Vatslav Mikhalsky

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vatslavovich and the family name is Mikhalsky.

Vatslav Mikhalsky
Native name	Вацлав Вацлавович Михальский
Born	(1938-06-27)27 June 1938 Taganrog, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	5 April 2024(2024-04-05) (aged 85)
Occupation	Writer, screenwriter, editor
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Maxim Gorky Literature Institute

Vatslav Vatslavovich Mikhalsky (Russian: Вацлав Вацлавович Михальский; 27 June 1938 – 5 April 2024) was a Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter and editor.

Life and career

Mikhalsky was born in the city of Taganrog on 27 June 1938. In 1965 he graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. In 1975, he took higher courses for specialists and cinema directors at Goskino. In 1990 he worked as a general director and chief editor of the publishing house Soglasiye. Mikhalsky died on 5 April 2024, at the age of 85.

Awards

• State Prize of the Russian Federation of 2002 for his novel The Spring in Carthage.

Novels

• «Баллада о старом оружии» (1964)
• «Катенька» (1965)
• «Семнадцать левых сапог» (1967)
• «Тайные милости» (1982)

cycle of novels dedicated to the first wave of Russian immigration:

• • «The Spring in Carthage» (2001)
  • «Одинокому везде пустыня» (2003)
  • «Для радости нужны двое» (2006)
  • «Храм согласия» (2008)
  • «Прощеное воскресенье» (2009).

Screenplays

1. Za chto? (1991) (novel "Semnadtsat levykh sapog") (screenplay)

... a.k.a. Why? (International: English title) ... a.k.a. Semnadtsat levykh sapog (Russia)

1. Katenka (1987) (writer)

... a.k.a. Катенька (Soviet Union: Russian title)

1. Ballada o starom oruzhii (1986) (book) (screenplay)

External links

• Vatslav Mikhalsky at IMDb