Aleksandr Volodin (playwright)

Aleksandr Moiseyevich Volodin (Russian: Александр Моисеевич Володин; 1919 – 2001), born Lifschitz,[1] was a Soviet and Russian playwright, screenwriter and poet. His first play was The Factory Girl (1956).[2] His most famous plays were Five Evenings (1959), My Elder Sister and some others. In addition, he created the script for the film Autumn Marathon (1979) by director Georgy Daneliya.[3]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Moiseyevich and the family name is Volodin.

Aleksandr Volodin
Born
Aleksandr Moiseyevich Lifschitz

(1919-02-10)10 February 1919
Minsk, Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia
Died17 December 2001(2001-12-17) (aged 82)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Resting placeKomarovskoye Cemetery, Saint Petersburg

References
  1. Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 167.
  2. Senelick, Laurence (2015). Historical Dictionary of Russian Theater. Historical Dictionaries of the Arts. Rowman / Littlefield. p. 505. ISBN 9781442249271.
  3. Gushanskaya, Yelena (2014). "Playwright Aleksandr Volodin: Reflections on the Occasion of His Birthday" (PDF). Social Sciences. 45. Minneapolis-Moscow: 49–62.


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