Nikolai Virta

Nikolai Virta
Born(1906-12-19)December 19, 1906
Bolshaya Lazovka, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedJanuary 3, 1976(1976-01-03) (aged 69)
Moscow, Soviet Union

Nikolai Yevgenyevich Virta (Russian: Никола́й Евге́ньевич Вирта́) (real name Karelsky) (December 19 [O.S. December 6] 1906 – January 3, 1976) was a Soviet writer who developed the theory of "conflictless" drama.[1]

  1. ^ Edward J. Brown, Russian Literature Since the Revolution (Harvard University Press, 1982: ISBN 0-674-78203-8), p. 14.