Geraskina, Lia Borisovna

Born on October 3 (16), 1910 in Novorossiysk in a Jewish family. Childhood and youth passed in Krasnodar .

After graduating from high school, she worked at the post office, at the toy factory, and taught at an adult school.

Since 1932 she moved with her husband to Magnitogorsk under construction, after 1934 - to Solnechnogorsk, then to Glazov . Since 1938, she lived in Krasnoyarsk , worked in the editorial office of the newspaper Krasnoyarsk Worker as a labor officer, then a special correspondent .

During the war , in 1944 she joined the ranks of the CPSU (b) , headed the children's technical station. She continued to publish articles about schools, reviews, including in the newspaper Krasnoyarsk Komsomolets.

Since the late 1940s lived in Moscow. Member of the Union of Writers of the USSR (since 1950).

She died on March 14, 2010.

Family

• Daughter - Alla Radzinskaya ^[1] , actress, screenwriter of the TV show Zucchini “13 Chairs” ^[2] , author of memoirs ^{[3] [4]} ; was married to Edward Radzinsky
  • Their son Oleg Radzinsky (born July 11, 1958) is a dissident, businessman, writer ^{[2] [5] [6]} .
• Son - Victor Vasilievich Geraskin (07/21/1934 - 05/01/1990), actor ^[7] .

The first play of Leah Geraskina - the fairy tale "Khrustald and Katrinka" - was staged in 1947 on the stage of the Krasnoyarsk drama theater . Her plays were staged by Moscow , Khabarovsk , Novosibirsk , Vladivostok Youth Theater, Moscow Drama and Comedy Theater . The play “ Certificate of Maturity ”, filmed in 1954, received the greatest popularity.

Selected Works

plays

• Khrustald and Katrinka (1947)
• Certificate of Maturity (1949)
  • Geraskina L. B. Maturity certificate // Yenisei: collection of books. - 1950 .-- T. 6 . - S. 107—172 .
    • [: A play in 4 d., 8 cards.]. - M .: Art, 1951. - 132 p. - 5,000 copies.
• Her future (1954)
• Flatmates (1957)
• Coming into Life (1959)
• Maruta seeks a groom (1961)
  • Geraskina L. B. Maryuta is looking for a groom: Vaudeville in 3 d., 8 maps. - M .: VUOAP, 1961 .-- 100 p. - 50 copies.
• Jelsomino in the land of liars (1966) ^[8] - based on the tale of Gianni Rodari
• Truth be told (1973)
  • Geraskina L.B. To tell the truth: A play in 2 parts with interludes. - M .: VAAP, 1973.- 85 p. - 100 copies.
• The Tunnel (1975)
  • Geraskina L. B., Seredinsky V.P. Tunnel: Piece in 2 houses - M .: VAAP, 1975 .-- 77 p. - 100 copies.

Some plays came out as a separate collection:

Geraskina L. B. Plays. - M .: Sov. writer, 1962. - 316 p. - (Contents: Maturity certificate; Her future; Entering into life; Flatmates). - 8700 copies.

• The right to happiness (1952);
• Nikolai Ivanovich (1958);

fairy tales

• In the country of unlearned lessons (1965). Only in 1994-2012. reprinted with a total circulation of more than 985,000 copies ^[9] .
• Geraskina L. B. In the country of unlearned lessons - 2 , or Return to the country of unlearned lessons: [Skazoch. story: For Wednesdays. school age]. - M .: The World of the Seeker, 2000 .-- 108 p. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 5-93833-021-1 . In 2001-2008, the circulation of reprints amounted to 46,000 copies. ^[9]
• Geraskina L. B. Third trip to the country of unlearned lessons; Living doll: [For environments. school age]. - M .: The World of the Seeker, 2001 .-- 187 p. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 5-93833-152-8 .
  • In the country of unlearned lessons-3 : [For Wednesdays. school age]. - M .: The World of the Seeker, 2002 .-- 94 p. - (Student's library). - 15,000 copies. - ISBN 5-94743-105-X . ; in 2004-2009, the circulation of reprints amounted to 37,000 copies. ^[9]
• Geraskina L. B. Magic lamp : Tales: [For Wednesdays. school age]. - M .: Prince. Seeker, 2003 .-- 157 p. - (Library of children's literature). - 6000 copies. - ISBN 5-94743-200-5 .
• Geraskina L. B. Girl and cockatoo : [For ml. school age]. - M .: Bamboo, 1999 .-- 142 p. - (Student's library). - 12,000 copies. - ISBN 5-8203-0028-9 .
  • . - M .: The World of the Seeker, 2000 .-- 111 p. - (Student's library). - 6000 copies. - ISBN 5-93833-067-X .
• Soft character (1957); in 2004-2013, the circulation of reprints amounted to 72,000 copies. ^[9]
• Blue flower (1950); in 2004-2009, the circulation of reprints amounted to 68,000 copies. ^[9]
• Geraskina L. B. Fairy tales: [for secondary school age]. - M .: AST: Astrel, 2008 .-- 378 p. - (Contents: Khrustald and Katrinka; A Tale of Fidelity; Magic Lamp: (based on the fairy tale “Aladdin and the Magic Lamp”); Do not interrupt Chur, or How Ivan and Nastya found their happiness; In the Country of unlearned lessons: (abbr. )). - 11,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-17-032810-9 . - ISBN 978-5-271-12475-4

Films

• Maturity certificate - the film was shot by Tatyana Lukashevich according to the author’s script, was released in 1954.
• In the country of unlearned lessons , the cartoon of the Soyuzmultfilm movie studio directed by Yuri Prytkov according to the author’s script was released in 1969.

Publications

• Geraskina L. Cats in the arena // Science and Life : Journal. - M .: True, 1976. - No. 8 . - S. 157-159 . - One of the first articles about the clown Kuklachev Yuri Dmitrievich and his cats.

• Gromova M.I. Geraskina Liya Borisovna // Russian children's writers of the XX century: Bibliographic dictionary. - M .: Flint ; Nauka , 1997 .-- pp . 119-121 . - ISBN 5-02-011304-2 .
• Kataev V. About dramaturgy for children // New World. - 1952. - No. 6.

• Leah Geraskina (neopr.) . Living library. Date of treatment September 1, 2013.