Dunno

Not to be confused with Donotknow (Russian fairy tale).
"The Adventures of Dunno and his Friends" book cover

Dunno, or Know-Nothing (Russian: Незнайка, Neznayka that is Don'tknowka (ka - the Russian suffix here for drawing up the whole name in a cheerful form); from the Russian phrase "не знаю" ("ne znayu", don't know) is a character created by Soviet children's writer Nikolay Nosov.[1][2][3] The idea of the character comes from the books of Palmer Cox.[4]

Dunno, recognized by his bright blue hat, canary-yellow trousers, orange shirt, and green tie, is the title character of Nosov's trilogy, The Adventures of Dunno and his Friends (1954), Dunno in Sun City (1958), and Dunno on the Moon (1965). There have been several movie adaptations of the books.[5]

  1. ^ Miriam Morton (1967). A Harvest of Russian Children's Literature. University of California Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-520-01745-0. Neznaika Ignoramus.
  2. ^ Catriona Kelly (2007). Children's World: Growing Up in Russia, 1890-1991. Yale University Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-300-11226-9. Neznaika Ignoramus.
  3. ^ Axel Delwig (2012). Life in Moscow; Communism and now. Lulu.com. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-620-50117-7.
  4. ^ Ben Hellman (2013). Fairy Tales and True Stories: The History of Russian Literature for Children and Young People (1574 - 2010). BRILL. p. 528. ISBN 978-9-004-25638-5.
  5. ^ Tatiana Smorodinskaya (2013). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-78785-0.