Valentin Kataev

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Soviet writer, playwright, screenwriter, poet (1897-1986)

WritersLived 1897 to 1986 · aged 89

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Fame54.7

Momentum0.1

Languages29

In century#9,474

Also inDeutsch

Photos 2

Poster for the Federal Theatre Project production of The Path of Flowers (1936)

Awards 15

Stalin Prize

Order of Lenin

Hero of Socialist Labour

Order of the October Revolution

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of Friendship of Peoples

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Order of Saint Anna, 4th class

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

Cross of St. George 3rd class

Cross of St. George 4th class

In their orbit 3

SpouseEster Katayeva

ChildPavel Katayev

SiblingYevgeny Petrov

Connected to Valentin 6

Leonid KuravlyovAlso in Time, Forward! (1965)

Grigori AleksandrovAlso in Circus (1936)

Boris BarnetAlso in Pages of Life (1948)

Igor IlyinskyAlso in Crazy Day (1956)

Sergei YurskyAlso in Time, Forward! (1965)

Nikolai KryuchkovAlso in Poet (1956)

About this person

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. 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.