Dream and fantasy. “And we met a living writer! Write to children's writer Anna Ignatova
This year “DET GIZ” turned 80 years old. In honor of the anniversary, the most respected and legendary children's publishing house in St. Petersburg is holding an event - a series of meetings for its young readers with modern “living” poets and writers. Students of the 3rd and 4th grades of school No. 424 met the young writer Anna Ignatova precisely as part of this event. November 27 at the Children's Library of Kronstadt. “Vector of Plasticine” – this is the name of the creative meeting that took place, repeating the title of her book published by DET GIZ in 2013.
Anna Ignatova presented her books, the first of which, “About Elephants, Trolleybuses and Princes,” was published in January 2011. Before this, the author of poetry and prose was actively published in such magazines as “Murzilka”, “Koster”, “Fontan” (Odessa), “Poznayka” (Kyiv), “Ural” (Ekaterinburg), “Chizh and Yozh” (St. Petersburg) ). Today Ignatova already has four books - children have become acquainted with her newly published works: “The Kingdom of M”, the adventure story “I Believe - I Don’t Believe” and the richly illustrated “Vector of Plasticine”. Everyone present at the meeting received the last book as a gift from DETGIZ and the author. Almost everyone asked the writer for an autograph. And they took home the memory of a warm meeting with the “living” writer. And this means that the fate of the book is decided - 90% that it will be read.
– The name of Anna Sergeevna Ignatova appears in only one collection. This is an author who is not yet widely known. Therefore, we were very worried about how the children would accept her.– admitted the head of the children’s library Lyubov Konchus.
But everything went great. Anna Ignatova managed to charm both children and adults. They listened to her with bated breath and asked questions, to which the writer happily answered. She also read poems to the children, tested their sense of rhyme with the help of an exciting game, told a fairy tale about the childhood of Zmey Gorynych and showed a selection of slides with her plasticine works. It turns out that as a child, Anna Sergeevna wanted to create plasticine cartoons. 58 schoolchildren looked at the screen and admired the exotic animals, bright flowers, ladies in crinolines, mermaids and other whimsical inhabitants of the fairy-tale space sculpted by this multi-talented personality.
What was the outcome of the meeting? According to the host, at the Children's Library of Kronstadt, at various times, meetings were held with eminent writers and poets writing for children, such as Leonid Kaminsky, Valery Voskoboynikov, Sergei Makhotin, Alexey Shevchenko. But a new modern writer, whose name has not yet become widely known, came to visit Flotskaya, 5, for the first time. The acquaintance took place, and the library staff already has a desire not to limit itself to one meeting with Anna Ignatova - she must definitely come to us again.
Anna Ignatova:
“Being a children's writer means writing books that children themselves will read. And a very good children's writer writes books for children that a child puts under his pillow. Because he reads until late.”
DETGIZ IS ALIVE!
In September 1933, the country's leadership came to the conclusion that it was necessary to create a specialized book publishing house for children and youth. Thus, by the resolution of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks dated September 9, 1933, “On the Publishing House of Children’s Literature,” a children’s state publishing house, DETGIZ, was organized.
The publishing house was created in two cities at once - Moscow and Leningrad. In the first six months, DETGIZ published 168 books with a total circulation of almost 8 million copies.
Over its 80-year history, DETGIZ has changed not only its name, but also its place of registration. The first house of the Leningrad branch was a mansion on Kutuzov embankment. Now the publishing house “temporarily” (for 13 years) occupies space on Fontanka, 78. In these areas it is possible to maintain a store, an exhibition hall, a Children’s Book House, storage facilities, and the editorial office itself, and even organize meetings between readers and authors practically impossible. But “DET GIZ” doesn’t give up! Continues to proudly carry the banner of publishing for the best, elite and most grateful reader - for children. And it maintains the tradition of publishing only high-quality literature with bright, colorful illustrations (up to 20 new books are published a year - fiction, popular science and educational literature for children of all ages). DET GIZ books regularly receive prestigious Russian and international awards. And as long as there are inquisitive and inquisitive children in the world, as long as there are daring and childishly tireless writers and artists, “DETGIZ” is alive!
I was born in 1973 in a city that is not on the map - Leningrad. And I live in the city that is on the map - St. Petersburg. Therefore, I always have great difficulty filling out forms. I entered the Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute in 1990. A.I. Herzen, and graduated with honors in 1995 from the Russian State Pedagogical University named after. A.I. Herzen. And she became a teacher of Russian language and literature.
In 1996, my son Kostya was born. This is a very important point in my biography.
