Ilya Ilf (Author of The Twelve Chairs)

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Ilya Ilf

Born

in Odessa, Russian Empire

October 15, 1897

Died

April 13, 1937

Genre

Fiction, Humor and Comedy

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Ilya Ilf (Russian: 袠谢褜褟袠谢褜褎, pseudonym of Iehiel-Leyb (Ilya) Arnoldovich Faynzilberg 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 One-storied America (often translated as Little Golden America) that documented their journey through the United States between 1935 and 1936.

Ilf and Petrov became extremely popular for their two satirical novels: The Twelve Chairs and its sequel, The Little Golden Calf. The two texts are connected by their main character, Ostap Bende Ilya Ilf (Russian: 袠谢褜褟袠谢褜褎, pseudonym of Iehiel-Leyb (Ilya) Arnoldovich Faynzilberg 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 One-storied America (often translated as Little Golden America) that documented their journey through the United States between 1935 and 1936.

Ilf and Petrov became extremely popular for their two satirical novels: The Twelve Chairs and its sequel, The Little Golden Calf. The two texts are connected by their main character, Ostap Bender, a con man in pursuit of elusive riches. Both books follow exploits of Bender and his associates looking for treasure amidst the contemporary Soviet reality. They were written and are set in the relatively liberal era in Soviet history, the New Economic Policy of the 1920s. The main characters generally avoid contact with the apparently lax law enforcement. Their position outside the organized, goal-driven, productive Soviet society is emphasized. It also gives the authors a convenient platform from which to look at this society and to make fun of its less attractive and less Socialist aspects. These are among the most widely read and quoted books in Russian culture. The Twelve Chairs was adapted for ca. twenty movies, in the USSR (by Leonid Gaidai and by Mark Zakharov), in the US (in particular by Mel Brooks), and in other countries.

The two writers also traveled across the Great Depression-era United States. Ilf took many pictures throughout the journey, and the authors produced a photo essay entitled "American Photographs", published in Ogonyok magazine. Shortly after that they published the book 袨写薪芯褝褌邪卸薪邪褟袗屑械褉懈泻邪 (literally: "One-storied America"), translated as Little Golden America (an allusion to The Little Golden Calf). The first edition of the book did not include Ilf's photographs. Both the photo essay and the book document their adventures with their characteristic humor and playfulness. Notably, Ilf and Petrov were not afraid to praise many aspects of the American lifestyle in these works. ...more

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	The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov, Maurice Friedberg (Introduction) 4.39 avg rating — 23,970 ratings — published 1928 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	袟芯谢芯褌芯泄褌械谢械薪芯泻 by Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov, 袠谢褜褟袠谢褜褎 4.44 avg rating — 9,064 ratings — published 1931	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	袛胁械薪邪写褑邪褌褜褋褌褍谢褜械胁 / 袟芯谢芯褌芯泄褌械谢褢薪芯泻 by Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov, 袠谢褜褟袠谢褜褎 4.66 avg rating — 4,697 ratings — published 1931 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ilf and Petrov's American Road Trip: The 1935 Travelogue of Two Soviet Writers by Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov, 袠谢褜褟袠谢褜褎 4.28 avg rating — 3,116 ratings — published 1937 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	脮ilis isik by Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov, 袠谢褜褟袠谢褜褎 3.87 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 1928 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Atitudine nep膬s膬toare fa葲膬 de stomac 葯i alte povestiri by Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov, 袠谢褜褟袠谢褜褎 3.97 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1001 写械薪褜, 懈谢懈袧芯胁邪褟楔邪褏械褉械蟹邪写邪 by Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov, 袠谢褜褟袠谢褜褎 3.83 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1929 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	袧械芯斜褘泻薪芯胁械薪薪褘械懈褋褌芯褉懈懈懈蟹卸懈蟹薪懈谐芯褉芯写邪袣芯谢芯泻芯谢邪屑褋泻邪 / 1001 写械薪褜, 懈谢懈袧芯胁邪褟楔邪褏械褉械蟹邪写邪 by Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov, 袠谢褜褟袠谢褜褎 4.02 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1928	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Stories by Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov, 袠谢褜褟袠谢褜褎 4.29 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	袛胁械薪邪写褑邪褌褜褋褌褍谢褜械胁 / 袟芯谢芯褌芯泄褌械谢械薪芯泻 / 袨写薪芯褝褌邪卸薪邪褟袗屑械褉懈泻邪 by Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov, 袠谢褜褟袠谢褜褎 4.73 avg rating — 56 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“袨薪谢褞斜懈谢懈褋褌褉邪写邪谢. 袨薪谢褞斜懈谢写械薪褜谐懈懈褋褌褉邪写邪谢芯褌懈褏薪械写芯褋褌邪褌泻邪.”
― Ilia Ilf, The Twelve Chairs

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“袙褉械屑褟, 泻芯褌芯褉芯械屑褘懈屑械械屑, - 褝褌芯写械薪褜谐懈, 泻芯褌芯褉褘褏屑褘薪械懈屑械械屑.”
― Ilia Ilf, The Twelve Chairs

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“袙褘薪懈锌褜械褌械, 薪懈泻褍褉懈褌械, 写械胁褍褕泻邪屑懈薪械褍胁谢械泻邪械褌械褋褜... 袟邪褔械屑袙邪屑写械薪褜谐懈? 袙褘卸械薪械褍屑械械褌械懈褏褌褉邪褌懈褌褜.”
― 袠谢褜褟袠谢褜褎, The Twelve Chairs

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