Ilya Ilf

Ilya Arnoldovich Ilf (born Iehiel-Leyb Aryevich Faynzilberg, Russian: Иехи́ел-Лейб Арьевич Фа́йнзильберг) (15 October [O.S. 3 October] 1897 in Odesa – 13 April 1937, Moscow), was a popular Soviet journalist and writer of Jewish origin who usually worked in collaboration with Yevgeni 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 (often translated as Little Golden America) that documented their journey through the United States between 1935 and 1936.

Ilya Ilf
Ilf reading The Twelve Chairs in 1930
Native name
Иехи́ел-Лейб Арьевич Фа́йнзильберг
BornIehiel-Leyb Aryevich Faynzilberg
15 October [O.S. 3 October] 1897
Odesa, Russian Empire
Died13 April 1937
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
OccupationNovelist, journalist
Notable worksThe Twelve Chairs
The Little Golden Calf
One-storied America
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