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Also Known As	Valentin Kataev • Valentin Petrovich Katayev • Valentin Petrovich Kataev
Born	January 28, 1897 • Odesa • Ukraine
Died	April 12, 1986 (aged 89) • Moscow • Russia
Notable Works	“Lonely White Sail” • “Squaring the Circle” • “The Embezzlers” • “The Holy Well” • “Time, Forward!”

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American author and critic

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American novelist and essayist

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June Jordan

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Erich Kästner

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