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This tale by an Italian writer was extremely popular in the USSR. And currently this is one of the most popular books for children's reading.

The famous children's writer, storyteller and journalist Gianni Rodari was born in Italy (in the town of Omegna) in 1920. His full name is Giovanni Francesco Rodari.

The family of baker Giuseppe Rodari had three boys: Gianni, Cesare and Mario. The father died early, and the children grew up in their mother’s native village, Varesotto.
The future journalist and writer grew up as a sickly and weak boy. He was interested in music and reading. After graduating from the seminary, at the age of 17 he began teaching at primary school. During World War II, Rodari was released from service due to poor health.
Initially he was interested in the ideas of fascism, but after the imprisonment of his brother Cesare in a German concentration camp, as well as other circumstances, he reconsidered his views and became a member of the Resistance Movement. In 1944 he joined the Italian Communist Party.

Since 1948, Rodari worked as a journalist for the communist newspaper Unita and also wrote for children. His most famous work, “The Adventures of Cipollino,” was published in 1951. The tale was published in Russian translation by Zlata Potapova, edited by Samuil Marshak, in 1953.
J. Rodari visited the USSR several times.
In 1970 he received the Hans Christian Andersen Prize, after which he gained worldwide fame.
Many of J. Rodari’s poems for children were translated into Russian by S. Marshak, Y. Akim, I. Konstantinova.
Gianni Rodari died of a serious illness on April 14, 1980 in Rome.

"The Adventures of Cipollino" (1951)

Plot summary

Cipollino is an onion boy. He lived in a large onion family: mom, dad Cipollone and 7 brothers: Cipolletto, Cipollotto, Cipolloccia, Cipolluccia, etc. The family was poor, lived in a house the size of wooden box for seedlings on the very outskirts of the city.
One day, the ruler of the country, Prince Lemon, decided to visit this place.

The court lemon soldiers urgently began to spray the outskirts with cologne and perfume to destroy the smell of onions. During the stampede, old Cipollone accidentally crushed the ruler’s thin crooked leg with a callus. For this he was captured and thrown into prison. When Cipollino got a meeting with his father, he learned that it was not criminals who were in prison in the country, but only decent and honest people. His father advised Cipollino to go around the world and learn his wits. Cipollino entrusted his mother and his brothers to his uncle, tied his things in a bundle and hit the road.
In one of the villages, he met old man Pumpkin, who was sitting in a brick box - this was his house, for the construction of which he had saved money all his life and collected 118 bricks. Cipollino began asking godfather Pumpkin about his life, but then the residents began to hide in their homes - Signor Tomato came out of the carriage.

He announced to his godfather Pumpkin that he had built his “palace” illegally on the land of the landowners Countesses Vishen. Pumpkin objected, Cipollino defended him. And then Signor Tomato asked him why he wasn’t working. The boy replied that he was studying - studying scammers. Signor Tomato became interested, and then Cipollino brought a mirror to Signor Tomato. He realized that the boy was mocking him and became furious. He grabbed Cipollino by the hair and began to shake him. Immediately tears came to his eyes from the bow, and he hurried away.
Master Vinogradinka invited Cipollino to work as an apprentice in his workshop. And people flocked to him from everywhere.

He met Professor Pear, who played a violin made from a pear; with the gardener Luk Leek, on whose mustache his wife dried clothes in sunny weather; with a family of centipedes.
Signor Tomato again visited the village with a dozen lemon soldiers and the guard dog Mastino. They forcibly pushed poor old Pumpkin out of his house, where they moved watchdog. But Cipollino dissolved a sleeping pill in water and gave it to the thirsty dog to drink. When he fell asleep, Cipollino took him to the park of Countesses Cherry.
But everyone was now afraid of Signor Tomato’s revenge. The house was carefully loaded onto a cart, transported into the forest and left under the supervision of Cherniki's godfather.
And at that time two guests arrived at the estate of the countesses of Cherry - Baron Orange and Duke Mandarin. Baron Orange ate all the supplies of his peasants, then he ate all the trees of his gardens, then he began to sell his lands and buy food. When he had nothing left, he asked to visit one of the Countesses Vishen.

Baron Orange had a huge belly and could not move on his own. Therefore, they had to assign servants to him with a wheelbarrow on which his belly was transported. The Duke of Mandarin also caused a lot of trouble. He was very greedy. So he acted out suicide scenes. Countesses Cherries gave Signor Mandarin jewelry, silk shirts, etc. to distract him from bad thoughts. Because of these troubles, the Countesses of Cherries were in a terrible mood.
At this time, Signor Tomato was urgently reported about the disappearance of Pumpkin's house. Signor Tomato sent soldiers to quell the riot. Almost all the village residents were arrested. Cipollino and the girl Radish ran away from the soldiers.
The nephew of the countesses Vishenka, the boy Vishenka, lived extremely lonely among luxury. One day he saw village children running along the road with backpacks on their backs. He asked his aunts to send him to school. But he was a count! His aunts assigned him a teacher, Signor Petrushka. But the teacher turned out to be a terrible bore: he hung notices everywhere with prohibitions. One day, just on the day of the arrests, Cherry saw Cipollino and Radish behind the fence.

The children became friends. But Signor Tomato heard their cheerful laughter and forbade Cherry to be friends with the poor.

