birth_date: 1891-07-14 00:00:00
avg_rating: 4.24
name: Alexander Volkov
about: Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.He wrote several historical novels, but is mostly remembered for a series of children's books based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.The first of these books, The Wizard of the Emerald City, is a loose translation of the first Oz book, with chapters added, altered, or omitted, some names changed (for example, Dorothy becomes "Ellie" and Oz is renamed "Magic Land"), and several characters given personal names instead of generic ones. First published in 1939 in the Soviet Union, the book became quite popular; and in the 1960s Volkov also wrote his own sequels to the story. From 1963 to 1970, four more books in the series were published, with th Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.He wrote several historical novels, but is mostly remembered for a series of children's books based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.The first of these books, The Wizard of the Emerald City, is a loose translation of the first Oz book, with chapters added, altered, or omitted, some names changed (for example, Dorothy becomes "Ellie" and Oz is renamed "Magic Land"), and several characters given personal names instead of generic ones. First published in 1939 in the Soviet Union, the book became quite popular; and in the 1960s Volkov also wrote his own sequels to the story. From 1963 to 1970, four more books in the series were published, with the sixth and final story published posthumously in 1982. -----------Librarians Note:Also known as:-Alexander Volkov- Александр Мелентьевич Волков (Russian)- Aleksandr Melent'evič Volkov (scientific transliteration)Spellings:- Alexander or Alexandr- Melentyevich or Melentevich or Melentjewitsch- Volkov or Wolkov or WolkowThe German spelling is:Alexander Melentjewitsch Wolkowwhich also is the main-spelling at several biographies:- http://www.smaragdenstadt-fanpage.de/...- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexande...The English spelling is:Alexander Melentyevich Volkov :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexande... ...more
death_date: 1977-07-03 00:00:00