The book "For the sake of life on earth" with a handwritten wish and autograph by Samuel Marshak

On the title page — "To my friend and the first reader of this book — Zinovy Samoilovich Paperny — with sincere love/ S. Marshak/ 3 - XII - 1961/ Yalta".

The recipient of the autograph is Zinovy Paperny, a Soviet and Russian literary critic, literary critic, and writer. He is also known as a literary parodist.

Samuel Marshak is a Russian Soviet poet, playwright and translator, literary critic, screenwriter. The author of popular children's books. Winner of the Lenin and four Stalin Prizes.

The book "For the Sake of life on earth" is dedicated to the poetry of Alexander Tvardovsky. This is not a monographic work in the usual sense of the word. This is a poet's book about a poet. With a deep insight into the world of poetic images and with great love for his poetry, Marshak paints a lively, multifaceted portrait of Alexander Tvardovsky.