The boy Cherry was very upset and cried constantly. But they laughed at him. Only the maid Zemlyanichka sincerely felt sorry for Cherry. Soon Cherry developed a fever. He began repeating the names Cipollino and Radish. Everyone decided that the child was delirious and invited doctors. But they couldn't help Cherry. Then Strawberry Shortcake invited the poor but truthful Doctor Chestnut. He said that Cherry has melancholy and needs communication with other children. For these words, Doctor Chestnut was kicked out of the castle.
Cipollino was finally captured and thrown into the darkest and deepest cell found in the Countess Vishen prison. But by chance he met the Mole, who was digging a new tunnel. Cipollino persuaded Mole to dig a new underground corridor leading towards the dungeon where his friends were. Mole agreed.
When Signor Tomato discovered that Cipollino's cell was empty, he became furious. He sank down onto the bench in frustration; the cell door slammed shut from a gust of wind. The tomato was locked. At this time, Cipollino and Mole reached their friends’ cell. The familiar voices and sighs of Pumpkin’s godfather could already be heard. But then Master Grape lit a match, and Mole hated the light. He abandoned Cipollino and his friends.
Cherry learned that Signor Tomato carries the keys to the dungeon in his stocking pocket. He slept in stockings. Cherry asked Zemlyanichka to bake a very tasty chocolate cake and give him sleeping pills. The tomato ate the cake with pleasure and began snoring. So Cherry and Strawberry released all the prisoners. In the morning, Tomato gave an urgent telegram to Prince Lemon that unrest had broken out in the castle of Countesses Cherry.
Then there were many adventures, but the struggle with the rich rulers ended in the victory of the poor. Prince Lemon, seeing the Banner of Freedom, went to the once abandoned dunghill. Countesses Cherries immediately left somewhere. Signor Pea also left the country. Beans stopped serving Baron Orange, pushing the wheelbarrow with his belly. And without Beans, the baron could not leave his place. Therefore, Orange soon lost weight. As soon as he was able to move, he tried to beg. But he was immediately shamed and advised to work as a loader at the station. Now he is slim. Duke Mandarin did not work, but settled down with Orange and began to live at his expense. Good Orange could not refuse him. Signor Petrushka became the castle's guard. Godfather Pumpkin got a job as a gardener in this castle. And his student was Signor Tomato - however, before that, Tomato had to serve several years in prison. Master Vinogradinka was elected chairman of the village. The castle was handed over to the children. It housed a school, a creativity room, playrooms and other rooms for children.

Analysis of the tale by G. Rodari “The Adventures of Cipollino”

The fairy tale at all times and among all peoples has expressed the dream of the triumph of justice and hope for a better future.
In the fabulous fruit, berry and vegetable country of J. Rodari, everything that grows right on the ground is the people: Cipollino, Leek, Pumpkin, Strawberry, Blueberry. But the gentleman Tomato has already risen above the earth and the people and is oppressing them. Lawyer Pea clings to everything with his antennae, just to climb higher, and turns out to be a traitor. Countess Cherries, Baron Orange, Duke Mandarin - all these fruits grow on trees, they have risen high, completely cut off from their native soil, what do they care about the troubles and suffering of those who live below on earth? Life in this country was not easy for the people, because Prince Lemon was the ruler there. Is it really possible sweet life with lemon?
Cipollino is a cheerful and smart onion boy. All the characters in the fairy tale are vegetables or fruits: godfather Pumpkin, shoemaker Grape, lawyer Peas, girl Radish, boy Cherry, music professor Pear, old Chipolla, etc. The author said that in this fairy-tale garden society, as in life, social antagonisms operate: modest “honest citizens” are oppressed by the evil and greedy Signor Tomato, the arrogant Prince Lemon with his army of Limonchiks, and the proud Countesses Cherries.
But Rodari was confident that society could be transformed in favor of ordinary working people, and through the efforts of the people themselves. Cipollino led the process.
When his father Cipolla and the entire poor garden brethren were put into prison by Signor Tomato on the orders of Prince Lemon, the cheerful Cipollino went on a journey to “learn wisdom” and to thoroughly “study swindlers and rogues.” He finds loyal friends (the clever girl Radish, the kind and smart boy Cherry) and with their help frees his father and other prisoners from prison. Then the entire vegetable village drives its tormentors and parasites Tomato, Lemon and Cherry into prison, and the castle of the evil countesses turns into a cheerful Children's Palace, where the garden kids, led by Cipollino, go to play and study.
I would like to end the article with the words of Cipollino: “In this world it is quite possible to live in peace, there is enough space for everyone on Earth.”

"The Adventures of Cipollino" in other forms of art

In 1961, the Soviet full-length hand-drawn animated film “Chipollino” was shot. The music for the cartoon, written by Karen Khachaturyan, 12-13 years later served as the basis for the ballet of the same name.

In 1974, based on the fairy tale by Gianni Rodari, an eccentric musical comedy directed by Tamara Lisitsian was filmed at the Mosfilm studio. The leading roles were played by famous actors V. Basov, Rina Zelenaya, G. Vitsin and others. Tamara Lisitsian, who worked for some time in Italy, was personally acquainted with Gianni Rodari.

Here we follow the life of Cipollino (Italian - onion) and his friends: godfather Pumpkin, Professor Pear, godfather Blueberry, Parsley, Strawberry and others who fight the tyrant Prince Lemon, the Countesses Cherries and the castle manager Signor Tomato.

Like many other fairy tales, this story is an allegory and talks about people. In reality, this tale is about the relationship between rich and poor, rulers and subordinates, about freedom and justice.

The tale is written in a humorous style, so that even the evil characters here seem funnier than they should be. This is a children's fairy tale in which the author tried to explain important life issues in a language that children can understand. With the help of “Cipollino” he wanted to talk about freedom and that it should be treasured, because it is so easy to lose.

The plot of this story takes place in a fairy tale world where each character is associated with a fruit or vegetable. The time when the events of the fairy tale took place also did not exist in reality, since the castles railways, bicycles, carriages exist in one period.