Then there was a lot of interesting things in my life, but completely far from my creative path. And I entered the creative path quite recently, four years ago. And she didn’t come out on her own, but very good people, real friends, led me out by the hand. Galina Dyadina, a poet from the city of Arzamas, did not ignore my first poems, which I posted on the website “stikhi.ru”. The children's writer, poet and translator Mikhail Yasnov also did not pass by, but paid attention, took the time, and sent my poems to the magazines “Fontan” and “Kukumber”. And they were published. And my creative biography began.
Galina Dyadina told me about summer workshops for young children's writers. Participation in these seminars is of infinite value to me. Firstly, these are master classes by Valery Voskoboynikov, Eduard Uspensky, Marina Boroditskaya, and secondly, these are new friends (a very important point in the biography!). The same can be said about the festivals of young writers, which are held every year by the DETGIZ publishing house in St. Petersburg. It is noteworthy that after the second such festival, “Tuesdays” began to be held in DETGIZ under the leadership of Mikhail Yasnov and Sergei Makhotin. Lucky young writers living in St. Petersburg!
Since 2009, thanks to all these points, publications in magazines and collections began. Could I ever have thought that my childhood idols “Murzilka”, “Koster” and the still existing “Pionerskaya Pravda” would publish my poems! I was also published by the Odessa humor magazine “Fontan”, the Moscow children’s magazine “Kukumber”, “Poznayka” (Kiev), “Chizh and the Hedgehog” and “Kindergarten from all sides” (St. Petersburg), “Ural”, “Quiet” Minute" (Ekaterinburg), "Library at School", "Teacher's Newspaper", "Music Director's Directory" (Moscow) - many thanks to all these publications!
In January 2011, my first book of children's poems, “About Elephants, Trolleybuses and Princes,” was published.
A very important moment in my life was joining the St. Petersburg Writers Union in December 2012.
Another point in my biography is plasticine. I had such a hobby as a child, the most common activity was modeling from plasticine. Quite unexpectedly, this hobby was in demand. The DETGIZ publishing house published the book “Vector of Plasticine” with my illustrations - photographs of plasticine heroes.
In the magazine “Vezdepryg” (city of Perm), I run the column “Conversations with Plasticine.” Because with plasticine there is a lot to talk about.
And another very important point in my biography is my family. My father, my son, and my husband really support me in my creativity. This is so necessary! They are my first readers and critics, the most demanding and most patient. And if I say: “I wrote a new poem today!”, they stop what they’re doing and listen to me carefully...
And now - what I love. I love to sculpt with plasticine and travel. I like to navigate the forest at night and find a checkpoint. I love it when we all sit down together in the evening to drink tea and apple pie. I love picking mushrooms, especially in the forest. I love it when Sergei Makhotin and Mikhail Yasnov say at a literary seminar that I am making progress. I love skiing. I love watching cartoons. I really love our St. Petersburg Comedy Theater named after Akimov. I love and often re-read The Master and Margarita. I love guests and holidays. I love it when they laugh in unison. I like to read to my son before bed. And I really love it when my son takes a new book from the shelf and then puts it under his pillow. Because he reads until late.
That's all for now.
Bibliography
Books:
About elephants, trolleybuses and princes: Poems for children. - M.: ONIX, 2011.
I believe - I don’t believe: A story. - M.: Aquilegia-M, 2012.
Kingdom M: A Fairy Tale. - St. Petersburg: DETGIZ, 2012.
Rook Tree: Poems for Children. - Perm: 2013.
Plasticine vector: Tale. - St. Petersburg: DETGIZ, 2013.
GREAT alphabet: Poems for children. - M.: ONIX, 2014.
Works in collections:
How good: Almanacs of works by participants of the festival “Young Writers Around DETGIZ”. Vol. 1-5. - St. Petersburg: DETGIZ, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.
Cook the pot!: Poems and fairy tales. - M.: ONIX, 2011.
The Thirtieth Kingdom: Poems and Tales. - M.: ONIX, 2011.
First of April: Collection of humorous stories and poems. - M.: Aquilegia-M, 2012.- audiobooks.
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Summer version
Hello field, hello river!
Hello, grandfather's dacha!
Accept the little man
Urban, pale!
Hello dusty road
From village to farm!
I'll live a little
In a house without a computer!
I will crack pasties
Fresh, hot!
I'll listen to the soundtracks
Bird-frog!
Wait for Katyusha by the pine tree,
Where the stream narrows
And watch the moon disk
Loading in the sky...
I'll bask on the beach -
Golden sand!
Even mom won't know
Your son!
I'll become the color of chocolate
Cooler than Prince of Persia!
You just need to save
In the village version...
Capricious mom
It was fun at first:
We screamed, we moaned,
And they strummed and growled,
They were hitting the wall with a ball!..
Just suddenly my mother came rushing
And she said: “It’s absolutely terrible!
Are these children or who?!
