Vladislav Krapivin

Vladislav Krapivin was born in Tyumen on the 14th of October 1938 in the family of teachers. In 1956 he entered the journalist department at the Ural State University. While a student, he wrote for the newspaper ‘Evening Sverdlovsk’. For some years he worked as a journalist in the magazine ‘the Ural Pathfinder’.

In 1961 Krapivin organized a teenager team ‘Karavella’. Together with children the writer would practice journalism, build sailing boats, give lessons on fencing, organize tours and expeditions. In his contacts with children he proved an outstanding pedagogue who never put barriers between himself and his pupils. The pattern of the ‘Karavella’ team provoked great interest on the part of children and grown-ups from different parts of the country, and a lot of groups of the same type were organized.

The first book by Krapivin ‘ The Orion’s Trip’ was published in 1962 in Sverdlovsk. Two years later the author joined the Union of Writers of the USSR. Krapivin is the author of over 100 books. Among them are the novels ‘Islands and Captains’, ' A Baby- Crane and the Lightning’, ‘The Boy with a Rapier’, ‘A Dove-Cote on the Yellow Meadow’, ‘A Bag of Captain Ruhmb’, ‘ ‘The Boats’, ‘The Grandmother’s Grandson and His Brothers’, ‘A Blue City on the Sadovaya Street’, and over 40 stories and narratives. Some of the books have been screened, and some have been translated into different languages. Several generations of children have had a possibility to discover through Krapivin’s books a fine and truthful world, where friendship, fidelity, and love can work wonders.