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Nikolai Erdman

August 10, 1970

Russian and Soviet playwright (1900-1970)

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Nikolai Robertovich Erdman was a Soviet playwright and screenwriter, best known for his collaboration with director Vsevolod Mejerchold in the 1920s. His plays, especially Self-Murder, form a direct link between Gogol's satirical drama and the theater of the absurd in Russian literature.

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  • Anniversary · August 10

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