Yevgeny Petrov
Screenwriter, Fictional Character Creator
1903 – 1942
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Who was Yevgeny Petrov?
Yevgeny Petrov was the pen name of Yevgeny Petrovich Katayev, a popular Soviet author in the 1920s and 1930s. He often worked in collaboration with Ilya Ilf.
He was the brother of Valentin Katayev.
Following Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, Petrov became a war correspondent. He was killed in a plane crash while returning from besieged Sevastopol.
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- Born
- Dec 13, 1903
Odessa - Also known as
- Yevgeni Petrovich Kataev
- Yakov Aleksandrovich Protazanov
- J.A. Protozanov
- Ya. Protazanov
- Ya.A. Protazanov
- Jakov Protazanov
- Jacob Protozanoff
- Евгений Петров
- Евгений Петрович Катаев
- Yevgeny Petrovich Katayev
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Russian Empire
- Profession
- Lived in
- Odessa
- Died
- Jul 2, 1942
Rostov Oblast
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on July 23, 2013
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