Nikolai Erdman

Nikolai Robertovich Erdman
Native name	Николай Робертович Эрдман
Born	16 November [O.S. 3 November] 1900 Moscow, Russian Empire
Died	10 August 1970 Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Playwright, screenwriter, poet
Nationality	Russian
Notable works	The Mandate The Suicide
Notable awards	Stalin Prize (1951)

Nikolai Robertovich Erdman (Russian: Николай Робертович Эрдман, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ˈrobʲɪrtəvʲɪtɕ ˈɛrdmən] ^ⓘ; 16 November [O.S. 3 November] 1900, Moscow – 10 August 1970) was a Soviet dramatist and screenwriter primarily remembered for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold in the 1920s.^[1] His plays, notably The Suicide (1928), form a link in Russian literary history between the satirical drama of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.