George Oster: biography, creativity

Grigory Bentsionovich Oster is a unique and unpredictable children's writer, the author of many funny and curious poems and stories. His work is not ordinary and contradictory, his books are versed and popular. How can this success and the incredible interest that Grigory Oster aroused among the public reading public can be explained? How did this incredible, charismatic writer begin and in what other forms of creative activity did he manage to take part? Let's find out.

We all come from childhood

Full name of George Oster - Grigory Bentsionovich. The name of the writer's father is literally translated as "the son of Zion." This suggests that the children's writer has Jewish roots.

Gregory Oster was born in the seaside Odessa, rainy autumn of 1947. However, soon the parents moved to the sunny Crimean Yalta, where the boy spent all his childhood and youth. Yalta is an interesting picturesque city with grandiose architectural monuments and magnificent natural landscapes. However, Oster's school memories are not related to nature or art, but to more pragmatic things.

As the writer once admitted, his most vivid memories of childhood are a wonderful siphon, thanks to which it was possible to drink soda in the house, as well as school scrap collection, because of which he climbed with the guys to the factories in search of something iron.

Acquaintance with literature

Love to writing and elegant literature Osteru instilled mom. She worked as a librarian, so from her birth she read literature to her son. And not some, but the Russian classics - the immortal creations of Pushkin and Lermontov.

Grigory Oster, who learned to read quite early, with all his heart, loved literary works. At first it was, of course, fables and fairy tales. A little later - the children's domestic classics, which replaced adult poetry and science fiction. Until now, Grigori Bentsionovich adores two writers whose works are regularly re-read at intervals of five to six years. This is Dumas and Dostoevsky.

Youth

At the age of eighteen, after receiving a secondary education, the future writer was drafted into the army, the service in which was held in the Northern Fleet. After three years of military service Georgi Oster decides to devote his life to writing and goes to conquer Moscow. The young man enters the capital Literary Institute named after Gorky at the faculty of dramaturgy.

The first samples of the pen

At first the beginning writer was attracted to creative activity for adults - he wrote beautiful lyrical works with a psychological-philosophical bias. However, in those days (early 1970s), to earn a living by poetry, it was necessary to form rhymes only in honor of the party and party ideas. Therefore, a gifted young man decided to retrain. Since then, the creative biography of George Oster has found its bright exclusive purpose - he became a children's writer.

He wanted to please and amuse young readers by transmitting information on their level in a living and imaginative language. Children do not need a lot of intricate words and sentences. They like funny short phrases that help them look at themselves from the outside, find a solution to a difficult problem or just have fun.

Animated screenwriter

In the period from 1970 to 1980 Grigory Bentsionovich Oster is the writer of many funny animated cartoons, popular until now. According to his witty sparkling works, such funny comedic pictures as "Garland of toddlers", "Kitten named Gav", "Beware of monkeys!", "Got caught, which bite" were created. These animated pictures reflect the cheerful and fervent nature of their screenwriter, his simple comic humor and cheerful excitement, which not only entertains and amuses, but also trains, instructs, educates. For example, small viewers, watching closely the naughty naughty monkeys, can see in themselves themselves and laugh at their pranks and leprosy. A touching and good-natured kitten named Gav must teach the children to be friends, share, be sympathetic and attentive.

A great movie

It should also be mentioned that, according to Oster's script, the feature film "Up to the First Blood" was shot, telling about the realities of the military-patriotic game "Zarnitsa". The guys from the pioneer camp, who decided to take part in the competition, are divided into "blue" and "green". They are rapidly experiencing the events of an exciting game, trying to match the ideal of the chosen characters. The plot of the film in an allegorical form conveys the psychology of this war through the eyes of emotional teenagers.

The history of the popularity of "harmful advice"

At most, than Georgy Oster is famous, it is his unsurpassed and eccentric "Bad advice". The first tips were printed in separate poems in 1983 in the children's magazine Kolobok. What response did Grigory Oster receive for this unusual work? "Harmful advice" was assessed by the Soviet authorities as dissident, undermining parental and teacher authority. They caused an explosion of rage and misunderstanding among the adult public. How did the children's writer Oster react to this? "Harmful advice" was for him a matter of principle. He understood that he had put in the book a correct, but unusual idea, so he struggled to convey it to the domestic public. Soon he had a new opportunity.

