Valentin Kataev
Writing · Novel · Writer · Screenplay
Born Jan 16, 1897 · Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Active 1931–1986 · Awards: 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
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.
Filmography
Call to Arms (1936) — WriterThe Flower with Seven Colours (1948) — WriterThe Last Petal (1977) — ScreenplaySon of the Regiment (1946) — Writer · NovelCircus (1936) — ScreenplayThe Upright Sinner (1931) — NovelPages of Life (1948) — WriterOur Father (1990) — StorySon of the Regiment (1981) — WriterCrazy Day (1956) — WriterFor the Power of the Soviets (1956) — Novel · WriterI, Son of the Working People (1983) — StoryKarikák (1956) — NovelThe Lonely White Sail (1937) — Writer · NovelPoet (1956) — WriterTime, Forward! (1965) — Writer · NovelThe Pipe and the Pitcher (1950) — Writer · LyricistHappy Kukushkin (1970) — Short StoryThe Husbands and The Knives (1964) — Short StoryThe Flower with Seven Colors (1968) — WriterFarm in the Steppe (1971) — Writer · NovelValentin Kataev's Humoresque (1968) — WriterJe veux voir Mioussov (1969) — AuthorThere Was a Soldier From the Front (1939) — Novel