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Yuriy Olesha (Yuri Karlovich Olesha) was born on 3 March, 1899 in Yelizavetgrad, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kirovohrad, Ukraine], is a writer,music_department. Discover Yuriy Olesha'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 61 years old?

Popular As Yuri Karlovich Olesha
Occupation writer,music_department
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 3 March, 1899
Birthday 3 March
Birthplace Yelizavetgrad, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kirovohrad, Ukraine]
Date of death 10 May, 1960
Died Place Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Nationality Ukraine

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His wife is Olga Gustavovna Swauk (? - 10 May 1960) ( his death)

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1899

Yuri Karlovich Olesha was born on March 3, 1899, in Elizavetgrad, Russian Empire (now Kirovograd, Ukraine). His father, named Karl Olesha, belonged to Polish Shlachta and was a government officer. His mother was a devoted Catholic.

1902

In 1902 the family moved to Odessa.

1915

In 1915-1916 he published his early poems.

1916

There young Olesha went to a Classical Gymnazium from which he graduated in 1916.

1917

From 1917-1919 he studied at the Law Department of Novorossiisky University in Odessa. At that time he joined the Odessa group of writers, which included Isaak Babel, Ilya Ilf, Eduard Bagritsky, Yevgeni Petrov, and Valentin Kataev. Olesha briefly served in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.

1921

In 1921 he moved to Kharkov, and his parents emigrated to Poland.

1922

In 1922 Olesha settled in Moscow. He wrote for 'Gudok' newspaper, where his colleagues were such writers as Mikhail A. Bulgakov, Ilya Ilf, Yevgeni Petrov, Isaak Babel, and Valentin Katayev. Olesha gained recognition among writers as a master of metaphoric writing. He was penned "the king of metaphor" for his talent of hiding a deeper meaning between the innocent lines. Olesha himself admitted the influence of Lev Tolstoy, Herbert G. Wells, and Robert Louis Stevenson on his writing style.

1924

In 1924 Olesha wrote what became his best known novel - 'Tri tolstyaka' (The Three Fat Men). In was dedicated to his wife Olga Gustavovna Suok. One of the characters in the novel, a beautiful lady, was also named Suok.

1927

It was published in 1927, in a Moscow magazine. Olesha brilliantly criticized the loss of civilized values in the Soviet Union. His satirical metaphor of a sausage, as one of the important values in the Soviet life, became a prophecy in a time of hunger and social degradation under dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. Olesha made a stage adaptation of the novel titled 'A Conspirasy of Feelings', but it was banned.

1928

Olesha could not publish his novel for four years until 1928, and then he was criticized for the lack of revolutionary propaganda. However, with the support from the most influential critic Anatoli Lunacharsky, who was also the Comissar of Culture in the Soviet government, Olesha was commissioned to make an adaptation of his novel into a play. It was staged by Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko at the Moscow Art Theatre. Olesha gained a high artistic reputation for his novel 'Zavist' (Envy).

1930

In 1930 Olesha wrote a political play 'Spisok blagodeianii' (A List of Good Acts). It was a metaphoric description of terror and social destruction in the Soviet Union. Vsevolod Meyerhold began rehearsals of the play, but it was banned.

During the 1930's Olesha worked as a part-time screenwriter.

1934

In 1934 Olesha wrote a speech to the Union of Soviet Writers expressing his opposition to restrictions and censorship in the rapidly degrading society.

He co-wrote scripts for 'Strogiy yunosha' (1934), 'Oshibka inzhenera Kochina' (1939), and 'Bolotnye soldaty' (aka. .

1936

In 1936 Olesha was condemned by the official Soviet literary establishment. All his writings were banned, all his plays were canceled, and he was made an outcast. In fear of being arrested Olesha ceased writing serious literary works. "The ruling anti-artistic gang does not need literature of any aesthetic value", explained Olesha in a letter to his wife. He withdrew from public life and turned to writing a diary which became a remarkable document of his experience under the totalitarian regime. Meanwhile, many of his fellow writers and cultural figures were executed. Russia lost such men as Isaak Babel, Vladimir Narbut, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Osip Mandelstam, and many other intellectuals. Olesha suffered from a loss of income and had to take any literary job for survival.

1939

Concentration Camp 1939). During the Second World War Olesha was evacuated to Ashkhabad, where he worked with the evacuated Odessa Film Studio. After WWII his writings were under the ban that lasted until the death of Joseph Stalin.

1956

In 1956 the ban was lifted because of the political "Thaw" that was initiated by Nikita Khrushchev.

Olesha's collected works were published in 1956. By that time he was already a different man. For many years he suffered from humiliation and abuse by Soviet officials that caused him much emotional pain and led to a clinical depression.

1960

Yuri Olesha died of a heart attack on May 10, 1960, in Moscow. His diaries were published posthumously under the title 'No Day Without a Line'. Olesha's books were translated in seventeen languages and sold millions of copies around the world.