Ilya Ilf

Also known as Ilya Arnoldovich Ilf, Ilia Ilf

Soviet writer and journalist (1897–1937)

Key facts

Native name: Илья Ильф
Born: Iehiel-Leyb Aryevich Faynzilberg , 15 October [ O.S. 3 October ] 1897, Odessa , Russian Empire
Died: 13 April 1937 (1937-04-13) (aged 39), Moscow, Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Occupation: Novelist journalist
Notable works: The Twelve Chairs The Little Golden Calf One-storied America

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Instance of: human
Part of: Ilf and Petrov
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russian Empire
Place of birth: Odesa
Place of death: Moscow
Occupation: playwright
Languages spoken: Russian
Notable work: The Little Golden Calf
Genre: speculative fiction
Image: Ilya Ilf.jpg
Residence: Odesa

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place of burial: Novodevichy Cemetery
Commons category: Ilya Ilf
writing language: Russian
cause of death: tuberculosis
date of birth: 1897-10-16
date of death: 1937-04-13
medical condition: tuberculosis
Commons Creator page: Ilya Ilf
birth name: Иехиел-Лейб Арьевич Файнзильберг
manner of death: natural causes
pseudonym: Холодный философ
partner in business or sport: Yevgeny Petrov
ethnic group: Jewish people
name in native language: Илья Ильф

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Encyclopedic overview

Ilya Arnoldovich Ilf (born Iehiel-Leyb Aryevich Faynzilberg; Russian: Иехиел-Лейб Арьевич Файнзильберг; 15 October [O.S. 3 October] 1897 – 13 April 1937) 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. 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 (often translated as Little Golden America) that documented their journey through the United States between 1935 and 1936.

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