second class (1942) – a poetic text to posters and cartoons second class (1946) – for the play-tale "Twelve Months" (1943) second class (1949) – translations of sonnets by William Shakespeare first class (1951) – a collection of "Verses for Children" Lenin Prize (1963) – for the book "Selected poetry for children" (1962) and children's books: "A quiet tale", "Big pocket", "The Adventure of the road", "Calm down", "From one to ten", "Vaks Blob", "Who can find a ring", "Merry journey from A to Z". Two Orders of Lenin, incl 1939 Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (1945) Order of the Red Banner of Labour Honorary president of Robert Burns World Federation (1960) In 2012, his books were included in an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art See also Vladimir Lebedev – he illustrated many of Marshak's books The Twelve Months (1956 film) Twelve Months (1980 film) References External links Samuil Marshak poetry at Stihipoeta Marshak's site Biography of Marshak 1887 births 1964 deaths 20th-century Russian male writers 20th-century Russian poets 20th-century Russian translators People from Voronezhsky Uyezd Writers from Voronezh Stalin Prize winners Lenin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Children's poets Jewish poets Russian children's writers Russian Jews Russian male dramatists and playwrights Russian male poets Russian male writers Russian translators Soviet children's writers Soviet dramatists and playwrights Soviet Jews Soviet male poets Soviet translators Translators from Hebrew Translators of William Shakespeare English–Russian translators Yiddish–Russian translators Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery 20th-century Russian Jews