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Valentin Katayev - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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January 28, 1897, Odessa, Russian Empire - April 12, 1986, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.
Russian writer, prose writer, playwright, journalist, poet.
The author of well-known plays ("Squaring the Circle", 1928), novels ("Time, Forward!", 1932, "The Lonely Sail Gets White", 1936-1961, "Cemetery in Skuliany" - 1975), novellas ("Son of the Regiment", 1945 ), essays on literature, diaries. For several years - chief editor of the magazine "Youth" .
The most famous works of the writer, created for children and youth, were screened. Written in a simple and clear language, full of conflicts and unexpected plot twists, they lent themselves well to film adaptation.
Hero of Socialist Labor (1974).
