Alexander Timofeevskiy


Alexander Pavlovich Timofeevskiy was a Russian writer, poet, songwriter and screenwriter.
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Life and career

Born in Moscow, at young age Timofeevskiy lived in Stalingrad, being there during the World War II when the German army besieged the city. After the war he graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and was enrolled in the scriptwriting department of the animation film studio Soyuzmultfilm.
In addition to his cinema works, Timofeevskiy wrote dozens of collections of poems, adult and children's books, radio plays and songs, notably the popular children's song "Песенка крокодила Гены". In 2020, he was awarded the for his book Кулинария эпохи застолья. He died in Moscow on 7 January 2022, at the age of 88.