Yuri Karlovich Olesha

Olesha Background

Yuri Karlovich Olesha (1899-1960)

Born in Ukraine in Elisavetgrad (today Kirovohrad/Kirovograd) on March 3, 1899
Only son of Polish Catholic family of landowners. The family was originally a Belorussian Orthodox noble family.
Moved to Odessa in 1902
Olesha attended the famous Rishelevsky Gymnasium in Odessa.
Studied law for 2 years at the Novorossiisk University (in Odessa)
During that time, he participated in Odessan literary discussion groups, where he struck up frienships with writers Ilf, Kataev, Bagritsky
Sister died of typhus in 1919
In 1919 Olesha rejected the monarchist sympathies of his parents by volunteering for the Red Army
Olesha begins to work as a journalist-propagandist. His work takes him to Kharkov (Ukraine, 1920), then Moscow (1922)
Olesha's parents emigrate to Poland in 1922
Olesha starts working for railway journal Gudok (“signal whistle”)
Publishes under the pseudonym Zubilo (“Chisel”); his satyrical verse is popular
Meets writers who are also Gudok staff writers: Ilf and Petrov, Kataev, Isaak Babel, Mikhail Bulgakov
Two collections of verse are published in 1924 and 1927
Envy is published in 1927
Envy adapted to the stage as The Conspiracy of Feelings (Zagovor Chuvstv) in 1929
Three Fat Men (Tri Tolstiaka) published in 1928 (but probably written in 1924), a novella-fairytale about the revolution
Three Fat Men later adapted by others for opera, radio, and film (twice)
Before 1932 Olesha wrote a number of short stories and his one original play, A List of Benefits (Spisok Blagodeyanii, 1931)
Olesha fell almost silent during the Stalinist years, apparently surviving on translations, a few second-rate stories, and film scenarios
His final major work, No Day Without a Line (Ni dnya bez strochki) was published in 1965, after his death (1960). It is a quasi-autobiographical work compiled from a large and varied collection of his writings.
Olesha's writing is rich in original and unusual imagery.

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