Valentin Krasnogorov

Valentin Krasnogorov (Russian: Валентин Красногоров, which is a pseudonym, his real name being Valentin Samuilovich Faynberg (Валентин Самуилович Файнберг); born 20 December 1934, Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, is a Russian-Israeli playwright, novelist, screenwriter, dramatic theorist, chemical engineer, Doctor of Technical Sciences, and public figure. .

Biography and literature work Born 20 December 1934, in Leningrad, he studied in Estonia. He graduated from the Tallinn Polytechnic Institute. His first play, "A Real Man," was staged in 1976 in St. Petersburg. . Krasnogorov's plays, including "The Bride's Room," "Someone Must Go," "Knightly Passions," "The Delights of Adultery", "Love Until You Lose Your Memory," "Everyone Has Their Own Star," "Today or Never," "Let's Have Sex!", "Wednesday Dates," and others, have been produced in over 700 professional theaters in Russia and many foreign countries and have been warmly received by critics and audiences . Such outstanding directors as Georgy Tovstonogov, Lev Dodin, Roman Viktyuk, and Vladimir Andreyev have worked on productions of his plays. Krasnogorov is also a dramatic theorist, prose writer, and publicist, author of books, novellas, short stories, and essays published in various publications. He is the author of over 70 plays, numerous books and articles on drama and theater, including "Standing on Guard at Thought" on the history of Russian and Soviet censorship , and "Nature – Man – Landscape: The Meaning and Content of Landscape Painting." His books "Fundamentals of Drama: Theory, Technique, and Practice of Drama" and "Four Walls and One Passion" have earned high praise from theater professionals. Krasnogorov's plays have also been produced by over 1000 amateur, youth, and student theaters and studios. They have been translated into 25 languages, as well as into many languages of the peoples of Russia.

Valentin Krasnogorov is a member of the Union of Russian Writers (URW) and the Union of Theatre Workers of Russia (STD RF). He is the founder of the Guild of Playwrights of St. Petersburg. His biography is included in world reference books such as "Marquis Who's Who in the World" (USA), "International Who's Who of the Intellectuals" (England, Cambridge), and others.

Valentin Krasnogorov is a Doctor of Technical Sciences, the author of four monographs, numerous patents, and over 100 scientific publications on chemical engineering. From 1991 to 2005, he lived in Israel, and from 1998 to 2003, he served as Deputy Mayor of Haifa. Krasnogorov's theatre pieces are written in different genres: comedies and tragedies, biting satire, grotesque, absurd, and lyricism. Critics noticed that "Krasnogorov's plays cross borders easily". For this reason, many of them have been translated into 30 foreign languages. His plays The Dog, Let's Have Sex!, The Delights of Adultery and many others have been translated into English.

Plays Plays translated into english Let's Have Sex! Premiere After Party Pelicans of the Wilderness The Delights of Adultery The Dog The Fall of Don Juan Running the Show Ladies by AD The Cruel Lesson Small Tragedies The Visit of a Young Lady

Plays in russian A Night in the Hotel An Invitation to a Murder Babel Immodest Desires Director of the open air shows Love Medicine Love to Distraction Not Tomorrow, but Soon Now or Never (Procession of Gnomes) Premiere After-Party Several Hours in the Life of a Man and a Woman The Fair Show Silent Niagara Small Tragedies Someone Must Leave Song of Songs That Weak, Gentle Sex The Beilis Case The Bride's Room Gates of Paradise The Legs of Woman Number Two The Lot Rendezvous on Wednesdays Swan Song The Woman Who didn't Exist Women by the ad Theatrical Comedy Triangle Rolls Bat Sheba The Vineyard Punishment for Honesty I don't want to study music! Theater of the Future Not to be continued

Productions V. Krasnogorov's plays have been staged in professional, amateur, and student theaters in Russia, Australia, Albania, England, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Korea (South), Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, the USA, Turkey, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, Estonia, and elsewhere. (1,675 productions as of November 2025)

Filmography

That Woman in the Window 1991. Dir. L. Eidlin. Adaptation of the play "Everyone Has His Own Star." Anatomy of Betrayal 2017. Dir. N. Dreiden (based on plays from the cycle "The Delights of Adultery"). Hotel. 2021. Dir. A. Baluev (based on the play "His Don Juan List"). Ideal Wife. 2021. Dir. A. Grachev. Screenplay. Easy Dating. 2021. Dir. A. Krestnikov. Screenplay.

Books Fundamentals of Drama. Theory, Technique, and Practice of Drama. EKSMO Publishers, 2023 Nature, Man, Landscape. The Meaning and Content of Landscape Painting. Ridero, 2023. The Delights of Adultery: Play Collection. Amazon, 2021 Die Reize der Untreue: 10 kurze Stücke für das Theater. 10 Short Plays for the Theater. Amazon, 2021 Leichte Bekanntschaft: Dramen und Komödien für das Theater (Plays and Comedy for the Theater). Amazon, 2021 Théâtre: Pièces choisies. Amazon, 2021 About Drama and Theater. Direct-Media, Moscow, Berlin, 2018 Standing on Guard at Thought (a history of Russian and Soviet censorship). Prometheus Publishing House, Moscow, 2017 Premiere After-Party(collection of plays, volume one). St. Petersburg, 2013. Wednesday Dates (collection of plays, volume two). "Written with a Pen,"Publ St. Petersburg, 2015. The Bride's Room (collection of plays, volume three). "Written with a Pen" Publ.St. Petersburg, 2015.