Ivan Ivanovich Kataev (russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Ката́ев; 27 May 1902 – 19 August 1937) was a

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novelist, short story writer, and journalist.

Biography

Kataev was born in Moscow. His father was the uncle of

Andrey Kolmogorov Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov ( rus, Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров, p=ɐnˈdrʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ kəlmɐˈɡorəf, a=Ru-Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov.ogg, 25 April 1903 – 20 October 1987) was a Sovi ...

, and his mother was the niece of

Pyotr Kropotkin Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (; russian: link=no, Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин ; 9 December 1842 – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist, socialist, revolutionary, historian, scientist, philosopher, and activ ...

. In 1919 he joined the

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and the RKP (b) and participated in the fighting against

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. After leaving the military, Kataev studied in the Economic Department of Moscow State University. Kataev's first works were published in 1921. From 1926 to 1932 he was the leader of the literary group Pereval, which included Eduard Bagritsky, Mikhail Prishvin and Pyotr Pavlenko, among others. His works include the novellas '' The Heart'' (1928), ''

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'' (1930), and '' The Encounter'' (1934). and the collections of essays ''

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'' (1932) and ''

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'' (1934). He made numerous long trips as a journalist to the

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and many other places, which provided him with material for his fiction. His novel ''Milk'' was attacked on ideological grounds as a work that preached religion. His works were attacked throughout the mid 1930s, eventually leading to his arrest and execution as an "enemy of the people" in 1937. He was rehabilitated in 1956.

English translations

*''

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'', from ''

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'', Vol 1,

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, Moscow, 1976. *'' The Wife'', from ''

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'', Dell, 1990.

References

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