Genre: fairy tale

Time: fictional

Place: fictional

Cipollino retelling

Prince Lemon was about to come to the city where a big parade was to take place. Old Cipollone was in the crowd that was awaiting the prince's arrival, but someone accidentally pushed him and he stepped on Prince Lemon's foot. Cipollone was arrested and sent to prison for the rest of his days.

His son Cipollino came to visit him. There he learned that the prison was designed in such a way that all the murderers and robbers who should have been locked up were now on parade, while the innocent and honest people were in prison.

Cipollino learned a lot from his father and therefore he decided to become a good boy. His father told him to go and live in this huge world, but beware of bad people, but added that you can learn something from everyone, even from a bad person.

And Cipollino decided to follow his father’s advice. In the nearest village he met godfather Pumpkin, who was insulted by Signor Tomato. Cipollino decided to protect him and told Signor Tomato everything he thought about him. Signor Tomato wanted to punish him for this and pulled Cipollino by the hair, tearing out some of it. The smell of onions began to spread around, which is why Signor Tomato's tears involuntarily flowed and he ran away. Godfather Pumpkin was so delighted with Cipollino that he decided to hire him.

Signor Tomato wanted revenge, so he returned with several guards and threw godfather Pumpkin out of his house. He also tied a dog to the house so that it would scare away children with its menacing appearance. When Signor Tomato left, Cipollino put the dog to sleep and took it to its owners in the castle. Before leaving the dog, he petted it and disappeared. Godfather Pumpkin was too excited to return home.

All the villagers were afraid of Signor Tomato, so they decided to move to the forest. They placed their houses there, and godfather Blueberry guarded them. He placed bells on doors and messages for thieves. Thieves came and went, and all meetings ended in friendship.

When Baron Orange ate all the money he had, he became poor. Baron Orange decided to contact his cousin, Senior Countess Cherry, who invited him to her castle. At the same time, the younger Countess Cherry received her cousin. Both cousins angered the countesses, but they took their anger out on their innocent nephew. Only the maid Zemlyanichka consoled him.

Signor Tomato noticed that Pumpkin's godfather's house was missing. With the help of officers he borrowed from the prince, he arrested everyone. Only Leek and Cipollino were able to escape.

Cipollino, with the help of the girl Radish, decided to investigate the situation in the castle so that they could develop a plan and free the prisoners.

The next day, Cipollino and Radish went to the castle, where they befriended Cherry, the duchesses' nephew, despite the fact that he was forbidden to communicate with the villagers. Cherry was so happy to have new friends that for the first time in a long time, laughter could be heard in the castle.

The cheerful laughter was heard by Signor Tomato, who headed into the garden to find out what was happening. He saw three friends together and recognized Cipollino among them. Signor Tomato screamed, and Cipollino and Radish began to run away. Then Signor Tomato started yelling at Cherry, who was very sad. Not because Signor Tomato screamed, but because he was not as free as his friends.

Cherry got sick from sadness. Four doctors examined him, but none of them could tell what had happened to him. Then they decided to call Kashtan, the doctor who treated the poor. Chestnut concluded that Cherry suffered from sadness and loneliness, and the only cure was spending time with friends. No one in the castle believed such a diagnosis, so Kashtan was driven away.

When the villagers were arrested, they were thrown into a basement filled with mice. The mice attacked them and stole all the candles, leaving the prisoners in the dark. The mice were already ready to launch their next attack, but the villagers began to make cat-like sounds, which scared the mice away.

At the same time, the prisoners realized that the walls had ears. Their cell was connected by a secret listening device to Signor Tomato's room, so he could hear everything the villagers said.

Strawberry helped Cipollino contact the prisoners through this secret device. She conveyed Cipollino's message to them and gave them several candles and matches.

The mice attacked again, but the prisoners fought back. The leader of the mice decided to punish his subordinates for their failure by killing every tenth mouse soldier.

Cipollino was having a secret meeting with Strawberry Shortcake and Radish when they were attacked by a dog. She caught Cipollino and reported this to Signor Tomato. Signor Tomato locked Cipollino in a secret hole.

By chance, a Mole fell into Cipollino's hole. After a friendly conversation, the Mole continued digging underground tunnels. Cipollino followed him after Signor Tomato came to hang him.

The mole dug tunnels to other prisoners so that Cipollino could talk to them. The Mole agreed to dig another underground passage so that the prisoners could escape. But someone lit a match, which scared the Mole, and he ran away, leaving the prisoners in a dead end.

Strawberry told Cherry that Cipollino went to prison. Cherry was very saddened by this news, but still, he stopped crying and decided to help his friends. Together with Zemlyanichka they came up with a great plan. They sent Signor Tomato a pie that contained sleeping powder. Signor Tomato was so insatiable that he ate the whole pie and immediately fell asleep.

Strawberry took his keys to free the prisoners. But first, Strawberry Shorthair told the guards that the prisoners had escaped, sending them to hunt for non-existent fugitives while the real prisoners were actually escaping.

When Signor Tomato woke up and saw the empty prison, he decided to ask Prince Lemon and his guards for help. The next day, Prince Lemon and his guards arrived in the village and arrested Pea and Leek.

The guards went to the castle, where they began to destroy everything. They insulted all the inhabitants of the castle, but most of all Leek, since Prince Lemon wanted him to tell where the rest of his friends were and where they were hiding godfather Pumpkin's house.

Leek remained silent and was sent to prison. Then they decided to interrogate Goroshka’s lawyer. But he was as hard as the Leek. Soon Pea was joined by Signor Tomato, who was also sentenced to hang.

