Samuil Marshak
Writing
Born
3 November 1887 (138)
Place of Birth
Voronezh, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also known as
Samuil Yakovlevich 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.
