Izrail Moiseyevich Metter (in Russian: Израиль Моисеевич Меттер) ( – October 7, 1996) was a Soviet writer of

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origin. He was born in

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. One of his best-known books is the novel ''The Fifth Corner'', which he finished writing in 1967, but could not publish until 1989. He received the

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in 1992 for this book. Other notable works include ''Genealogy'' and ''Muchtar,'' which was adapted into the film Come Here, Mukhtar! (for which Metter wrote the screenplay). His work has yet to be translated into English. The Fifth Corner of the Room translated from Russian 1991 by Michael Duncan (Harvill Press). Metter died in 1996.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Metter, Izrail 1909 births 1996 deaths Writers from Kharkiv Soviet writers Jewish writers