Pea was too friendly with Signor Tomato, and told him too much information about the location of Pumpkin's godfather's house. Signor Tomato wanted to use this to his advantage by telling Prince Lemon everything. He hoped it would save his life.

The gallows were erected on main square, and everything was ready for the execution of Pea. They had already tightened the noose around his neck, and he fell into the hatch. But soon Goroshek heard that someone was telling Cipollino that he should cut the rope.

The backstory began with what Zemlyanichka told Radish, and she, in turn, told Cipollino about the execution of Pea. Cipollino found the Mole, and he dug an underground tunnel to the gallows.

Cipollino waited until Pea fell through the hatch, and then cut the rope around Pea's neck, thereby saving his life. Then they ran to the underground chamber where the others were hidden. Peas told about Signor Tomato's betrayal, and Cipollino hurried to godfather Blueberry to try to save godfather Pumpkin's house, but, unfortunately, he did not have time.

Prince Lemon and the rest of his group hired Mr. Markow to help capture the escaped prisoners. Mr. Markow imagined that he was looking for dangerous pirates, but in fact he was following a dead-end path, which Radish sent him to, thereby trying to protect his friends.

Eventually, Mr. Markow and his dog were caught in a trap and left hanging from a tree. At the same time, Cipollino became friends with Bear, whose parents were at the zoo. They decided to visit them, and when the sun set, the bear put Cipollino on his back and headed to the city where that zoo was located.

Upon arrival, they were helped by the Elephant, and there they also met many animals who spent their nights thinking about their native lands.

But when Bear's parents were released from the cage, they had problems. The seal heard them, and his hostility towards bears played a role. The guards heard him and locked all four in cages.

In the end, Cherry freed Cipollino, and together they hurried to the train. It was a train consisting of only one carriage, the seats in it only had windows, and there were also shelves for fat people. The driver of this locomotive was strange man, stopping in every meadow to pick flowers. As they passed the forest, the woodcutter freed Mr. Markow and his dog after three days of captivity.

After that the game began. Everyone is looking for everyone. Mr. Markow continued the investigation, the guards were looking for him, Prince Lemon was looking for his guards, Mr. Grape and his friends were looking for Cipollino, Cipollino was looking for Grape, and Mole was looking for everyone.

Duke Mandarin and Baron Orange were in the castle with the servants. Duke Mandarin decided to find the hidden treasure in the cellar, and he took with him Baron Orange, who was a great lover of wine. They were both greedy and they both wanted the same bottle, which was actually the key that opened the secret door. When they pulled this bottle, the door opened, and Cipollino and his friends came out of the opened passage. They captured the castle, locked Duke Mandarin in his room, and left Baron Orange in the basement because he was too drunk.

Some of Cipollino's friends became scared because they had no weapons or strategy and they thought that these two were the key to victory. Everyone went to bed, and their enemies made themselves a tent in the forest and also decided to rest. Signor Tomato looked towards the castle and realized that someone from inside was signaling him. It was Duke Mandarin. Signor Tomato decided to find out what happened there. When he came closer, the dog by the fence told him everything. Signor Tomato told everything to Prince Lemon, and they decided to attack the castle early in the morning.

In the morning the battle began. Something huge and never seen before rolled down the hill from the castle and swept the army away. It was Baron Orange who managed to escape, but accidentally rolled down the hill. The remnants of the army attacked again. The problem was that Pea told Signor Tomato valuable information, and thus the army managed to enter the castle and arrest Cipollino. In prison, Cipollino met his father, who consoled him by saying that time spent in prison allows him to think about things he had never thought about before. In response, Cipollino promised that he would get his father out of prison.

With the help of the postman spider, Cipollino sketched the prison and sent three letters. One of them was for his father, one for the Mole and one for Cherry. But the mailman spider failed to deliver one of the letters, and Cipollino began to fall into despair.

The postman spider went through many adventures on his way to the castle. He met one of his cousins, who decided to accompany him to the castle. However, when crossing one of the paths, a large chicken swallowed the spider, but he was able to throw the mail to his brother, who delivered the last letter.

You could walk around in prison, but everyone had to walk only in circles. One of the prisoners, taking the chance, jumped into the hole made by the Mole and continued to escape through the underground tunnels. The guard who was supposed to keep an eye on them was not very good at mathematics, so he was unable to correctly count the number of prisoners. He didn't even realize that they were disappearing one after another. When everyone disappeared, the guard himself jumped up and ran away.

Prince Lemon decided to hold horse races, so he thought he would distract people from important issues. Suddenly, during the race, Cipollino and Mole appeared, who accidentally chose the wrong path. Cipollino took the chance, grabbed Prince Lemon's whip and hit him three times. Behind him, the rest of the former prisoners began to run out. Prince Lemon was so scared that he began to run away, but ended up in the trash.

Signor Tomato at the same time gathered the rest of the people and announced a law according to which the poor must pay a tax on snow, rain, fog and everything else. He tried to make them believe that with taxes they could restore financial situation castle

Prince Lemon still managed to get out of the garbage and headed to the castle. The storm stopped, but Prince Lemon was not happy with this, because he wanted a storm so strong that he would not have to deal with people.

Signor Tomato had already begun to fear a revolution that no one could believe in. Everyone was watching everyone, so they did not notice the flag that Cipollino hung in the castle.

Signor Tomato went to the castle to remove the flag, but was unable to get through the door because it was too thick. But then he again ran into Cipollino and again pulled out some of his hair and started crying again. He would have drowned in a sea of his own tears if Cipollino had not saved him.

