Yury Olesha
Also known as Olesha, Yury Karlovich Olesha
Russian writer (1899-1960)
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- Envy
- No Day without a Line
- No Day Without a Line (Trans from Russ)
- Yury Olesha - Complete short stories & Three fat men
- Three Fat Men
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Writing · Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire [now Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine]
Yury Karlovich Olesha (3 March 1899 – 10 May 1960) was a Ukranian-born Russian prose writer and playwright whose works address the conflict between old and new mentalities in the early years of the Soviet Union. He is best known for his satirical novel 'Envy' (1927), revolutionary fairy tale 'Three Fat Men' (1928), stage play 'A List of Benefits' (1931), the screenplay for Abram Room's 1936 film…
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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.