Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwriter and TV presenter.
10 Facts About Eduard Uspensky
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Eduard Uspensky's works have been translated into 25 languages and spawned around 60 cartoon adaptations.
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Eduard Uspensky was awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class in 1997.
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Eduard Uspensky's father Nikolai Mikhailovich Uspensky came from the city of Yelets and was a distant relative of Tikhon Khrennikov.
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Eduard Uspensky served as a high-ranking official in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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Eduard Uspensky's mother Natalia Alekseyevna Uspenskaya was an engineering technologist from Vyshny Volochyok.
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Besides writing and producing, Eduard Uspensky has enjoyed a professional role as a long-lasting figure in radio and television.
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Eduard Uspensky died of cancer on 14 August 2018 in his country house.
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Eduard Uspensky was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, plot 21.
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Eduard Uspensky continued with Uncle Fyodor in other books, which have not been as successful.