Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Born
November 3, 1887
Died
July 4, 1964 (age 76)
Place of Birth
Voronezh, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also Known As
Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak
Самуил Яковлевич Маршак
С. Маршак
С. Я. Маршак
Samuil Marshak
Biography
Samuil Marshak was a Russian Jewish and Soviet writer, translator and children's poet. He translated the sonnets and some other of the works of William Shakespeare, English poetry (including poems for children), and poetry from other languages into Russian.
