Valentin Kataev
Soviet writer, playwright, screenwriter, poet (1897-1986) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
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.
Valentin Kataev is read about 310 times a day, in 35 languages.
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Boris Barnet Directed Pages of Life and Poet
Boriss Bunejev Directed For the Power of the Soviets (1956)- Vladimir Legoshin Directed The Lonely White Sail (1937)
Aleksandr Macheret Directed Call to Arms and Pages of Life
Vladimir Volodin Valentin wrote Circus and A Crazy Day
Nina Doroshina Valentin wrote A Crazy Day (1956)
Grigori Aleksandrov Directed Circus (1936)
Nikolai Kryuchkov Valentin wrote The Poet (1956)
Igor Ilyinsky Valentin wrote A Crazy Day (1956)
Roman Kachanov Directed The Last Petal (1977)
Zoya Fyodorova Valentin wrote The Poet (1956)
Max Pallenberg Valentin wrote The Virtuous Sinner (1931)
Serafima Birman Valentin wrote A Crazy Day (1956)
Mikhail Schweitzer Directed Time, Forward! (1965)
Mikhail Tsekhanovsky Directed The Flower with Seven Colours (1948)
Fritz Grünbaum Valentin wrote The Virtuous Sinner (1931)
Arnold Pressburger Produced The Upright Sinner (1931)- Izolda Izvitskaya Valentin wrote The Poet (1956)
Josefine Dora Valentin wrote The Virtuous Sinner (1931)
Pyotr Aleynikov Valentin wrote The Poet (1956)
Andrey Tutyshkin Directed Crazy Day (1956)
Boris Bushmelev Directed The Flower with Seven Colors (1968)
Pál Zolnay Directed Karikák (1956)
Vladimir Rogovoy Produced For the Power of the Soviets (1956)
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In return, Kataev insisted that the novel be dedicated to him, in all editions and translations. Kataev's relentless imagination, sensitivity, and originality made him one of the most distinguished Soviet writers.
