The Poet and the Hangman

by Korney Chukovsky, R.W. Rotsel (Translator)

English, Russian (translation)

95 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1922

About the author

Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (Russian: Корней Иванович Чуковский) was one of the most popular children's poets in the Russian language. His catchy rhythms, inventive rhymes and absurd characters have invited comparisons with the American children's author Dr. Seuss. Chukovsky's poems Tarakanishche ("The Monster Cockroach"), Krokodil ("The Crocodile"), Telefon ("The Telephone") and Moydodyr ("Wash-'em-Clean") have been favorites with many generations of Russophone children. Lines from his poems, in particular Telefon, have become universal catch-phrases in the Russian media and everyday conversation. He adapted the Doctor Dolittle stories into a book-length Russian poem as Doktor Aybolit ("Dr. Ow-It-Hurts"), and translated a substantial portion of the Mother Goose canon into Russian as Angliyskiye Narodnyye Pesenki ("English Folk Rhymes"). He was also an influential literary critic and essayist. (from: wikipedia)

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Reviews

[Majestativa]

I now hold in my hand
The wreath of love, the wreath of absolution.

[Bryan · Rating 1 out of 5]

the best part about this book is getting to see how today's rap stars are simply carrying on a long-lived tradition by rapping about how much other rap stars suck. these russian poets totally rip on each other in public, lol. they write all these poems about how so-and-so is a douche and basically just have beef with each other, it's kind of hilarious.