993).
• "Hippopoemia" (1998);
• “Disorders” (2001);
• “There are miracles in life” (2002);
• “A Little About the Octopus” (2004);
• “I am not sleeping here!” (2006);
• “Once, maybe twice. * * Poems for former children and future adults ”(2005, reprint 2008).
• "Between us. * * Poems, tales and entertainment for communicating with children ”(with Vadim Levin , 2009);
• "Stung already" (2012);
• “A polite elephant” (with Victor Lunin and Vadim Levin , 2013).

• Renata Mucha - Renata's full site.
• Renata Mucha (biography and texts)
• The poetess Renata Mucha passed away
• Page on "Israbard"
• Not biting the Fly at all (from the anthology of Yevgeny Yevtushenko “Ten Centuries of Russian Poetry”)
• In memory of Renata Mukha - Transfer of Maya Peshkova “The Elapsed Time” to “Echo of Moscow”