Yury Olesha
1899
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1960
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: prose, satire, narrative poetry, fairy tale, novel, opinion journalism
country of citizenship: Russian Empire, Soviet Union
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
educated at: Richelieu Lyceum
occupation: poet, playwright, prosaist, screenwriter, novelist, writer
Yury Karlovich Olesha (Russian: Ю́рий Ка́рлович Оле́ша, 3 March [O.S. 19 February] 1899 – 10 May 1960) was a Russian and Soviet novelist. He is considered one of the greatest Russian novelists of the 20th century, one of the few to have succeeded in writing works of lasting artistic value despite the stifling censorship of the era. His works are delicate balancing acts that superficially send pro-Communist messages but reveal far greater subtlety and richness upon a deeper reading. Sometimes, he is grouped with his friends Ilf and Petrov, Isaac Babel, and Sigismund Krzhizhanovsky into the Odessa School of Writers. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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