Historical FigureMale
Iľja Iľf
1897 – 1937
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryIlya Arnoldovich Ilf 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 that documented their journey through the United States between 1935 and 1936.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
October 3, 1897
Date of death
April 13, 1937
- Field and occupation
- ruský spisovatel a novinář
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