Samuil Marshak

Writing•Born November 3, 1887•Died July 4, 1964 (age 76)•Voronezh, Russian Empire [now Russia]

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.