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Valentin Petrovich Kataev was a Soviet writer and editor who managed to create penetrating works discussing post-revolutionary social conditions without running afoul of the demands of official Soviet style. Kataev is credited with suggesting the idea for The Twelve Chairs to his brother Yevgeny Petrov and Ilya Ilf. In return, Kataev insisted that the novel be dedicated to him, in all editions and…
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culture · Soviet writer and editor (1897–1986) · writer · playwright · screenwriter · poet · children's writer · journalist · science fiction writer · editing staff · war correspondent · short story writer · also Valentin Kataev, Valentine Katayev, Valentin Petrovich Kataev, Kataev
Born 16 January 1897 · Died 12 April 1986 · Q333873
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s relentless imagination, sensitivity, and originality made him one of the most distinguished Soviet writers. Life and works Kataev was born in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) into the family of Pyotr Vasilyevich Kataev, a Court councillor and a teacher at the Odessa Female seminary, and Eugenia Ivanovna Bachei who belonged to a noble family of the Poltava Governorate. Thus it
Career landmark: editor-in-chief (1955–1961).
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“s relentless imagination, sensitivity, and originality made him one of the most distinguished Soviet writers. Life and works Kataev was born in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) into the family of Pyotr Vasilyevich Kataev, a Court councillor and a teacher at the Odessa Female seminary, and Eugenia Ivanovna Bachei who belonged to a noble family of the Poltava Governorate. Thus it”
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Died 1986-04-12.
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The literary magazine Novy Mir printed his The Grass of Oblivion (Trava zabveniya), which was published under the title The Holy Well (Svyatoy kolodets: Trava zabveniya) two years later
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Career landmark: editor-in-chief (1955–1961).
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Vladimir Legoshin directed a film version, which became a classic children's adventure
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And second to Esther Brenner in 1935; he and Esther had two children
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Where he worked on the staff of The Whistle (Gudok), writing humorous pieces under various pseudonyms
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Born 1897-01-16.
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