Nikolai Erdman

Nikolai Robertovich Erdman
Native name
Николай Робертович Эрдман
Born16 November [O.S. 3 November] 1900
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died10 August 1970
Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
OccupationPlaywright, screenwriter, poet
NationalityRussian
Notable worksThe Mandate
The Suicide
Notable awardsStalin Prize (1951)

Nikolai Robertovich Erdman (Russian: Николай Робертович Эрдман, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ˈrobʲɪrtəvʲɪtɕ ˈɛrdmən] ; 16 November [O.S. 3 November] 1900, Moscow – 10 August 1970) was a Soviet dramatist and screenwriter primarily remembered for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold in the 1920s.[1] His plays, notably The Suicide (1928), form a link in Russian literary history between the satirical drama of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 214–215. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.