Izrail Metter
Soviet writer (1909-1996) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 87
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.
Izrail Metter is read about 14 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 16 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Yuri Nikulin Izrail wrote Come Here (1965)
Leonid Bykov Izrail wrote Close to Us (1958)- Dinara Asanova Directed Trouble (1978)
Leonid Kmit Izrail wrote Come Here (1965)- Yuri Belov Izrail wrote Come Here (1965)
Alla Larionova Izrail wrote Come Here (1965)
Ivan Ryzhov Also in It Happened at the Police Station (1963)
Semyon Tumanov Directed Come Here, Mukhtar! (1964)- Villen Azarov Directed It Happened at the Police Station (1963)
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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.
