Ilya Ilf
Ilya Ilf · Arts & Literature
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1897, Odessa, Russian Empire (Ukraine) — 1937, Moscow, Soviet Union (Russia)
Ukraine · Russia
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Ilya Ilf, together with Yevgeni Petrov, wrote the beloved satirical novels 'The Twelve Chairs' and 'The Golden Calf', among the most popular and quoted works of Soviet literature, skewering Soviet bureaucracy and the schemer Ostap Bender. He was a leading Soviet humorist and journalist. Ilf was Jewish, born Iehiel-Leyb Fainzilberg to a Jewish family in Odessa.
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