Background
KAZAKEVICH, Emmanuil was born on February 24, 1913 in Kremenchug. Son of a teacher and journalist.
KAZAKEVICH, Emmanuil was born on February 24, 1913 in Kremenchug. Son of a teacher and journalist.
1930 graduate Khar’kov Machine- Building Technicum.
Began work in Birobidzhan as construction superintendent, kolkhoz chairman, then theater director. Contributed to newspapers. In World War 2 commanded reconnaissance unit.
Began lit work in mid-1930’s in Yiddish. Translated into Yiddish works of Pushkin, Lermontov and Mayakovskiy. From 1947 wrote in Russian.
1948 criticized for ’’distorting Soviet reality”. 1956 chief cd, lit collections Literatumaya Moskva (Literary Moscow).
Member, Communist Party, since 1944.
Board member, USSR Writers’ Union from 1959. Communist Party member from 1944.