Yakov Semyonovich Landa

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Yakov Landa

Jakow Semjonowitsch Landa ( Russian Я́ков Семёнович Ла́нда ; born August 9, 1948 in Odessa ; † April 18, 2005 in Hanover ) was a Soviet writer. He has written novels, dramas and essays.

Family, student years, professional development

Landa was born as the son of the doctor Maria Jakowlewna Barskoi and the teacher Semyon Semjonowitsch Landa in the Ukrainian Soviet Republic . After graduating from middle school, he studied physics at the Kharkov State University. He obtained his diploma in the field of optics. During her studies Landa was a member of the study theater "SINT-63".

Landa then completed his two years of military service as an officer, then he got a job in St. Petersburg as a programmer at LOMO , an important institution for the development of opto-mechanical and opto-electronic devices. Soon he moved to the All Union Research and Development Institute for Electrical Engineering.

In 1991, as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union , Landa moved to Germany. He worked in Hanover as a manager of a mechanical engineering company.

Here he also campaigned for the establishment of a new Jewish community in Hanover.

Writing activity

Jakow Landa only began to write during his emigration in Germany. His first essay appeared in the European Journal in 1992 and was entitled «Наши пришли» (Our Immigration). It is an autobiographical report for the series Mensch und Umwelt and Writers on the microphone of the radio station “Free Europe” .

Works

  • 1994, Nothing special (“Ничего особенного”). In: Русская мысль, № 4034, 6. – 20. June, Paris
  • 1994, place cards («Плацкартный»). In: Русская мысль, № 4027, May 4th.
  • 1994, street musicians («Уличные музыканты»). In: Русская мысль, № 4029, March 31–6. April.
  • 1996, confession of a conformist or enquette, filled out in the KGB («Исповедь конформиста или анкета, заполненная в КГБ»). In: Twenty-Two , No. 99 (Moscow / Jerusalem); also published in 2000 in: 21st Century , Helsinki
  • 1999, insurgents , serial («Постояльцы»). In: «Родная речь», № 1 (4) (Hanover)
  • 2004, The last bell , serial novel («Последний звонок»). In: Stern (Звезда), № 4
  • 2005, pictures for the exhibition («Картинки с выставки»). In: Noon, 21st century , № 3, St. Petersburg
  • 2005, Army Friezes (“Армейские байки”). In: Foreign writings (Зарубежные записки), № 3, Dortmund
  • 2005, Red Arrow (“Красная стрела”). In: Studies, № 9, Berlin / Moscow

As well as publications in the newspapers / magazines “Культура”, “Известия”, “Европа-Центр” and “Грани”.

literature

  • E. Tichomirowa: Russian contemporary writers in Germany. A reference work . Munich, Verlag Otto Sagner, 1998, p. 93

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Театр-студия СИНТ-63. Жизнь человеческого духа. След" (Russian), About the Study Theater SINT-63, published May 14, 2003
  2. ↑ Kescher , newspaper of the Abraham Geiger College: Illustration of the trailblazers for a new Jewish community, 2005. Page 4 (PDF document); Retrieved on August 14, 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abraham-geiger-kolleg.de
personal data
SURNAME Landa, Jakow Semjonowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ланда, Яков Семёнович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet and German writers
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Odessa
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 2005
Place of death Hanover