Irina Tokmakova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Irina Tokmakova

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1929

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 05-Apr-2018

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, translator, children's writer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Irina Petrovna Tokmakova (née Manukova, 3 March 1929 — 5 April 2018) was a Soviet and Russian writer of children's books, a poet, playwright, and a translator of classic children's literature into Russian.
Her translations of Tove Jansson, Astrid Lindgren and Kenneth Grahame's works were particularly renowned.
She was a laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for children's literature, and the Alexander Grin literary prize.