“As the minutes slowly are passing by, don’t expect to meet with them again. Surely, we’re sad about the past, and yet, all the best is certainly ahead!…” (verses from “Goluboi Vagon” song)
Eduard Uspensky was born in the suburbs of Moscow in 1937.
The Great Patriotic War made his family to leave for the Urals, but as of 1944 Mr. Uspensky has lived in Moscow.
He studied in a Moscow school and was the best mathematician of the school, honored with many merit certificates.
Upon the school graduation, he entered the Moscow Aviation Institute where he joined the student theatre. The theatre toured around the country for many times. Being a senior man, Mr Uspensky started writing for the variety artists and publishing his works.
Upon graduation from the Institute, he was employed at a military plant. As he put it himself, his poor knowledge of the profession made a great contribution to the peace-making process.
Mr Uspensky left the plant in 1964. He made his living with the pen: his humor stories were published in many newspapers and magazines.
As of 1965, he is a children poet. 1966 saw his first popular story titled «Cricodile Ghena and his friends».