Tatyana Mavrina
Tatyana Alekseyevna Mavrina (Russian: Татьяна Алексеевна Маврина; 7 December 1902 – 19 August 1996) was a Soviet artist and children's book illustrator. In 1976, she won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, an international award given to authors and illustrators who have made substantial contributions to children's literature. Up until 2018, she was the only Russian to win the award.
Also recorded as Tatyana Alekseyevna Mavrina · Tatyana Alekseevna Mavrina
Tatyana Mavrina
- Born
- 1900
- Died
- 1996
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russian Empire · Russia
- Occupation
- painter · children's writer · writer · illustrator · graphic artist · artist
- Fields
- illustration · book illustration
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Tatyana Alekseyevna Mavrina (Russian: Татьяна Алексеевна Маврина; 7 December 1902 – 19 August 1996) was a Soviet artist and children's book illustrator. In 1976, she won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, an international award given to authors and illustrators who have made substantial contributions to children's literature. Up until 2018, she was the only Russian to win the award.
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Life
She also was awarded the USSR State Prize in 1975 and the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) in 1981. Her illustrations for children mainly consisted of fairy tales and were in the style of the Russian lubok.
Mavrina was born Tatyana Lebedev on 7 December 1900 in Nizhny Novgorod. Her parents were Anastasia (née Mavrina) and Alexey Lebedev, both teachers. Her brother was Sergey Lebedev, creator of the first Soviet computer. From 1921 to 1929, she studied at Vkhutemas in Moscow. In 1930, she took her mother's maiden name, "Mavrina."
Death
Death
She died on 19 August 1996 in Moscow, and was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.
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1900
Tatyana Mavrina born at Nizhny Novgorod.
1996
Tatyana Mavrina died at Moscow.
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- 1.Nitusov, Alexander. Sergey Alekseevich Lebedev. Russian Virtual Computer Museum. Russian Virtual Computer Museum.
- 2.Nikolajeva, Maria. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Oxford University Press. 2006. 978-0-19-514656-1.
- 3.Gebel. Crossing Boundaries with Children's Books. Scarecrow Press. 373. 2006. 978-0-8108-5203-7.
- 4.Мазикина, Лилит. Татьяна Маврина: первая русская, получившая премию Андерсена. www.goodhouse.ru. 6 February 2020.
- 5.Кислицына, Ксения. Видеть ту же красоту, что была триста лет назад. gazeta.ru. Газета.Ru. 20 December 2017.
- 6.Татьяна Алексеевна Маврина. oldserdobsk.ru.
- 7.Бондаренко, Валерий. Цвет и тени Татьяны Мавриной. www.library.ru.
- 8.'Праздник жизни' Татьяны Мавриной. plyos.org.
- 9.Маврина Татьяна. gallerynazarov.ru.
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