Vatslav Mikhalsky

Vatslav Vatslavovich Mikhalsky (Вацлав Вацлавович Михальский; 27 June 1938 – 5 April 2024) was a Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter and editor.

Life and career
Mikhalsky was born in the city of Taganrog on 27 June 1938. In 1965 he graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. In 1975, he took higher courses for specialists and cinema directors at Goskino. In 1990 he worked as a general director and chief editor of the publishing house Soglasiye. Mikhalsky died on 5 April 2024, at the age of 85.

Awards

 * State Prize of the Russian Federation of 2002 for his novel The Spring in Carthage.

Novels

 * «Баллада о старом оружии» (1964)
 * «Катенька» (1965)
 * «Семнадцать левых сапог» (1967)
 * «Тайные милости» (1982)

cycle of novels dedicated to the first wave of Russian immigration:
 * «The Spring in Carthage» (2001)
 * «Одинокому везде пустыня» (2003)
 * «Для радости нужны двое» (2006)
 * «Храм согласия» (2008)
 * «Прощеное воскресенье» (2009).

Screenplays
... a.k.a. Why? (International: English title) ... a.k.a. Semnadtsat levykh sapog (Russia)
 * 1) Za chto? (1991) (novel "Semnadtsat levykh sapog") (screenplay)

... a.k.a. Катенька (Soviet Union: Russian title)
 * 1) Katenka (1987) (writer)
 * 1) Ballada o starom oruzhii (1986) (book) (screenplay)