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
Our Father (1990) - StoryI, Son of the Working People (1983) - StorySon of the Regiment (1981) - WriterThe Last Petal (1977) - ScreenplayFarm in the Steppe (1971) - Writer · NovelHappy Kukushkin (1970) - Short StoryJe veux voir Mioussov (1969) - AuthorThe Flower with Seven Colors (1968) - WriterValentin Kataev's Humoresque (1968) - WriterTime, Forward! (1965) - Writer · NovelThe Husbands and The Knives (1964) - Short StoryFor the Power of the Soviets (1956) - Novel · WriterCrazy Day (1956) - WriterKarikák (1956) - NovelPoet (1956) - WriterThe Pipe and the Pitcher (1950) - Lyricist · WriterThe Flower with Seven Colours (1948) - WriterPages of Life (1948) - WriterSon of the Regiment (1946) - Writer · NovelThere Was a Soldier From the Front (1939) - NovelThe Lonely White Sail (1937) - Writer · NovelCall to Arms (1936) - WriterCircus (1936) - ScreenplayThe Upright Sinner (1931) - Novel