Viktor Platonovich Nekrasov:
Kiev, June 17, 1911 – Paris, September 3, 1987.
Russian writer and journalist.
August was nearly over. The month of apples and falling stars, the last carefree month for the school children.
The quote means that ‘August is ending, but it still carries a gentle, nostalgic beauty’: apples ripen, meteors “fall” in the Perseid season, and the carefree summer of schoolchildren is almost over. The tone is lyrical and slightly melancholic, with the last line suggesting that ’the last days of summer feel especially precious because school and autumn are approaching’.
Origin and author:
– The passage is attributed in the search results to Victor Nekrasov.
– The wording shown in English is likely a ’translation’ of a Russian original, not an exact English original by Nekrasov.
– The line is widely quoted in that translated form in modern articles and reposts, which suggests it has become a ‘famous epigraph-like quotation’ rather than a standalone proverb.
About Victor Nekrasov:
– Viktor Nekrasov was a Soviet writer and journalist, born in Ukraine.
– The attribution in the available results is consistent across sources that reproduce the quote.
What “month of apples and falling stars” refers to:
– ‘Apples’:
late-summer fruit season, a common image of abundance and harvest.
– ‘Falling stars’:
the ‘Perseid meteor shower’, which peaks in August, giving the month a celestial association.
– Last carefree month for schoolchildren:
a cultural reference to the end of summer vacation before the school year begins.
Caveat:
– Based on the provided results, I can confirm the ‘attribution to Victor Nekrasov’, but I do ‘not’ have the original Russian text or publication context here to verify the exact first appearance, title, or whether it comes from a specific essay, story, or translation.
