Edward Topol
Eduard Vladimirovich Topol, real name Topelberg (born 8 October 1938), is a Russian writer, film producer and screenwriter.
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- Name
- Edward Topol
- Born
- 8 October 1938
- Birthplace
- Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Novelist, screen writer, essayist.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · United States
- Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography · Azerbaijan State University of Economics
- Languages
- Russian
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Eduard Vladimirovich Topol, real name Topelberg (born 8 October 1938), is a Russian writer, film producer and screenwriter.
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Edward Topol (born 1938) is a Soviet and American director, dramaturge and journalist, among other activities. The director was born in Baku.
Edward Topol studied at Azerbaijan State University of Economics and Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. The director worked for Azerbaijan State University of Economics. Languages used include Russian.
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• Name — Edward Topol • Born — 8 October 1938 • Birthplace — Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — Novelist, screen writer, essayist. • Genre — Drama • Notable Works — Tomorrow in Russia Red Square
Biography
Biography
Born in Baku, Topol spent his teenage years finishing local school in Baku and graduated from Azerbaijan State Economic University. He did his military service in Estonia. He worked as journalist for newspapers such as Bakinskiy Rabochiy and Komsomolskaya Pravda and wrote the screenplays for seven movies, of which two were banned due to censorship under the Soviet government. In 1978 he emigrated to USA, New York City, and lived for short periods in Boston, Toronto and Miami. Topol resides in Netanya, Israel since 2017.
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He married twice and has one daughter and one son.
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Edward Topol is recorded with the occupation science fiction writer. Recorded as having studied at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and Azerbaijan State University of Economics.
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1938
Edward Topol was born on 8 October 1938.
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- Red Square
- Submarine U-137
- Journalist for Brezhnev
- Strange Face
- Tomorrow in Russia
- Red Snow
- Krazny gaz (1986); translated in English: Red Gas (1987)
- Dermo!: The Real Russian Tolstoy Never Used (A book on Russian language)
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