Julian Semjonowitsch Semjonow

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Yulian Semyonov ( Russian Юлиан Семёнович Семёнов , actually Julian Semjonowitsch Ljandres ( Юлиан Семёнович Ляндрес ) * 8. October 1931 in Moscow , Soviet Union ; † 5. September 1993 ) was a Soviet writer and screenwriter .

Life

Semjonow, son of the journalist Semjon Ljandres , studied Oriental Studies in Moscow and then taught Pashto in 1954 at Moscow's Lomonosov University . From 1955 he worked as a journalist, especially as a correspondent for the magazine Ogonyok under editor-in-chief Anatoly Sofronow . From 1962 to 1967 he was a member of the editorial board of the Moscow magazine . From the end of the 1950s he also emerged as an author of detective novels and adventure stories.

His cycle of novels, published from 1966 onwards, about the fictional Soviet spy Maxim Isajew, who was SS standard leader Max Otto von Stierlitz ( Штирлиц ) in Europe during the Second World War , became particularly popular . This cycle includes the novels Parole not necessary ( Пароль не нужен , 1966, filmed in 1967 by Boris Grigoryev ), Dynamite under the City ( Майор Вихрь , 1967, filmed by director Evgeni Tashkow 1968), Seventeen Moments of Spring ( Сеомевниймдцнамена) весны , 1969, by director Tatiana Liosnowa 1973 as the same television series ) filmed, diamonds for the proletarian dictatorship ( Бриллианты для диктатуры пролетариата , 1971, a film 1975 by Grigori Kromanow ) A bomb for the chairman ( Бомба для председателя , 1971) and the Alternative ( Альтернатива , 1974–78). Semyonov also wrote the scripts for the film adaptations.

From 1977 Semjonow published the four-volume novel Die Glut ( Горение ) about the Cheka founder Felix Dzerzhinsky .

As early as 1983, the total circulation of his novels was over 12 million copies.

Honors

Semyonov was named Honored Artist of the RSFSR on September 15, 1982 , and two years later he was awarded the Order of the October Revolution . In addition, Semjonow was awarded the Order of Friendship of Nations and the KGB Prize in the field of art .

Other works (selection)

  • 1963: Order: Murder ( Петровка, 38 , GDR edition 1965; title of the FRG edition 1967: Petrowka 38 )
  • 1979: TASS is authorized ... ( "ТАСС уполномочен заявить ..." , GDR edition 1982; title of the FRG edition 1985: The dice fall in Moscow )
  • 1989: Moscow: Top Secret . Droemer Knaur, Munich, ISBN 978-3-426-02068-5
  • 1991: The Gorenkov case . Droemer Knaur, Munich, ISBN 978-3-426-03187-2

Filmography (selection)

  • 1965: Road to the great sky car ( TV film )
  • 1967: Parole unnecessary ( Parole ne nuschen)
  • 1972: Solaris (Soljaris) - actor
  • 1973: Seventeen Moments of Spring (Semnadzat mgnoweni besny) (TV film series)
  • 1975: diamonds for the dictatorship of the proletariat (Brillianty dlja dictatury proletariata)
  • 1976: Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce (Schisn i smert Ferdinanda Ljusa) (TV film series)
  • 1979: Special characteristics: none (Osobych primet net)
  • 1980: Police station Petrowka 38 (Petrowka, 38)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to Klaus Mehnert , cf. The Russians & their favorite books , Stanford 1983, ISBN 0-8179-7821-6 , pp. 32-34.
  2. ↑ Biography of Julian Semjonows on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on July 8, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Semjonow, Julian Semjonowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Семёнов, Юлиан Семёнович (Russian); Ljandres, Julian Semjonowitsch (real name); Ляндрес, Юлиан Семёнович (real name, Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH 5th September 1993
Place of death Moscow , Soviet Union