When Prince Lemon saw the flag, he tried to hide in the trash, hoping no one would find it. Besides him, Duke Mandarin and both countesses left the castle. School and play room for children were open in the castle.

Characters: Cipollino, Strawberry, godfather Pumpkin, Grape, Prince Lemon, Signor Tomato, Peas, Countess Cherries, Baron Orange, Chestnut, Mr. Carrot, Spider, Mole….

Character Analysis

Chipollino –main character fairy tales He is a little onion, and when his father was arrested for no apparent reason and sent to prison for life, Cipollino was greatly disappointed and decided to go wandering. His father gave him a lot of important advice. His appearance not described in a fairy tale. He is funny, smart and always ready to help. He was brave when he had to argue with Signor Tomato. His goodwill gives him the strength to believe that every problem has a solution. He quickly makes friends and has many like-minded people who help him achieve justice. He is kind and behaves well with good people, but makes the bad ones cry.

Cherry, nephew of the duchesses - he lost his parents, and the duchesses took care of him, or should I say took their anger out on him. He studied a lot and everything else was forbidden to him, so he longed for friendship and freedom. When he met Cipollino and Radish, he was so impressed by the feeling of friendship that he always wanted to be with them. He is shown to be a very brave person because he always helps his friends in need.

Strawberry - Cherry's friend and maid in the castle. She is noble, loyal, witty and one of the leaders in the fight for justice.

Kum Pumpkin – an old man, when he was young, he wanted to build his own house. He built it all his life, and was forced to starve in order to have enough supplies to build the house. The house was small, but it was enough for him. He was not very ambitious, and was always happy with everything he had.

Grape - he was a shoemaker and loved mathematics. He admired Cipollino, who stood up to Signor Tomato.

Prince Lemon - the ruler of this country. He was yellow and wore a bell on the top of his hat. He was arrogant and always ready to fight. He believed that he was a great leader. He mistreats animals and beats them. Prince Lemon was always waiting for someone else to do his job. Everyone tried to please him, although his requests were sometimes ridiculous.

Signor Tomato – he was the steward of the castle where the countesses of Cherries lived. He was stingy and always shifted his problems onto those who were weaker than him. He had evil eyes and a round, red face. When he found himself in prison, he realized how noble Cipollino was, but this insight did not last long. He soon became selfish again and did everything he could to get out of prison.

Peas – advocate. He covered for Signor Tomato when needed. But when he realized that Signor Tomato was only using him, he turned his back on him. He always tries to be with those people with whom he is more profitable.

Countess Cherries – very rich, own many houses and almost the entire village. Both are widows and their cousins often visit them. They are stingy and often take out their anger on others.

Baron Orange - owner of a huge belly, likes to drink and eat a lot. He became poor because he ate all his property. Even if he wished well to everyone, his true intentions did not surface as he was always thinking about food.

Duke Mandarin – Unlike Baron Orange, who loved to eat, the Duke loved various things and was very greedy. He even said that he would kill himself if he didn't get what he wanted.

Mole – doesn't like the light, but besides that he helped the prisoners.

Mister Carrot - detective who searches for escaped prisoners.

Spider - he was a prison postman. He always takes his work seriously, has some problems walking, but never quits his job.

Gianni Rodari biography

Gianni Rodari is an Italian writer, born in 1920 in a small town in northern Italy, in Omegna.

Although he is known as a children's writer, he began writing children's books by accident. Many people consider him the most important children's writer in Italy.

Started working as a teacher in elementary school. But in the Second World War began working as a journalist for the newspaper Unita. At this time he wrote his first children's work.

After 1950, he decided to continue writing children's books, which were translated into many countries. foreign languages, but very few - on English language. His most famous works: “Cipollino”, “Book of Children’s Poems”, “Journey of the Blue Arrow”, “Jeep on TV”...

In 1953 he married Maria Teresa Ferretti, and in 1957 he had only daughter– Paola Rodari. That same year, he became a professional journalist after passing the exam.

In 1970 he received the Hans Christian Anderson Prize. This award in literature is the highest recognition for children's book authors.

His health deteriorated after a trip to Russia. He died in 1980 in Rome.

“I am the cheerful Cipollino!”

In 1948 Rodari became a journalist in newspaper "Unita" and began writing books for children. In 1951 D. Rodari published the first collection of poems - "Book of funny poems" . Amazing stories came out from the writer’s pen one after another. "fun as a toy" . A funny game is the basis of any story Gianni Rodari . The author was able to talk about the most complex and difficult things both seriously and cheerfully. Well, who else would have thought of turning a terrible atomic mushroom into... a cake flying through the sky!

Books Rodari sparkle with fun and fantasy, and at the same time they reflect real life. Finding yourself on a mysterious Planet New Year trees or in Country of Liars , the reader still feels that he is in Italy - a wonderful country where resilient people live beautiful people with the sun in your heart. Captivating children into the wonderful world of fantasy, D. Rodari never hid from them and real life- complex, full of both light and joy, and injustice and grief.

Books Gianni Rodari translated into dozens of languages and known all over the world. His poems, for example, reached the Russian reader in translations Samuil Marshak And Yakov Akim . It's not easy to translate poetry. And poems for children - even more so. But the essays Rodari In Russia we were lucky - they were translated by wonderful poets. “Only those poets who live a common life with the people and speak their language are able to compose poems worthy of standing next to folk songs and rhymes. This is the kind of poet I imagine Gianni Rodari to be.” , - admitted S. Marshak . It was he who revealed the wonderful Italian poet and storyteller to the Russian reader.

