Yevgeny Petrov (writer)

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Petrovich and the family name is Petrov or Katayev.

Yevgeny Petrovich Petrov, also spelled Evgeny or Yevgeni, (Евгений Петрович Петров, born Katayev (Катаев); December 13 [O.S. November 30] 1902 in Odessa – July 2, 1942)^[1] was a popular Soviet author in the 1920s and 1930s. He often worked in collaboration with Ilya Ilf. As Ilf and Petrov, they wrote The Twelve Chairs, released in 1928, and its sequel, The Little Golden Calf, released in 1931.

Yevgeny Petrov
Yevgeny Petrov (1930)
Native name	Евгений Петрович Петров
Born	Yevgeny Petrovich Katayev December 13 [O.S. November 30] 1902 Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	July 2, 1942 Rostov Oblast, Soviet Union
Occupation	Novelist, journalist
Notable works	The Twelve Chairs The Little Golden Calf One-storied America

Biography

Following Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, Petrov became a war correspondent. He was killed in a plane crash while returning from besieged Sevastopol. The short film Envelope was dedicated to him.^[2]

He was the brother of Valentin Kataev.^[3]