Semyon Altov (russian: Семён Альтов) (born January 17, 1945) is a Soviet
comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...
writer. Original name: Semyon Teodorovich Altshuller (russian: Семён Теодо́рович Альтшуллер).
["Обрезание мне сделали в 'Литературке' "]
an interview
Semyon Altov was born in
Sverdlovsk. The same year the family moved to
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, where Semyon Altov spent his whole life.
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Awards
*2003: Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
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 ...
.
References
External links
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Official website
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Jewish Russian writers
Soviet screenwriters
20th-century Russian screenwriters
Male screenwriters
20th-century Russian male writers
Russian humorists
Soviet Jews
Russian Jews
Writers from Saint Petersburg
1945 births
Living people
20th-century pseudonymous writers