Yuri Entin

Yuri Entin (born 1935) is a Soviet and Russian poet, lyricist, playwright and screenwriter, widely known for the songs he wrote for animated and feature films. He graduated from the history faculty of a pedagogical institute and the editing faculty of a polygraphic institute, worked as a school history teacher and librarian, and from 1962 to 1969 was chief editor of the children's department at the Melodiya record company. A freelance writer since 1969, he has written lyrics for composers including Gennady Gladkov, Vladimir Shainsky, Yevgeny Krylatov and Alexey Rybnikov, and received a Russian Presidential Prize in 2016.

August 21, 1935