Iosif Leonidovich Prut russian: Прут, Иосиф Леонидович (6 November 1900 – 16 July 1996) was a Russian playwright and the first

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screenwriter. Prut was awarded the title of

Honoured Artist of the RSFSR Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...

(1983).

Biography

Iosif Prut was born on November 18, 1900, in the city of

Taganrog Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population: History of Taganrog Th ...

, in the

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of the

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. In 1901 his immediate family were diagnosed with acute tuberculosis and they travelled to

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, Switzerland, for a treatment in a local clinic. His father soon died of complications and was buried in Gerbersdorf,

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. Iosif stayed in Leysin for treatment until 1908. After returning several times to Taganrog and studying for a while at a

Rostov on Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...

gymnasium, he moved to Switzerland for permanent residence with his aunt Anne Helghi and entered the École Nouvelle, a private school in Chailly near

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. Among his alumni and close friends were Edward "Donnie" Donegall (1915-1918), a well-known war journalist, Constantine "Costa" Gratsos, vice president of Onassis' Victory Carriers, and Frédéric Siordet, lawyer, author and vice president of the International Red Cross. In 1918 he graduated from the École Nouvelle and enlisted to the

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, but quit and volunteered to serve in the Russian expeditionary corps. Iosif Prut was decorated with a Transfiguration cross. After returning to Russia, he participated in the

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within the

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under command of

Semyon Budyonny Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonnyy ( rus, Семён Миха́йлович Будённый, Semyon Mikháylovich Budyonnyy, p=sʲɪˈmʲɵn mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bʊˈdʲɵnːɨj, a=ru-Simeon Budyonniy.ogg; – 26 October 1973) was a Russian ca ...

, was in command of a platoon within the 36th regiment of the 6th Cavalry Caucasus division. Iosif Prut moved to

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in 1922. For the first time Prut wrote for a

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gazette in 1919. Most playwrights were dedicated to the Soviet Army and were staged at the Red Army Theater. Prut worked for the Mezhrabpom-Rus(Межрабпом-Русь) film studio in 1924–1928, and for Lenfilm in 1928–1932. During the

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, he served at a mobile tank-repairing factory, later headed the club of the 222nd Smolensk Red-Banner Rifle Division (222 Смоленская Краснознаменная стрелковая дивизия), participated in several reconnaissance raid in the enemy rear, earning the Soviet

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. Iosif Prut died in

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on July 16, 1996.

Bibliography (plays)

* Маршал удалой: Пьеса. Л., 1932 * Князь Мстислав Удалой: Пьеса. М., 1933 * О.К.Б.: Этапы человеческой жизни. Л.; М., 1934 * Восточный батальон. М., 1935. В соавторстве с братьями Тур * Я вас люблю: Лирические сцены. М., 1935 * Член Реввоенсовета. М., 1936 * Год девятнадцатый: Пьеса. М., 1937 * Две ночи: Пьеса. М., 1940 * Дорога на юг: Историческая хроника. М., 1940 * Молодая гвардия: Пьеса. М., 1940 * Секретарь райкома: Пьеса. М., 1943 * Судьба Реджинальда Дэвиса: Пьеса. М., 1947. В соавторстве с В.М.Кожевниковым * Тихий океан: Пьеса. М.; Л., 1949 * Пьесы. М., 1951 * Конек-Горбунок: Пьеса по мотивам одноименной сказки. М., 1959 * Пьесы. М., 1963 * Останемся верны: Пьеса. М., 1970. В соавторстве с Г.Д.Красильниковым * На новой улице: Пьеса. М., 1973 * Солдаты: Пьеса. М., 1975 * Разгром: Драматическая поэма. М., 1976. В соавторстве с Н.Захаровым * Ну и ну! или довольно странная история, изложенная в 2-х действиях, 6 карт. М., 1977 * Золотой песок: Пьеса. М., 1979 * Пьесы. М., 1982 * Катрин: Музыкальная комедия по мотивам В.Сарду. М., 1984. В соавторстве с А.Дноховским.

Filmography

Screenwriter

* 1929 — Сто двадцать тысяч в год — with G. Chernyak * 1931 — Огонь ''(«Костер с далекой реки»'') * 1931 — Человек из тюрьмы ''(«Человек за решеткой»'') (1931), * 1932 — Запах великой империи, with M. Gerasimov * 1932 — Для вас найдется работа, with

Ilya Trauberg Ilya Trauberg (Ilya Zakharovich Trauberg) was a Russian director born in Odessa on December 13, 1905, who died in Berlin on December 18, 1948. Filmography Assistant director * 1927 - '' October: Ten Days That Shook the World'' Director * ...

* 1937 —

The Thirteen ''The Thirteen'' (russian: Тринадцать, Trinadtsat) is a 1937 Soviet red western action film directed by Mikhail Romm. Plot In Soviet Central Asia, ten demobilized Red Army soldiers ride through the desert to the railroad. Three more p ...

(Тринадцать), with Mikhail Romm * 1938 — Год девятнадцатый, with Ilya Trauberg * 1938 — Пограничная застава * 1939 — Эскадрилья No. 5 * 1940 — My Love (Моя любовь) * 1942 — Секретарь райкома * 1942 — Сын бойца (новелла в киноальманахе «Боевой киносборник» No. 12) * 1943 — Одна семья (фильм на экраны не вышел) — with Lev Vaysenberg and M. Dzhal * 1948 — Мальчик с окраины, with V. Kozhevnik * 1950 — В мирные дни * 1954 — Богатырь» идет в Марто * 1955 — Случай с ефрейтором Кочетковым * 1960 — Девичья весна, with M. Dolgopolov and N. Nadezhdina * 1962 — Здравствуйте, дети!, with I. Donskoy * 1964 — Ждите нас на рассвете — with

Emil Loteanu Emil Vladimirovich Loteanu (6 November 1936 – 18 April 2003) was a Romanian-Soviet film director born in what is now Moldova. He moved to Moscow in his early life. His best known films are '' Lăutarii'', '' Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven'', '' A ...

* 1965 — Последняя ночь в раю, with G. Malarchuk * 1966 — Сурайя (also known as «Жизнь прошла ночью»), with U. Nazarov * 1967 — Чернушка, with S. Makhmudbekov * 1969 — Взрыв после полуночи, with E. Karamyan * 1970 — «Совесть заела» * 1973 — За час до рассвета

Honours and awards

(1983) *

Order of Friendship of Peoples The Order of Friendship of Peoples (russian: oрден Дружбы народов, translit=orden Druzhby narodov) was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military unit ...

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

External links and references

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И.Л. Прут, биография

И.Л. Прут на сайте «Культура России»
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