The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish () is a fairy tale in verse by Alexander Pushkin, published 1835.

The tale is about a fisherman who manages to catch a "Golden Fish" which promises to fulfill any wish of his in exchange for its freedom.

Textual notes

Pushkin wrote the tale in autumn 1833

Mark Azadovsky wrote monumental articles on Pushkin's sources, his nurse "Arina Rodionovna", and the "Brothers Grimm" demonstrating that tales recited to Pushkin in his youth were often recent translations propagated "word of mouth to a largely unlettered peasantry", rather than tales passed down in Russia, as John Bayley explains.

  • 1950 - The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish, USSR, classic traditionally animated film by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky.,
  • 2002 - About the Fisherman and the Goldfish, Russia, stop-motion film by Nataliya Dabizha.

Explanatory notes

References

Bibliography

  • Briggs, A. D. P. (1982). Alexander Pushkin: A Critical Study. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
  • «Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке» available at Russian Virtual Library
  • The Fisherman and the Golden Fish in English