In 1970, the Italian writer was awarded the most honorable international prize in the field of children's literature - Hans Christian Andersen medals . Receiving the award, the writer said: “I think that fairy tales - old and modern - help develop the mind. Fairy tales contain thousands of hypotheses. Fairy tales can give us clues to enter into reality in new ways. They open the world to the child and teach him how to transform it...” . Let's remember this wise lesson from the cheerful teacher - Gianni Rodari .

Named after the writer asteroid 2703 Rodari, opened in 1979.

And his favorite hero Cipollino continues to live on the pages of books and sing the love of freedom and justice.

The Adventures of Cipollino

Book "The Adventures of Cipollino" saw the light in 1953. This work gained especially wide popularity in Russia, where a cartoon was made based on it in 1961, and then a fairy tale film "Chipollino" , Where Gianni Rodari starred as himself.

They say when Gianni Rodari came with my daughter Paolina to Russia, the girl unexpectedly saw familiar characters in the window of a toy store - Cipollino, Signora Tomato, Prince Lemon. The writer was very pleased: his childhood dream came true - the heroes of the book turned into toys! And this happened in a country that Rodari loved it very much. Isn't this a fairy tale?

Pedigree Cipollino(like our Pinocchio) could probably be told from a restless, cheerful Pinocchio- the hero of a famous Italian fairy tale Carlo Collodi . It doesn’t matter that one boy was made of wood, and the other of onions, although this partly determines the properties of each of them. Wooden Pinocchio, for example, he defended himself from his enemies with strong wooden legs and kicked them very painfully. Onion Cipollino made his enemies cry, and Signora Tomato even roar with rage and choke on tears from your powerlessness in front of the boy. The similarity of the heroes lies in the fact that both have learned to overcome thousands of different adversities. True, sometimes Cipollino puts such a burden on his shoulders that not every adult can handle. But at the same time, the writer does not forget for a minute that his main character is a boy and he must behave according to his age.

Cipollino gained great popularity in our country. IN magazine "Funny pictures" he became a member Club of cheerful men , consisting of famous characters from children's books and films.

Heritage Gianni Rodari so rich and so useful for children that he himself, in the preface to one of his collections, expresses the desire that his work “hundreds of thousands of children swallowed, ate, digested with excellent appetite, and therefore he wishes his readers “Bon appetit!” .

Theater productions

"Chipollino" (1974) - ballet in three acts, world premiere in Kiev State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after. T. G. Shevchenko , composer - Karen Khachaturyan , libretto Gennady Rykhlova , choreographer - Genrikh Mayorov , artist Alla Kirichenko , conductor Konstantin Eremenko .

"Chipollino"(1977) - ballet in three acts, premiered in Bolshoi Theater , composer - Karen Khachaturyan , libretto - Gennady Rykhlov , choreographer Genrikh Mayorov , artist Valery Levental , conductor Alexander Kopylov .

Currently performances on "The Adventures of Cipollino" are shown in many theaters in Russia.

Cipollino's song

from m/f "The Adventures of Cipollino"

Words: Samuel Marshak
Music: Nikolai Peiko

I am the cheerful Cipollino.
I grew up in Italy
Where the oranges ripen
And lemons and olives,
Figs and so on.
But under the blue sky,
Not an olive, not a lemon -
I was born an onion.
So, grandfather Cipollone
I am a grandson.

The father has a lot of kids,
Noisy family:
Cipolletto, Cipollucha,
Cipollotto, Cipollocchio
And the last one is me!

We all grew up in garden beds.
We are very poor.
That's why we have patches
Jackets and pants.
Gentlemen in shiny hats
They are going around our yard.
You can see our onion smell
Too sharp.
And we are held in high regard by the poor.
There is no corner in all the earth
Where you won't find it
Luke is on the table!

Known throughout the world
Bulb family:
Cipolletto, Cipollucha,
Cipollotto, Cipollocchio
And, of course, me!

Behind a high fence
The orange is ripening.
Well, I don’t need fences.
I'm not a nobleman.
I am cybulla, I am chipolla,
Garden onion.
I ended up in the garden
School of Onion Sciences.
But not a century for poor onion
Live in your own nest.
Although the separation was bitter,
I left the house.

I'm going where it's better
To distant lands.
Goodbye, Cipolluccia,
Cipolletto, Cipollotto,
Brothers and friends!

Through the pages of Gianni Rodari's fairy tale

"The Adventures of Cipollino"

Quiz

1. Manager and housekeeper gentleman... (Tomato.)

2. Master Grape by profession... (Shoemaker.)

3. Music teacher professor... (Pear.)

4. Who looked after Pumpkin’s godfather’s house in the forest? (Blueberry .)

5. Countess's maid Cherry... (Strawberry.)

6. Nephew of countesses Cherry... (Cherry.)

Monument to Cipollino

The monument to the Italian fairy-tale character was erected in the ancient Russian village of Myachkovo. Your glory beyond native land the village was conquered in the 19th century, when a local resident Ivan Sekarev , returning from the battlefields near Shipka, he brought home a Bulgarian bow. He planted several bulbs in his garden. The residents of Myachkovo appreciated the taste and benefits of the vegetable and began to grow it on their estates. Soon there was not a single yard left where this beautiful, fragrant, sweet onion was not cultivated. Proceeds from its sale have always been the basis of the local budget.

In August 2009, in gratitude to their breadwinner, local residents erected a monument to the vegetable. Even despite the heavy rain, many villagers came to the opening ceremony. Now in the very center of the village rises the figure of a cheerful onion boy Cipollino, the inscription on the sign is life-affirming: “Our happiness, onion” .

