Kholodov (real surname Mirovich) Efim Grigoryevich (1915, Mitau, Doble District, Courland Governorate — 1981, Moscow) — theatre critic, literary scholar. Doctor of Art History (1969). Began publishing in 1935. In 1937, graduated from the theatre studies faculty of GITIS. From 1939 — at the editorial board of the journal “Teatr.” In 1941–45 — at the front. In 1949, during the “struggle against cosmopolitanism,” was dismissed from work and subjected to press criticism, along with Yu.I. Yuzovsky, A.S. Gurvich, A.M. Borshchagovsky, I.L. Altman, G.N. Boyadzhiev, Ya.L. Varshasky, L.A. Malyugin. From 1953 — again at the journal “Teatr”; in 1957–63, member of the editorial board. From 1964, senior research fellow at the All-Union Research Institute of the USSR Ministry of Culture. Author of books, articles and theatre reviews. Member of the editorial board of the Complete Works of A.N. Ostrovsky.

Works: The Composition of Drama. Moscow, 1957; The Mastery of Ostrovsky. Moscow, 1963; Plays and Years. Moscow, 1967; A Playwright for All Time. Moscow, 1975; The Face of the Theatre. Moscow, 1979.

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