Aleksandr Volodin (playwright)

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

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]

Aleksandr Volodin
Born	Aleksandr Moiseyevich Lifschitz (1919-02-10)10 February 1919 Minsk, Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia
Died	17 December 2001(2001-12-17) (aged 82) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Resting place	Komarovskoye 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.

External links

• Recent Trends in Russian Drama with Special Reference to Alexander Volodin
• Aleksandr Volodin at IMDb