# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/izrail-metter
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:15:36.979Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/izrail-metter"
name: "Izrail Metter"
slug: "izrail-metter"
description: "Izrail Moiseyevich Metter was a Soviet writer of Jewish origin. He was born in Kharkiv. One of his best-known books is the novel The Fifth Corner, which he finished writing in 1967, but could not publish until 1989. He received the Grinzane Cavour Prize in 1992 for this book. Other notable works include Genealogy and Muchtar, which was adapted into the film Come Here, Mukhtar!. His work has yet to be translated into English. The Fifth Corner of the Room, translated from Russian in 1991 by Michael Duncan. Metter died in 1996."
tagline: "Soviet writer (1909–1996)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/w3T1TDTNMyjnJqSaIBDI9Lkw0CX.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1909-10-05"
deathDate: "1996-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.33
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.01764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582637/"
    handle:    "nm0582637"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Izrail'_Moiseevi%C4%8D_Metter"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ايزرايل ميتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izrail_Metter"
    title: "Izrail Metter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izrail_M%C3%A9tter"
    title: "Izrail Métter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izrail'_Moiseevi%C4%8D_Metter"
    title: "Izrail' Moiseevič Metter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%98%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Меттер, Израиль Моисеевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%86%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Меттер Ізраїль Мойсейович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3803406"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1107081"
    title: "Izrail Metter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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