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Alexander Volkov introduced more Western fairy tale stylings to Soviet children with his loose translation of Frank L. Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published as The Wizard of the Emerald City, and then wrote a series of five sequels, creatively unaffiliated with Baum.
Moscow, Soviet Union. Alexander Melentyevich Volkov ( Russian: Александр Мелентьевич Волков [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr mʲɪˈlʲenʲtʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈvolkəf]; 14 June 1891 – 3 July 1977) was a Soviet novelist, playwright, university lecturer. He was an author of novels, short stories, plays and poems for children, mostly ...
Urfin Jus and his Wooden Soldiers (1963) The Wizard of the Emerald City ( Russian: Волшебник Изумрудного Города) is a 1939 children's novel by Russian writer Alexander Melentyevich Volkov. The book is a re-narration of L. Frank Baum 's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. [1] Baum's name is sometimes credited in the book (in ...
Volkov did indeed introduce new characters and new adventures, such as the escape from the “saber -toothed tigers” (Volkov 54-62) and the flood which leaves them stranded and
Sep 6, 2019 · In 1939, the same year that The Wizard of Oz premiered in US theaters, Aleksandr Volkov, a 48-year-old history teacher turned children’s book author in Moscow, published Magician of Emerald City, his adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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Alexander Melentyevich Volkov (Russian: Александр Мелентьевич Волков June 14, 1891 – July 3, 1977) was a Soviet novelist, playwright, university lecturer. Аuthor of novels, short stories, plays and poems for children, mostly remembered for Magic Land series of books based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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