Sofya Abramovna Mogilevskaya (1903-1981), Russian Soviet writer, author of stories for children and youth
Sofia devoted about fifty years of her life to children's literature, writing over fifty different works - stories, stories, fairy tales, scientific and educational books for preschool, younger, middle and older children. Her works, popular during the life of the author, continue to be published and read at the present time.
Sofya Abramovna Mogilevskaya was a native Muscovite. She was born into the family of a famous musician and, at the request of her parents, was preparing to become a pianist. She did not become a pianist, but fell in love with music for life. She has such an excellent book about music as Cello Santa Teresa. In addition to music, which Sofya Abramovna studied for a long time and seriously, she was fond of literature. In early childhood, she even tried to write, imitating her favorite writers. Then work in the newspaper, the first experiments in literature for children. Then "Camp on an Ice Floe" - a story about the Chelyuskin people, "Chapaenok" and "Mark of the Country of Gondeloupe." And the "Stamp of the Country of Gondeloupe" came out in 1941 and was sold even when the war began - the Great Patriotic War.