Postnikov writer biography

In the city, he dreamed of the work of the detective. But for admission to the Faculty of Law, production experience was then necessary, so Postnikov got a job at the Prosecutor's Office of the Kuibyshevsky district of Moscow - the secretary.

In the year he was drafted into the army. Having served two years in the communications troops, Valentin was demobilized and entered the law faculty of the Moscow Institute of Politics and Law. However ... "... quite quickly I realized that the detective of me is unlikely to succeed, although I decided to graduate from the institute. But then dad's genes woke up in me. In the second year of the institute, I began to compose fairy tales; Composed and read - to friends, acquaintances, beloved girl.

They liked my tales, and one fine day I thought: why don't I try to become a professional storyteller like my dad? There are hereditary doctors, teachers, military and even actors. Why can't there be a hereditary storyteller? I thought so much about it that once I dreamed about my father and said that I must write a continuation of his book. I said: "Dad, I do not know how to write books." And he answered me: "Do not worry, I will help you." In the morning I put his photo on the desk and began to write.

So, together, we wrote my first book "New Adventures of the Pencil and Samodelkin." Since childhood, I loved these heroes so much that I really wanted to write at least one fairy tale about them. ” The fabulous story “New Adventures of a pencil and Samodelkin” was published in the year, and in the year received the title of “Best Book of the Year”. Thus began the official creative biography of the writer.

Valentin Postnikov plays sports, actively maintains accounts on social networks. The writer communicates a lot and often with his readers, holds creative meetings in schools and libraries. Family wife is Olga Krylova, the main artist of the magazine 7 days. Children - son Semyon and daughter Agatha education Moscow Institute of Politics and Law Literary Institute named after The author wrote more than 30 books, and for kids who love audio slides, he recorded about 20 radio performances.

The awards and prizes laureate of the Prize of the Ministry of Culture of Russia “The Best Children's Writer” Laureate of the Golden Feather of Russia Prize, the Laureate of the Aurika Prize “Eureka” social networks: interesting facts in the hospitable house of Postnikov were often gathered by famous children's writers and artists. Often, the artist Viktor Chizhikov came to visit, the one who painted the Olympic bear in the year.

The author, being small, even sat on the knees of the queen of children's writers Astrid Lindgren. When Valentina was only 5 years old, he drew a drawing “Tigerok on Sunflower”, which took the 1st place at the competition of children's drawings. It was published in the magazine "Funny Pictures", and the children's writer Yuri Koval composed a fairy tale to him, according to which the cartoon was later removed, he was voiced by Evgeny Leonov.

Years later, already in adulthood, Valentine wrote a continuation of amazing adventures and dedicated him to his father’s memory, Yuri Druzhkov. The greatest hobby of Valentin Postnikova is travel. He traveled almost half the world. The impressions of these travels often form the basis of new books, the heroes of which go into distant wanderings. In the year, “Pencil and Samodelkin” marks 60 years!

And 30 years of the creative activity of Valentina Postnikova. New items