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Yury Karlovich Olesha (Russian: Ю́рий Ка́рлович Оле́ша, 3 March [O.S. 19 February] 1899 – 10 May 1960) was a Russian and Soviet novelist. He is considered one of the greatest Russian novelists of the 20th century, one of the few to have succeeded in writing works of lasting artistic value despite the stifling censorship of ...
Yury Olesha Bio. Yuri Karlovich Olesha (March 3, 1899 - May 10, 1961) was born in Elisavetgrad, Ukraine to a family of Russian officials. In 1902, he and his family relocated to Odessa, Ukraine, where he attended the University of Novorossiya from 1916 to 1918.
Envy (Russian: Зависть, romanized: Zavist') is a satirical novel by the Russian writer Yury Olesha, first published in 1927.
Three Fat Men (Три Толстяка, "Tri Tolstika") is a Russian and Soviet children's story written by Yury Olesha in 1924, published 1928. It was considered the first revolutionary fairy tale in Soviet literature for its depiction of a popular uprising against a corrupt government.
May 9, 2024 · Yury Karlovich Olesha was a Russian prose writer and playwright whose works address the conflict between old and new mentalities in the early years of the Soviet Union. Olesha was born into the family of a minor official.
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Yury Karlovich Olesha (Russian/Ukraine: Юрий Олеша or Юрий Карлович Олеша), Soviet author of fiction, plays and satires best known for his 1927 novel Envy (Russian: Зависть). He is considered one of the greatest Russian novelists of the 20th century, one of the few to have succeeded in writing works of lasting ...
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Yury Olesha (Russian: Юрий Карлович Олеша, (May 3, 1899 – May 10, 1960) was a Russian novelist during the early Soviet period. He is considered one of the greatest Russian novelists of the twentieth century, one of the few to have succeeded in writing novels of lasting artistic value that could make it past the stifling ...