Are there three of you here or a hundred?!
How are you not tired?
Let them stop now!”
We obediently fell silent
They no longer mooed in chorus,
They didn’t knock, they didn’t strum,
And we sat and got bored...
Just suddenly my mother came rushing in!
And she said:
“It’s absolutely terrible!
For five minutes one can hear
Deathly silence!
It's like everyone died!
No, play as you played!”
And again we, as in the beginning,
They shouted, they knocked,
A horse was made from a chair!..
Mom sighed heavily
Covering my ears again...
What a capricious one!
Congratulations for mommy
The cat is lying on an essay,
Squinting at the light bulb...
I'm writing a poem
To congratulate mommy.
What do children usually write?
To your dear mother?
"You are the most beautiful in the world,
Everyone is younger, everyone is slimmer!”
Everyone's younger? They will say the same!
Between you and me,
Is everyone's mother younger?
I am the youngest of all, brothers!
The most beautiful of all? It's complicated
The most delicate question...
Everyone will say that maybe
Mom's nose is a bit long...
Slimmer of all? And who is crying?
“The dress needs to be altered...”?
Smarter than everyone else? Who's the task
I couldn’t decide yesterday?
The cat buried himself in an essay
And snorts under the light bulb.
The poem doesn't work...
Help me, mommy!
Gingerbread
- Vanilla and mint!
Snowflakes and firebirds!
So fragrant!
With raisins and cinnamon!
With nuts, candied fruits,
With a pistachio pattern!
Horses with cubs
And a little white lamb!
Look, the boat is small
And the captain is on it!..
Give up those gingerbread cookies!
Well, grandpa! Let's go to!
Dream and Fantasy
Dream hurried along the path,
She carried the kitten for Marinka.
Towards Vovka's Fantasy
The shark was led on a rope:
Where are you going with a kitten in a basket?
- I’m in a hurry, you know, to Marinka.
You can’t remain a dream forever,
It has to come true someday!
Vovka’s fantasy nodded,
I gently stroked the shark,
I gave her a bun with nuts...
- We’re just going for a walk!
The right remedy
Let the waves on the sea be as big as a house!
Let me swim with difficulty.
I can't drown -
I'm in a life preserver.
I'm in a life preserver!
And I sit on the shore.
rook tree
Mom and dad are on the third branch,
Children are on the fourth and fifth.
My brother and his family live on the sixth floor,
On the seventh, the cousin is single.
Aunts, uncles, mothers-in-law, fathers-in-law!
Everyone lives on the birch tree together.
And such noise all day long -
You won't even come close!
It's not the rook family's fault,
There's just not enough wood...
They'll get an oak tree across the river -
And there will be peace in the family!
For the first time in first class!
Crocodile
The crocodile is lucky:
Today he is crawling to school.
To my beloved child
Mommy shouts after him:
“Be obedient, don't bite.
Don't smile widely!
Don't follow the example of the ignorant
And you can’t eat the director!”
Turtle
The turtle is going to study!
The shirt is polished,
A cap is put on his head,
The briefcase is tied tightly to his back.
He leaves the gate at midnight.
Not being late is the only concern.
It won't be late, it will be on time!
Today is the third lesson.
About elephants
Don't admire tigers and lions,
Don't look at the horned goats,
I came to the zoo to meet you,
I have been wanting to ask you a question for a long time.
I stand in thought, blinking my eyes...
Incomprehensible to my mind:
With huge ears and noses,
You are still beautiful...
Why?!
Moose
Through the swamp - chap-chap-chap -
There is a hat rack.
Did you manage to guess?
This is a long-legged elk.
Quietly grazing next to him
Long-legged moose.
Together with my husband - chap-chap-chap,
But without a hat rack...
Mammoth
If I saw
living mammoth,
I wouldn't make a mammoth
nothing bad.
I wouldn't light the torch
I wouldn't throw a stone
I wouldn't chase a mammoth
kicking towards the abyss...
I would get out of the way, hide in the thicket,
If this mammoth were real...
If you compare a pirate and a princess
The princess is sleeping on the feather bed,
Silk pillow...
And the pirate is on a canvas,
Leaning against the gun.
Princess eats pineapples
From a golden plate.
And the pirate chops meat
After the shootout.
The princess has a crown
And a diamond ring.
The pirate has ammo
And a black eye.
The princess drinks cranberry juice.
The pirate drinks, as usual...
In general, except for the first letter,
Nothing adds up!
Magpie black and white
Drawing lesson.
They let me draw forty.
The guys are busy:
They paint it black, they paint it white.
No more paint
They don't have it on hand.
Why, when it’s forty,
As you know, white-sided?
Blackwing, blacktail...
Drawing a magpie is easy!
