Biography
Lev Abramovich Kassil (Russian: Лев Абрамович Кассиль; 10 July 1905 – 21 June 1970) was a Soviet and Russian writer of juvenile and young adult literature and screenwriter, depicting Soviet life, teenagers and their world, school, sports, cultural life, and war. He was born into a Jewish family in Pokrovskaya Sloboda (now Engels). Finished a local gymnasium later transformed into a United labour school. In 1923 Kassil entered Moscow State University, where he studied aerodynamics. He published his first tale in 1925, and eventually became a REF and LEF member. In 1927 Mayakovsky invited him to share in the magazine called New LEF. His most important works were two autobiographical novels for young people dealing with student life before the Revolution, Konduit (The conduct book, 1929, tr. as The Black Book) and Shvambraniya (1931, tr. as The Land of Shvambrania); the two were revised and combined into one book called Konduit i Shvambraniya (1935, tr. as The Black Book and Shwambrania).In 1936 was the premiere of the film The Goalkeeper written by Lev Kassil.
His books were often "development novels" describing how young people could, despite their mistakes, reach a mature view of life. Modesty, unselfishness, endurance, and courage were virtues that Kassil held dear.
In 1950 he received the Stalin Prize for his book «Улица младшего сына» (1949, co-authored with M. Polyanovsky), the life story of young Volodia Dubinin and his struggle during the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
Kassil taught at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute for a long period. In 1965 he was elected member of the Academy of Pedagogical Science of the Soviet Union.
A minor planet, 2149 Schwambraniya, discovered in 1977 by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh, is named after the fictional land from his novel The Black Book and Schwambrania.
Filmography
all 16
Movies 16
Writer 14
Screenplay 1
The Boys (1978)
Be Ready, Your Highness (1978)
Великое противостояние (1975)
White Queen's Move (1972)
Goal! Another Goal! (1968)
Ulitsa mladshego syna (1962)
This Is How Mayakovsky Began (1958)
Два жадных медвежонка (1954)
Friends-Comrades (1951)
Sinegoriya (1946)
Young Partisans (1943)
Our Cinema (1940)
Брат героя (1940)
Друзья из табора (1938)
Konduit (1936)
The Goalkeeper (1936)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1905-07-10
Deathday1970-06-21 (64 years old)
Birth PlaceEngels, Saratov Oblast, Russia
ChildrenVladimir Kassil
FatherAbram Kassil
SiblingsIosif Kassil
CitizenshipsSoviet Union
Also Known AsЛев Кассиль, Lev Kassil, Лев Абрамович Кассиль
AwardsMedal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Stalin Prize, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Badge of Honour, Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Star, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic"
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