The article was prepared based on materials:

Andreeva, M. S. Cipollino, Dzhelsomino and others/ M. S. Andreeva // Books, sheet music and toys for Katyushka and Andryushka. – 2005. – No. 8. – P. 7-9.
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Glubovskikh, M. Once upon a time there was an onion boy/ M. Glubovskikh // Books, sheet music and toys for Katyushka and Andryushka. – 2010. – No. 11. – P. 5-8.
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(Illustrations published by "Detgiz", 1960, artist E. Galeya)

History of creation

The Adventures of Cipollino was created by Gianni Rodari in 1951. The fairy tale became very popular among Soviet readers, who became acquainted with it in 1953, when the Russian translation of the work was published. They say that the work of the Italian communist writer gained fame in the USSR thanks to the efforts of Samuil Marshak, who patronized Gianni Rodari in every possible way. After all, it is he who owns the translations of Rodari’s poems. So it is in this case: “The Adventures of Cipollino” was published in Russian under the editorship of the same Marshak.

In the 50s of the 20th century in the USSR, the magazine “Funny Pictures” was popular among children and adults. Its main characters were Dunno, Pinocchio and other heroes of Soviet fairy tales known at that time. Soon Cipollino successfully “joined” their ranks. And five years later, a cartoon of the same name was released, which has not lost its relevance today. The images of the characters were successfully played out by director Boris Dezhkin.

In 1973, a screen version of the film “The Adventures of Cipollino” appeared. Gianni Rodari also found a role here: himself, a writer and storyteller. By the way, for many decades the fairy tale was included in the compulsory study program for schoolchildren.

Description of the work. Main characters

The direction of the work is a social fairy tale, which raises a number of problems. Consists of 29 chapters, an epilogue and “Songs” of the heroes.

Main plot

Cipollino, the key character of the work, angered the formidable Senor Tomato. The boy's father accidentally steps on Mr. Lemon's foot. And then he goes to prison. Cipollino faces a task: to help out his father. Friends come to his aid.

At the same time, new problems are brewing in the town: Senor Tomato decides to destroy Pumpkin’s house, which, as it turns out, was built on the master’s territory. Cipollino and his friends help the residents overcome the arrogant Countesses Cherries, the evil Mr. Lemon and the nasty Senor Tomato.

Psychological characteristics of the main characters, personality, character, their place in the work

The following characters are featured in “The Adventures of Cipollino”:

Cipollino— onion boy. Brave, kind, charismatic.
Cipollone- Father Cipollino. Arrested: he made an “attempt” on the ruler of the country, Prince Lemon, by stepping on his toes.
Prince Lemon- the evil ruler of the “fruit and vegetable” country.
Countesses Cherries- nasty aunties, mistresses of the village where Cipollino’s friends live.
Senor Tomato- Cipollino's enemy. In the fairy tale, this is the countess's housekeeper, Cherry.
Count Cherry- nephew of the Countess Cherry, who supports Cipollino.
Strawberry- a servant in the house of countesses Vishenok, a friend of Cipollino.
Pumpkin- an old man living in a tiny house. Cipollino's friend.

There are also many other heroes in the fairy tale: girlfriend Radish, lawyer Pea, violinist Professor Pear, gardener Onion Leek, rag picker Bean, glutton Baron Orange, blackmailer Duke Mandarin, zoo inhabitants and villagers.

Analysis of the work

“The Adventures of Cipollino” is an allegory tale in which the author tried to show social injustice. In the images of Countess Cherry, Senor Tomato, and Prince Lemon, the Italian large landowners are ridiculed, and under the images of Cipollino and his friends the common people are shown.

Cipollino himself is the embodiment of a leader whom others can follow. With the support of friends and like-minded people, it becomes possible to change the existing order, which does not suit the population. Even among the opposite camp you can find friends who support self-esteem and interests ordinary people. In the work, Cherry is depicted as such a hero - a representative of the rich who supports the common people.

“The Adventures of Cipollino” is a fairy tale not only for children. Most likely even for teenagers and adults. She teaches: you cannot tolerate injustice and believe fabulous promises. Even in modern society there is a division into social strata. But humanity, mutual assistance, justice, goodness, the ability to get out of any situation with dignity - exists outside of time.

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Department of Pedagogy

Topic: “Comprehensive analysis of the fairy tale-story “The Adventures of Cipollino”

1. History of creation

3. Topics and problems

5. Main characters

6. Plot and composition

7. Artistic originality

8. The meaning of the work

1. History of creation

fairy tale rodari cipollino artistic

Cipollino appeared in 1951 in the book “The Adventures of Cipollino” by Italian writer Gianni Rodari. Being a supporter of social justice and a defender of the poor, Rodari in an allegorical form brought out as negative characters the Sicilian latifundist barons, large landowners, who are opposed by honest and poor people. After World War II, Gianni Rodari worked as a columnist for Unita, the newspaper of the Italian communists. In 1950 he was appointed editor of a children's magazine. In 1951 he published his first children's poetry collection, which was called “The Book of Fun Poems.” And then - his own fairy tale, known in the future. Now many people know who wrote “Cipollino”. But in 1953, when the fairy tale first appeared in the USSR in Z. Potapova’s translation, few people had heard of the young Italian author. But the work immediately fell in love with both young readers and literary critics. Books with pictures are published in millions of copies. And at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in 1961 they shot a cartoon based on the work. In 1973 - the fairy tale film “Cipollino” (where the author played himself, a storyteller-inventor). The work became so popular that it was included in the school curriculum for Soviet schoolchildren. The fairy tale has been translated into many languages of the world, plays and ballets based on it have been staged to the music of Karen Khachaturyan.

Realism, epic, social fairy tale.