And the magpie makes eyes:
“Well, add red paint!
Yellow, blue, gold...
So I want to be colored!”
Page for adults
Several years ago, Anya Ignatova’s poems became the opening of the festival of young children’s writers “Around DETGIZ”. These poems turned out to be witty, precise, psychologically correct.
Over the past, very short, time, Ignatova published a book of poetry, and then a book of prose, and another, and in general Anya found herself at the center of that new writing movement that now defines children's and adolescent literature. I have already had occasion to express my opinion more than once that today we are experiencing a clear rise in everything “literary and children’s.” Evidence of this is everything that Anna Ignatova writes (and she also acts as a critic of children's literature).
In Ignatova’s poems, our modernity is recognizable first of all - pay attention at least to the very first poem of this collection of hers: this would not have been written ten years ago, but today - please! The combination of classical poetry and topical paraphernalia is one of the paths that leads us to our poetic future.
On April 5, I was lucky enough to attend a Skype meeting with the wonderful contemporary children's writer and poetess Anna Sergeevna Ignatova. The meeting took place simultaneously on two platforms, it was a whole teleconference, which was organized and conducted by teacher-librarians of MAOU "Gymnasium" Oksana Vladimirovna Lomanova and MAOU "Gymnasium No. 41" Galina Nikolaevna Kosolapova.
The children are familiar with the name Anna Ignatova - the day before they read the book “The 3D Effect” and took part in a poetry competition dedicated to the poetry of Anna Ignatova. And for those who are not familiar with Anna’s work, a little information:
Anna Sergeevna Sidorova (published under the name Ignatova).
Born in Leningrad in 1973. Graduated from the Russian State Pedagogical University named after. A.I. Herzen in 1995, Faculty of Russian Language and Literature (honored diploma). Already in the city of St. Petersburg. She worked at school as a teacher of Russian language and literature.
I have been seriously engaged in creativity since 2007. A decisive role was played by a meeting with the poet and translator Mikhail Yasnov. Thanks to him, the first publications appeared in the Odessa magazine “Fontan”. Mikhail Davidovich himself sent the series “Escaped Tales” to the magazine editor Valery Khait. Five of the seven tales were published, to my surprise and great joy.
In December 2012 she was admitted to the Union of Writers of St. Petersburg.
Anna is the author of the popular children's books "First-Class Poems", "Vector of Plasticine", "An Old Lady Left the House", "I Believe It or Not", "3D Effect", etc.
And Anna became a writer during her seventh (!!!) concussion. This amazingly soft and gentle girl turns out to be seriously interested in extreme sports: alpine skiing, kayaking and bicycle racing. One day, at a turn during a race, a stone got under the bicycle wheel, an accident happened, as a result of which Anna was forbidden to read, write, watch TV, etc. But you can’t forbid thinking... So she came up with “Escaped Tales”, and from there it went.
Anna named modeling from plasticine as another serious hobby. She even sculpts illustrations for her books herself, with her own 
hands. And in the book “Plasticine Vector” Anna Ignatova told her biography, illustrating it with plasticine crafts. Her pet cat Tishka even made it onto the pages. And on the cover is a childhood photograph of Anna and her older brother, whom she loves very much and often goes to visit (suitcases were visible on the screen - immediately after the meeting Anna left to visit her brother).
Anna spoke very warmly about her family: her son Kostya, who is already 21 years old and studying to become a theater sound engineer. Anna's son is fond of rock music and even created a group, and several songs for which were written by his mother, children's poetess Anna Ignatova. Anna loves her dad very much, who takes on household responsibilities while Anna sculpts from plasticine.
Of course, the most important thing for any person is his family and the support of loved ones.
This is also discussed in Anna Ignatova’s books.
Anna answered the question very interestingly: what does she prefer to write prose or poetry? It turns out that when she writes prose, she feels that it is work, pleasant, interesting, but work. But when Anna writes poetry, she feels like a sorceress creating a real miracle! And at the request of the children, Anna read her wonderful poems, and we listened and admired! Here, read:
If you compare a pirate and a princess
The princess is sleeping on the feather bed,
Silk pillow...
And the pirate is on a canvas,
Leaning against the gun.
Princess eats pineapples
From a golden plate.
And the pirate chops meat
After the shootout.
The princess has a crown
And a diamond ring.
The pirate has ammo
And a black eye.
The princess drinks cranberry juice.
The pirate drinks, as usual...
In general, except for the first letter,
Nothing adds up!
It is not surprising that the children picked up in chorus and also read these poems - they are simply remembered and told by themselves!
The meeting flew by unnoticed, and as always, it was sad to part with a wonderful creative and spiritual person! Thank you very much to the organizers and Anna Sergeevna!
Well, a photo for memory!
