Arkadi Alexandrowitsch Wainer
Gravestone wainers in the Wostryakovo cemetery in Moscow
Arkadi Alexandrowitsch Wainer ( Russian Аркадий Александрович Вайнер , scientific transliteration Arkadij Aleksandrovič Vajner , born January 13, 1931 in Moscow ; † April 24, 2005 ibid) was a Soviet-Russian writer who, together with his brother Georgi (1938-2009) wrote successful detective novels in the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries .
Wainer studied law at Lomonossow University and worked as an investigator for the militia before his literary success .
Filmography
- 1979: The black cat - (Mesto wstretschi ismenit nelsja) - multi-part television film
Web links
- Literature by and about Arkadi Wainer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Arkadi Wainer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography and picture with reading samples (Russian)
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| SURNAME | Wainer, Arkadi Alexandrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vajner, Arkadij Aleksandrovič; Вайнер, Аркадий Александрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 2005 |
| Place of death | Moscow |