Iurii Olesha was a controversial writer whose most productive period was the late 1920s and early 1930s. He also enjoyed a period of posthumous fame in the 1960s with the publication in 1965 of his writer's diary, Ni dnia bez strochki. Iz zapisnykh...

In the following chapter from his book-length study of Olesha's poetic artistry, Peppard points out the ways in which Olesha uses dialogic structures in his work.

In the following essay, Michalski examines cinematic techniques used in Olesha's literary works and analyzes Olesha's screenplay, Strogii iunosha, and its adaptation by filmmaker Abram Room.

In the following essay, Ingdahl perceives the dichotomy of life and death as a major thematic concern in “Liompa.”