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KASSIL, Lev was born in 1905 in Engels, now Saratov Oblast.
(Лев Абрамович Кассиль (1905 - 1970) -- русский советский ...)
Лев Абрамович Кассиль (1905 - 1970) -- русский советский писатель, член-корреспондент АПН СССР (1965). Лауреат Сталинской премии третьей степени (1951). Книга "Кондуит и Швамбрания» (1928-1931) - его автобиографическая повесть.
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KASSIL, Lev was born in 1905 in Engels, now Saratov Oblast.
Studied at Saratov Art Practice Institute. Studied at Physico-Mathematical Faculty Moscow University.
1925-1927 electrician. Poster artist; 1927 Moscow corresponding, “Pravda Vostoka”, Tashkent, and “Sovetskaya” Sibir”, Novosibirsk. Contributor to journal “Novi Lef” (New Left Front in Literature), “Izvestia”.
During World War П corresponding, All-Union Radio Committee on Northern Front (Transpolar), then in southern sections of the front. Wrote chiefly for children.
(Лев Абрамович Кассиль (1905 - 1970) -- русский советский ...)