Edward Topol Explained

Edward Topol
Birth Date:1938 10, mf=yes
Birth Place:Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation:Novelist, screen writer, essayist.
Nationality:American
Genre:Drama
Notableworks:Tomorrow in Russia
Red Square

Eduard Vladimirovich Topol (Russian: Эдуа́рд Влади́мирович То́поль), real name Topelberg (Russian: Топельберг) (born 8 October 1938), is a Russian writer, film producer and screenwriter.

Biography

Born in Baku, Topol spent his teenage years finishing local school in Baku and graduated from Azerbaijan State Economic University.[1] He also 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.

Personal life

He married twice and has one daughter and one son.

Bibliography

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English:

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.eduardtopol.ru/photos.htm Вместо автобиографии