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Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov (Russian: Пётр Па́влович Ершо́в; 6 March [O.S. 22 February] 1815 – 30 August [O.S. 18 August] 1869) was a Russian poet and author of the famous fairy-tale poem The Little Humpbacked Horse (Konyok-Gorbunok).
The Little Humpbacked Horse (Russian: Конёк-Горбуно́к, romanized: Konyok-Gorbunok) is a Russian literary fairy tale in verse by Pyotr Yershov written in 1830s and first published in 1834. Its protagonist is Ivan the Fool with his magical helper, little humpback horse.
Pyotr Yershov (Russian: Пётр Павлович Ершов, Polish: Piotr Jerszow) was a Russian poet, the author of the famous fairy-tale poem The Humpbacked Horse (konyok-gorbunok). Yershov published many lyrical verses, a drama called Suvorov and a Station Master, and several short stories, but none of these had the same success as The Humpbacked Horse.
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- April 30, 1869
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Pyotr Yershov may refer to: Pyotr Mikhaylovich Yershov (1910–1994), Russian theater director and art theoretician; Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov (1815–1869), Russian poet
Overview. Pyotr Yershov. (1815—1869) Quick Reference. (1815–1869), Russian writer. His only contribution to children's literature is a long narrative poem, The Little Humpbacked Horse (1834), based on a Russian chapbook. The title character is a magical ... From: Yershov, Pyotr in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature »
Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov was a Russian poet and author of the famous fairy-tale poem The Little Humpbacked Horse (Konyok-Gorbunok).
The Little Humpbacked Horse was initially written by Pyotr Yershov (1815– 1869) in 1834 while he was still attending university. Like many of his contemporaries, such as Aleksandr Pushkin (17991837), Yershov wrote his – fairytale in verses. Eventually, he became a high school teacher and later a school director in Tobolsk, Central Siberia.