Writer Oster was invited to the radio, where he managed to read a few of his "harmful" poems. The success was stunning! The radio station was littered with letters for the writer. One half of the correspondence was written by an angry adult, and the other half by happy children. Little listeners admitted that they would not follow harmful advice, but that they were very funny and interesting to listen to them. After some time after this incident, the first full-fledged publication of the "Harmful Councils" was published. Three more followers followed. Now this book is one of the most read in children's literature and is a symbolic business card of Oster.

The history of the creation of "harmful councils"

What prompted the author to take up writing these humorous verses, which cause among the readers so many worries and anxieties? The thing is, as George Oster himself explained, that many children by force of their nature constantly act in the opposite way to what they are required of. For example, they are asked to brush their teeth, but they refuse. Or they say hello, and they turn away in response. What to do? How to fix the situation? Grigory Oster found a way out - give the children harmful advice, so they did the opposite, and it turned out right! Is this method suitable for raising disobedient children? Time will tell.

Other issues

Among the many other books Oster should pay attention to his popular science works in comic form. This and "Tutorial on mathematics," and "Physics", and "Petka-microbe." What is remarkable about these publications? Let's briefly illustrate, for one example, what George Oster wanted to achieve with his compositions. "The Mathematics Teacher", which he wrote to help those who do not like to learn, will prompt your child to look at the arithmetic in a new way.

The book does contain entertaining tasks. However, these are not the usual school assignments. These are unusual, fascinating mathematical exercises that will impress the child with his eccentricity and ingenuity, will help him to use imagination and imagination. After reading this book, a small reader will most likely have a desire to solve ordinary school problems.

Specificity of creativity

What is remarkable about the literary works of Oster? As the writer himself explains, he writes not only for children, but also for adults. One of his goals is to make sure that when reading a piece together, reading is interesting not only to the kids, but also to their parents. Therefore, the poems of George Oster are expressive and dynamic, they raise questions interesting to readers of all ages. They cause a cheerful smile and sincere laughter, a good mood and improve well-being.

The same can be said about the prosaic works that George Oster wrote. The stories and tales of the writer carry readers to the wonderful world of childhood, a fictional fairy-tale country, where one world and fun reign, joy and fervor, friendship and adventure.

State project

It is interesting that since 2004, George Oster is one of the participants in the Kremlin Internet project "The President of Russia - citizens of school age." This online resource helps children to properly orient themselves in the political and public life of the country, and the writer, thanks to his light style and comic style, explains to the small users, in a clear and unconstrained manner, deep and serious disciplines, and also answers their various questions. In connection with this activity, Oster repeatedly meets with the president of the Russian Federation, discussing certain topics with him. The work carried out by Grigory Bentsionovich in the Internet project, he does voluntarily and free of charge.

Another media project of Oster (from 2008 to 2009) was his children's TV program, which he led with a bright and eccentric leading Glucose. The program was a contest-game for children, consisting of several stages, the prize of which was a prize of twenty-five thousand rubles!

Personal life

The children's writer Grigory Oster was married four times. With all wives, he kept friendly warm relations, because by his nature the writer is a person who is not controversial and peace-loving. Grigory Bentsionovich is the father of five children and the grandfather of several grandchildren. Three children of the poet are already adult self-sufficient people, two are teenagers, to whom a loving father has created the most comfortable conditions for growing up.

How does your writer spend his free time? Of course, together with his large family. George Oster loves to travel with his wife and children. But often these trips boil down to happy and pleasant trips to the homeland of the poet - to Yalta. From early childhood, the writer adores the Crimea. The azure sky, boundless distance, gentle wind and warm sun - this is all that the writer needs to have a good rest after hard working days and gain positive emotions after the gray rainy Moscow. We really hope that in the future the writer will please us with his bright satirical works.