Living as life. About Russian. Chukovsky K.I.

Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky - a great domestic writer, poet, publicist, literary critic, translator, literary critic and journalist. Honorary Doctor of Literature of Oxford University (1962). The most published in the Soviet Union and Russia, the author of children's literature, poems, fairy tales and translations of which have become a classic. Korney Chukovsky is also widely known for his critical and literary works and translations.

The book “Living as Life” is one of the significant works of Russian literature of the 20th century, which is a collection of articles on the problems of the modern Russian language. In it, the author considers various aspects of our language: spelling, grammar, vocabulary, style and other literary norms; analyzes errors that are often found in speech; And offers its options for correcting these errors. One of the main ideas of the book is the need to preserve the purity of the Russian language and its traditions. Korney Chukovsky criticizes the use of foreign words and expressions in the Russian language, believing that they distort it. However, he also admits that the Russian language should develop and adapt to new conditions.

The preface from Pavel Kryuchkov, the largest researcher of the work of Korney Chukovsky in Russia, leading researcher at the Gmirley department named after V.I. Dalya "House-Museum K.I. Chukovsky ”, and the famous dictionary“ cannot speak ” /“ we must say. ”