# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ilya-ilf
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:13:28.167Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ilya-ilf"
name: "Ilya Ilf"
slug: "ilya-ilf"
description: "Ilya Arnoldovich Ilf was a Soviet journalist and writer of Jewish origin who usually worked in collaboration with Yevgeny Petrov during the 1920s and 1930s. Their duo was known simply as Ilf and Petrov. Together they published two popular comedy novels The Twelve Chairs (1928) and The Little Golden Calf (1931), as well as a satirical book Odnoetazhnaya Amerika that documented their journey through the United States between 1935 and 1936."
tagline: "Soviet writer and journalist (1897–1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilya_Ilf.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1897-10-03"
deathDate: "1937-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.29602266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407633/"
    handle:    "nm0407633"
sources:
  - url: "https://hr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ilja_Iljf"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81"
    title: "ايليا ايلف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0lya_%C4%B0lf"
    title: "İlya İlf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%84"
    title: "Иля Илф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilja_Arnoldowitsch_Ilf"
    title: "Ilja Arnoldowitsch Ilf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ilf"
    title: "Ilya Ilf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilja_Arnoldovi%C4%89_Ilf"
    title: "Ilja Arnoldoviĉ Ilf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilja_Ilf"
    title: "Ilja Ilf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_Ilf"
    title: "Ilia Ilf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A3"
    title: "איליה אילף"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il'ja_Arnol'dovi%C4%8D_Il'f"
    title: "Il'ja Arnol'dovič Il'f"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84"
    title: "Илья Арнольдович Ильф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%BC%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%BC_%EC%9D%BC%ED%94%84"
    title: "일리야 일프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilja_Ilfas"
    title: "Ilja Ilfas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilja_Ilf"
    title: "Ilja Ilf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilja_Ilf"
    title: "Ilja Ilf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ilf"
    title: "Ilya Ilf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_Ilf"
    title: "Ilia Ilf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%2C_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Ильф, Илья Арнольдович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilja_Ilf"
    title: "Ilja Ilf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%86%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Ільф Ілля Арнольдович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ilf"
    title: "Ilya Ilf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C4%B0lya_%C4%B0lf"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%84"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://bs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ilja_Iljf"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ilya_Ilf"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471443"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/94371"
    title: "Ilya Ilf"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump