Yuriy Olesha

Yuriy Olesha

writer, music department

Yuriy Olesha was born on Mar 03, 1899 in Ukraine]. Yuriy Olesha's big-screen debut came with Concentration Camp directed by Aleksandr Macheret in 1938. Yuriy Olesha is known for The Tale About the Dead Princess and Seven Strong Men directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Mariya Babanova stars as Tsarina and Zinaida Bokareva as Chernavka. The upcoming new movie Yuriy Olesha plays is Beginning of an Unknown Era which will be released on Jan 01, 1967.

Yuri Karlovich Olesha was born on March 3, 1899, in Elizavetgrad, Russian Empire (now Kirovograd, Ukraine). His father, named Karl Olesha, belonged to Polish Shlachta and was a government officer. His mother was a devoted Catholic. In 1902 the family moved to Odessa. There young Olesha went to a Classical Gymnazium from which he graduated in 1916. In 1915-1916 he published his early poems. From 1917-1919 he studied at the Law Department of Novorossiisky University in Odessa. At that time he joined the Odessa group of writers, which included

  • Birthday

    Mar 03, 1899
  • Place of Birth

    Yelizavetgrad, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kirovohrad, Ukraine]