3. Topics and problems

The book identifies the following social problems:

1. Ordinary people are not interested in abstract goals like building a “society of universal happiness”

2. Ordinary people need specifics. As a rule, they begin to protest when they themselves are directly affected by injustice and abuses by the authorities. For example, when they threaten to demolish their house, when they have not been paid their salaries for months. Therefore, they need to be offered specific solutions to their problems.

3. Main principle grassroots movements are self-organization. Informal leaders can be nominated - people who understand this problem better than others. Chipolino,” the father said in parting, “now you are already big and can think about yourself.” Uncle Chipolla will take care of your mother and brothers, and you go to wander around the world, learn to be smart.

How can I study? I don’t have books, and I don’t have money to buy them.

It doesn’t matter, life will teach you. Just keep your eyes open - try to see through all sorts of rogues and swindlers, especially those who have power.

This is how leaders turn into leaders whose word is law, whose decisions cannot be challenged.

5. In order to create a powerful protest movement that fights not only for the interests of your home, your street, your factory, you need a network of small self-organizing groups. These groups must learn to interact with each other. Chipolino finds good, loyal friends. And among his friends, Cherry is a representative of a hostile class. History knows many examples when representatives of the rich class went over to the side of the poor because of their political convictions.

7. What benefits do people get from participating in protests? First, self-respect. People begin to feel like real power, they see that they can manage their own lives. Secondly, participants in social movements are unlearning to trust the authorities. Myths about the “good king”, about the “strong hand” that the people supposedly need, stop working. They no longer believe in them. Thirdly, people gain invaluable experience of resistance. Even if something didn’t work out, if, for example, the strike was suppressed or not all the protesters’ demands were met, the experience will still remain! People who have already felt human once are not so easy to force into submission.

4. Idea and pathos (ideological and emotional assessment)

Gianni Rodari's tale is addressed not only to children, but also to adults. Unfortunately, in modern society, as many years ago, there is a tendency to treat ordinary people with contempt. For politicians they are faceless voters, for intellectual snobs they are stupid herd. They are not able to change their lives on their own. They were given the humiliating nickname “vegetables” and left it at that. But even among vegetables there is Chipolino - and it is this Chipolino that the book is dedicated to. It details how ordinary people suddenly they refuse to tolerate injustice and believe the latest fairy tales of officials, about how they unite to fight the authorities, and about how they achieve their goals.

5. Main characters

There are no human characters in this book: all the heroes, like Chipolino, were raised in gardens and orchards under the gentle sun of Italy. This is an honest poor man, the shoemaker Pumpkin and his godfather Pear, his faithful girlfriend Chipolino, the girl Radish and the young Count Cherry, for whom communication with the cheerful children of the poor gives much more pleasure than walks accompanied by the arrogant aunts of the countesses Cherry. But all these people are dominated by the evil and cruel Prince Limon, whose foot Chipolino accidentally steps on during his solemn procession through the city.

6. Plot and composition

Trying to protect his son from the royal wrath, Father Chipolino takes the blame upon himself and ends up behind bars. Now the onion boy and his friends are faced with the task of rescuing the old father from prison, and then another drama is brewing in the town: the arrogant Signor Tomato orders the destruction tiny house Pumpkins supposedly built by a shoemaker on the master's land... and also stupid taxes...

The work consists of twenty-nine chapters with an epilogue, and there are also poetic additions to the “Songs” of the characters.

7. Artistic originality

The fairy tale is filled with characters and events. There is a whole gallery of beautiful images, both positive and negative. Beautiful, because they all very clearly show the diversity of human relationships. Although the theme of the fairy tale is not new and is similar to the theme of the works of many writers, “Cippolino” is still unique due to its artistic originality and manner of presentation. Presenting complex material in a relaxed, fairy-tale form, imparting human traits and characteristics to plants allows it to be perceived in an easy, game form. I read the fairy tale in Z. Potapova’s translation and found it easy, which corresponds to the very genre of the book, literate and accurately attributed, bringing the Italian fairy tale closer to the perception of Russian readers.

8. The meaning of the work

Today, the worldview of teenagers largely consists of watching American cartoons, action films and horror stories. Superheroes such as Spider-Man, Ninja Turtles, and Batman become ideals for teenagers, whose heroic behavior is manifested through violence, masculinity through selfishness and vanity.

Modern children's writers offer a limited number of behavioral stereotypes that fit into only two strategies - children, in order to save their face, must either be masters of the situation, or should not even try to master it.

Gianni Rodari's book, in my opinion, is unique. It is written for children and is easy and interesting to read.

Why are fairy tales immortal? Civilizations die, peoples disappear, and their stories, the wisdom of fairy tales and legends come to life again and again and excite us. What is the attractive power hidden in the depths of their narrative? Why in modern world Are fairy tales as beloved as they were centuries ago?

Every nation has many wonderful and interesting tales. They reflect the life of the people. People dream of a better destiny and fight against oppressors. Even in ancient times, people invented and orally passed on to their descendants wonderful fantastic dreams of goodness and justice.

The fairy tale is filled with characters and events. There is a whole gallery of beautiful images, both positive and negative. Beautiful, because they all very clearly show the diversity of human relationships. The adventures of the onion boy make us laugh and worry. We sincerely rejoice at the small and big victories of Cipollino and his friends. We rejoice because the main character and his friends stand up for justice. They evoke our sympathy because they are endowed with such qualities as kindness and mutual assistance; greed, cruelty, and indifference are alien to them.

The fairy tale teaches goodness and forces us to act in difficult circumstances. Even children at any age have difficult circumstances. The author teaches his reader not to give up, to fight, to be strong and resilient.

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