Occupation Playwright, writer Role Playwright Name Valentin Krasnogorov | Nationality Russian, Israeli Movies Eta zhenshchina v okne... | |
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Born 20 December 1934 (age 89)
Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russia ( 1934-12-20 ) | ||
Notable works Let's Have Sex
The Dog | ||
Valentin Krasnogorov (Russian: Валентин Красногоров, which is a pseudonym, his real name being Valentin Samuilovich Faynberg (Валентин Самуилович Файнберг); born 20 December 1934, Leningrad, now St. Petersburg) is a Russian-Israeli playwright and writer.
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Valentin Krasnogorov (20 December 1934, Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russia) is one of the best known modern Russian dramatists. Krasnogorov's first play, An Ideal Man, was written in 1976. His plays Let's Have Sex!, The Dog, Small Tragedies, The Delights of Adultery, Somebody Must Leave, Now or Never, Love Medicine, Several Hours From The Life of a Man and a Woman, That Weak Gentle Sex, The Bride's Room, A Cruel Lesson, etc. have been performed in more than 200 theaters in different countries, including the best Russian theaters, such as Maly Theater – Theater of Europe of Lev Dodin, Tovstonogov Theater, and Alexandrinsky Theatre in St.Petersburg.
Krasnogorov's theatre pieces are written in different genres: comedies and tragedies, biting satire, grotesque, absurd, and lyricism. Critics noticed that "Krasnogorov's plays cross borders easily". For this reason, many of them have been translated into foreign languages. His plays The Dog, Let’s Have Sex!, and The Delights of Adultery have been translated into English.
V. Krasnogorov is a member of the Writers Union of Russia; member of the Russian Union of the Theater Workers; member of the Israel Federation of Writers Unions. His biography is included in the dictionaries "Marquis Who’s Who in the World", US, "International Who's Who of Intellectuals", England, Cambridge, et al. He was President of the St. Petersburg Playwrights Association in 1987–1991. He is Doctor of Sciences, professor, author of books and papers on chemical engineering. In 1991–2006 Krasnogorov lived in Israel where he was elected as Vice-Mayor of Haifa city. Since 2006 he lives again in St. Petersburg.