Ilya Ilf
Soviet writer and journalist (1897-1937) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 39
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.
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Yevgeny Petrov Professional partner
Igor Ilyinsky Directed One Summer (1936)
Grigori Aleksandrov Directed Circus (1936)
Monty Banks Directed Keep Your Seats, Please (1936)
Martin Frič Directed The Twelve Chairs (1933)
Michał Waszyński Directed The Twelve Chairs (1933)
Basil Dean Produced Keep Your Seats, Please (1936)
Leonid Kmit Ilya wrote Once in the Summer (1936)
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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.
