Iosif Prut

Iosif Leonidovich Prut (; 6 November 1900 – 16 July 1996) was a Russian playwright and the first Soviet screenwriter. Prut was awarded the title of Honoured Artist of the RSFSR.

Biography Iosif Prut was born on November 18, 1900, in the city of Taganrog, in the Don Host Oblast of the Russian Empire. In 1901 his immediate family were diagnosed with acute tuberculosis and they travelled to Leysin, Switzerland, for a treatment in a local clinic. His father soon died of complications and was buried in Gerbersdorf, Germany. Iosif stayed in Leysin for treatment until 1908.

After returning several times to Taganrog and studying for a while at a Rostov on Don gymnasium, he moved to Switzerland for permanent residence with his aunt Anne Helghi and entered the École Nouvelle, a private school in Chailly near Lausanne. Among his alumni and close friends were Edward "Donnie" Donegall (1915-1918), a well-known war journalist, Constantine "Costa" Gratsos, vice president of Onassis' Victory Carriers, and Frédéric Siordet, lawyer, author and vice president of the International Red Cross.

In 1918 he graduated from the École Nouvelle and enlisted to the École Polytechnique in Paris, but quit and volunteered to serve in the Russian expeditionary corps. Iosif Prut was decorated with a Transfiguration cross.

After returning to Russia, he participated in the Russian Civil War within the 1st Cavalry Army (Soviet Union) under command of Semyon Budyonny, was in command of a platoon within the 36th regiment of the 6th Cavalry Caucasus division.

Iosif Prut moved to Moscow in 1922.

For the first time Prut wrote for a Red Army gazette in 1919. Most playwrights were dedicated to the Soviet Army and were staged at the Red Army Theater.

Prut worked for the Mezhrabpom-Rus(Межрабпом-Русь) film studio in 1924–1928, and for Lenfilm in 1928–1932.

During the German-Soviet War, he served at a mobile tank-repairing factory, later headed the club of the 222nd Smolensk Red-Banner Rifle Division (222 Смоленская Краснознаменная стрелковая дивизия), participated in several reconnaissance raid in the enemy rear, earning the Soviet Medal for Combat Service.

Iosif Prut died in Brest on July 16, 1996.

Bibliography (plays) Маршал удалой: Пьеса. Л., 1932 Князь Мстислав Удалой: Пьеса. М., 1933 О.К.Б.: Этапы человеческой жизни. Л.; М., 1934 Восточный батальон. М., 1935. В соавторстве с братьями Тур Я вас люблю: Лирические сцены. М., 1935 Член Реввоенсовета. М., 1936 Год девятнадцатый: Пьеса. М., 1937 Две ночи: Пьеса. М., 1940 Дорога на юг: Историческая хроника. М., 1940 Молодая гвардия: Пьеса. М., 1940 Секретарь райкома: Пьеса. М., 1943 Судьба Реджинальда Дэвиса: Пьеса. М., 1947. В соавторстве с В.М.Кожевниковым Тихий океан: Пьеса. М.; Л., 1949 Пьесы. М., 1951 Конек-Горбунок: Пьеса по мотивам одноименной сказки. М., 1959 Пьесы. М., 1963 Останемся верны: Пьеса. М., 1970. В соавторстве с Г.Д.Красильниковым На новой улице: Пьеса. М., 1973 Солдаты: Пьеса. М., 1975 Разгром: Драматическая поэма. М., 1976. В соавторстве с Н.Захаровым Ну и ну! или довольно странная история, изложенная в 2-х действиях, 6 карт. М., 1977 Золотой песок: Пьеса. М., 1979 Пьесы. М., 1982 Катрин: Музыкальная комедия по мотивам В.Сарду. М., 1984. В соавторстве с А.Дноховским.

Filmography

Screenwriter 1929 — Сто двадцать тысяч в год — with G. Chernyak 1931 — Огонь («Костер с далекой реки») 1931 — Человек из тюрьмы («Человек за решеткой») (1931), 1932 — Запах великой империи, with M. Gerasimov 1932 — Для вас найдется работа, with Ilya Trauberg 1937 — The Thirteen (Тринадцать), with Mikhail Romm 1938 — Год девятнадцатый, with Ilya Trauberg 1938 — Пограничная застава 1939 — Эскадрилья No. 5 1940 — My Love (Моя любовь) 1942 — Секретарь райкома 1942 — Сын бойца (новелла в киноальманахе «Боевой киносборник» No. 12) 1943 — Одна семья (фильм на экраны не вышел) — with Lev Vaysenberg and M. Dzhal 1948 — Мальчик с окраины, with V. Kozhevnik 1950 — В мирные дни 1954 — Богатырь» идет в Марто 1955 — Случай с ефрейтором Кочетковым 1960 — Девичья весна, with M. Dolgopolov and N. Nadezhdina 1962 — Здравствуйте, дети!, with I. Donskoy 1964 — Ждите нас на рассвете — with Emil Loteanu 1965 — Последняя ночь в раю, with G. Malarchuk 1966 — Сурайя (also known as «Жизнь прошла ночью»), with U. Nazarov 1967 — Чернушка, with S. Makhmudbekov 1969 — Взрыв после полуночи, with E. Karamyan 1970 — «Совесть заела» 1973 — За час до рассвета

Honours and awards Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1983) Order of Friendship of Peoples Order of the Badge of Honour Medal for Combat Service

External links and references

И.Л. Прут, биография И.Л. Прут на сайте «Культура России»