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Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Fajnzilberg) was born on 15 October, 1897 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine], is a writer,miscellaneous. Discover Ilya Ilf's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 39 years old?

Popular As Ilya Arnoldovich Fajnzilberg
Occupation writer,miscellaneous
Age 39 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 15 October, 1897
Birthday 15 October
Birthplace Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Date of death 13 April, 1937
Died Place Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Nationality Ukraine

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1897

Ilya Ilf was born Ilya Arnoldovich Fayzilberg on October 15, 1897, in Odessa, Russian Empire (now Odesa, Ukraine). His father, named Arnold Fayzilberg, was a clerk at a bank.

1913

In 1913, he graduated from a Technical School. He worked as a clerk, a telephone technician, and had various industrial jobs in Odessa. After the Russian Revolution, he became an accountant and statistician, then joined a satirical magazine 'Sindetikon' and became a journalist. He published his first poems under a female pseudonym.

1923

In 1923, Ilf moved to Moscow and became staff journalist for the 'Gudok'newspaper. There he met such writers, as Mikhail A. Bulgakov and Yuriy Olesha among others.

1925

In 1925, he met Yevgeni Petrov, and a year later, they started writing together.

1928

Their first novel titled 'Dvenadtsat Stulev' (Twelve Chairs) was published in 1928. Its main character, named Ostap Bender, became a popular synonym for a charming and smooth criminal. The book had instant success with the general public but was bashed by the Soviet critics because it satirized the loss of civility and described degradation of cultural values in the Soviet Union. The book was praised by such writers as Vladimir Mayakovsky and later by Vladimir Nabokov.

1931

Their second novel by Ilf and Petrov was 'Zolotoi Telenok' (Golden Calf), published in 1931, in a magazine, then in 1933, as a book. Both novels became best sellers in the Soviet Union. Several film and TV adaptations were made in the Soviet Union by such directors as Leonid Gaidai and Mark Zakharov, among others.

1933

During 1933-1934, Ilf and Petrov traveled across Europe.

1935

In 1935, they made a journey by car about the United States, which gave them material for a popular book 'Odnoetazhnaya Amerika' (The One-Story America 1937).

1937

Ilya Ilf died of tuberculosis on April 13, 1937.

1942

His partner, Yevgeni Petrov, died in a plane crash on July 2, 1942, on a flight from Sevastopol to Moscow.

1948

In 1948, Andrei Zhdanov attacked many Soviet intellectuals and banned the books of Ilf and Petrov among others. The Communist Party ordered their books banned and removed from all public libraries across the Soviet Union.

1970

In 1970, an American adaptation was made by director Mel Brooks starring Frank Langella as Ostap Bender. The character Ostap Bender was portrayed by such renown Russian actors as Sergey Yurskiy, Archil Gomiashvili, Andrey Mironov, and Oleg Menshikov.