Sergey Zvantsev was a Soviet writer, playwright and feuilletonist.

Biography

Born as Alexander Shamkovich on November 2, 1893 in the city of Taganrog

Taganrog

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 in the family of doctor Isaak Shamkovich. His father studied at Taganrog Boys' Gymnasium

Chekhov Gymnasium

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 in the same class with Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...

 and shared the same school desk. Alexander Shamkovich also studied at the Taganrog Boys' Gymnasium

Chekhov Gymnasium

The Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog on Ulitsa Oktyabrskaya 9 is the oldest gymnasium in the South of Russia. Playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov spent 11 years in the school, which was later named after him and transformed into a literary museum...

 and entered the law faculty of Kharkiv University

Kharkiv University

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, which he graduated from in 1916. Alexander Shamkovich published his first feuilleton in the newspaper Priazovksy Kray in 1912.
The first book published under the name of Sergey Zvantsev was the feature story Taganrog's Delegate on the famous steelworker Nikolai Dygai. Zvantsev's feuilletons were published in satirical magazine Krokodil

Krokodil

Krokodil was a satirical magazine published in the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1922. At that time, a large number of satirical magazines existed, such as Zanoza and Prozhektor...

, in Literaturnaya Gazeta

Literaturnaya Gazeta

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 and many more. His miniatures were included in the satirical TV series Fitil

Fitil

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. Sergey Zvantsev published many stories dedicated to Taganrog

Taganrog

Taganrog is a seaport city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the north shore of Taganrog Bay , several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population: -History of Taganrog:...

 before October Revolution

October Revolution

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Publications

1. Депутат Таганрога. — Ростов-на-Дону: Ростиздат, 1939.
2. Каракулевые шкурки (библ. журн. "Крокодил"). — М.: Правда, 1956.
3. Рассказы о героях. — Ростов-на-Дону: Ростиздат, 1957.
4. Разное смешное. — Ростов-на-Дону: Ростиздат, 1957
5. Дело Вальяно. — Ростов-на-Дону: Ростиздат, 1959.
6. Клевета. — М.: Госюриздат, 1959.
7. Золотая бабушка. — Ростов-на-Дону: Ростиздат, 1960.
8. Гибель проессии. — Ростов-на-Дону: Ростиздат, 1961.
9. Рассказы с улыбкой. — М.: Сов. писатель, 1962.
10. Никакого шпионажа. — Ростов-на-Дону: Ростиздат, 1963.
11. САТИРА, ЮМОР. — Ростов-на-Дону: Ростиздат, 1963. — 428 с.
12. Включаем без предупреждения. — Ростов-на-Дону: Ростиздат, 1963.
13. Святые заступники. — М.: Политиздат, 1967.
14. Миллионное наследство. — М.: Сов. писатель, 1968.
15. По личному вопросу. — Ростов-на-Дону: Ростиздат, 1970.
16. Омоложение доктора Линевича. — Ростов-на-Дону: Ростиздат, 1974.
17. Были давние и недавние. — М.: Сов. писатель, 1974.
18. Частное лицо (библ. журн. "Крокодил"). — М.: Правда, 1974. — 48 с.