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. Such 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 1100 amateur, youth, and student theaters. They have been translated into 32 languages, as well as into many languages of the peoples of Russia.
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.[3] Krasnogorov's theatre pieces are written in different genres: comedies and tragedies, biting satire, grotesque, absurd, and lyricism.
Plays
Staged Plays translated into English
Delights of Adultery (a theater triptych consisting of 3 short plays)
Easy Acquaintance
Ladies by Ad
Let’s Have Sex!
Pelicans of the wilderness (a short play)
Premiere After Party
Robbery in Broad Daylight
The Cruel Lesson
The Dog (Tragedy)
The Fall Of Don Juan
The Lot
The Love to Distraction
The Road Thereto, From Where There Is No Road
Three Stars and Three Chairs
Vineyard
Visit of a Young Lady (a short play)
Staged Plays in Russian
A Night in the Hotel
Gates of Paradise
Immodest Desires
Love Medicine
Now or Never
Several Hours in the Life of a Man and a Woman
Small Tragedies
Song of Songs
That Weak, Gentle Sex
The Bride's Room
The Fair Show
The Legs of Woman Number Two
Rendezvous on Wednesdays
Women by the ad
Theatrical Comedy
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. (1,772 productions as of October 2026)
Filmography
That Woman in the Window [7] 1991. [1] 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
Природа-Человек-Пейзаж. Ridero, 2023. 360 c.
Основы драматургии. Теория, техника и практика драмы. ЭКСМО, 2022. 432 с.
О драме и театре. «Директ-Медиа», М., Берлин, 2018. 214 с.
У мысли стоя на часах (История русской и советской цензуры), изд. «Прометей». Москва. 2017.
Фуршет после премьеры. Пьесы, т.1.» Издательство «Написано пером»СПБ, 2013.
Свидания по средам». (Пьесы, том 2). С.-Петербург, Издательство «Написано пером», 2015.
Комната невесты». (Пьесы, том 3). С.-Петербург, Издательство «Написано пером», 2015.
LET’S HAVE SEX! Norman Maine Publishing, Tallevast, 2002. 62 p.
Четыре стены и одна страсть. Книга о поэтике (теории) драмы. Luk Publishers, Jerusalem, 2001. С128
ЮСТУС ЛИБИХ. Изд. «Знание», М. 1980. 144 С.
Прелести измены, «Luk Publishers”, 1997. Сборник пьес.
Подражающие молниям. Изд. «Знание», М. 1977. Научно-художественная история взрывчатых веществ.
Настоящий мужчина. Изд. Искусство, Л. 1977. 64 c.
Theatre. T. 1,2. Bérénice édition Nouvelles. Paris 2026. 290 et 250 pp.
Plays and Papers about drama and theater
«Ничего невозможного», Фантастический рассказ. Журнал «Химия и жизнь», 1974, № 10, с. 112.
Статья «Гильдии драматургов – у нас и за рубежом. «.Современная драматургия», 2012, № 4.
Статья «Любители и авторы«. Бюллетень РАО «Авторы и пьесы», вып. 41, апрель 2013. О соблюдении любительскими театрами законов об авторском праве.
Статья «Режиссерское право». «Страстной бульвар» , № 9-159, июнь 2013. О соблюдении режиссерами права драматурга на неприкосновенность произведения.
Статья «Групповое изнасилование классики» или «Существует ли современная драматургия?» «Литературная газета» № 41 (6434) (16-10-2013)
Пьеса для кукольного театра «Страшный разбойник». В сборнике "Драматурги Санкт-Петербурга - детям". М., 2013.
Hai sa facem sex! («Давай займемся сексом!»). В сборнике «TEATRU RUSECS DE AZI», Bucharest, 2014 (на румынском языке)
Пьесы «Дорога туда, откуда нет дороги» и «Любовь до потери памяти». В сборнике пьес петербургских драматургов «Гармония в теплых тонах». СПБ, 2014.
Пьеса «Жестокий урок». В сборнике "Молодежный театр", М. 2014.
Эссе "Парадокс об актере". Журнал «Современная драматургия, № 2, 2016, сс. 195-197.
Пьеса «Любовь до потери памяти». Журнал «Поляна», №2 (16), 2016, сс. 6-55.
Пьеса «Женщины по объявлению». «Современная драматургия», 2016, № 4
«Холодное, жестокое, но милое детство» (Отрывок из воспоминаний). В сб. "Такая разная война: Великая Отечественная война в воспоминаниях, письмах, рассказах». СПб. 2017.
Статья «Поэтика драмы», журнал «Вопросы литературы», №4, 2017, стр. 20-
↑ Valentin Krasnogorov. У мысли стоя на часах (История русской и советской цензуры), изд. «Прометей». Москва. 2017.About Drama and Theater. Prometheus Publishing House, Moscow, 2017
↑Красногоров, Валентин (2017). У мысли стоя на часах (История русской и советской цензуры)[A Book about Russian and Soviet Censorship] (in Russian). Moscow: «Прометей». ISBN978-5-906879-86-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
↑ "Fundamentals of Drama: Theory, Technique, and Practice of Drama".EKSMO Publishers, Moscow, 2023