{{Missing information|later works, published in 1991|date=October 2022}} The '''Vayner Brothers''' ({{langx|ru|Братья Вайнеры}}<ref>''Note:'' "Вайнер" is the Russian-language transcription of the surname Weiner.</ref>), {{Interlanguage link multi|Arkady Vayner|ru|3=Вайнер, Аркадий Александрович}} (1931-2005) and {{Interlanguage link multi|Georgy Vayner|ru|3=Вайнер, Георгий Александрович}}) (1938-2009), were popular Soviet mystery fiction writers of Russian Jewish descent. Together they authored some 150 books and 22 screenplays.<ref>[http://www.newsru.co.il/rest/14jun2009/vainer702.html "Он мечтал написать "Полет пингвина". Русский писатель Георгий Вайнер похоронен в США] ("He Dreamed to Write ''Penguin's Flight''". Russian Writer Georgy Vayner Is Buried in the USA) (retrieved October 27, 2016)</ref><ref>{{IMDb name|0883261|Arkadiy Vayner}}</ref><ref>{{IMDb name|0883265|Georgiy Vayner}}</ref>
Both have been awarded with the Order of the Badge of Honour (March 1988) and they individually have other awards.
== Novels == * ''Clock For Mr. Kelly'' (''Часы для мистера Келли'', 1967) * ''I, the Investigator...'' (''Я, следователь…'', 1968) * ''Walking By Touch At Noon'' or ''The Right to Walk on the Earth'' (''Ощупью в полдень'' or ''Право ходить по земле'', 1969) * ''Two Among the People'' (''Двое среди людей'', 1969) * ''Vertical Race'' (''Гонки по вертикали'', 1971) * ''Visit to Minotaur'' (''Визит к Минотавру'', 1972) * ''Age of Mercy'' (''Эра милосердия'', 1976) * ''Medicine Against Fear'' (''Лекарство для Несмеяны'' or ''Лекарство против страха'', 1978) * ''I'm On Duty in the City'' (''Город принял!'', 1978) * ''The Victims Have No Claims'' or ''Drive Around of Downed Cats And Dogs On the Road'' (''Потерпевшие претензий не имеют'' or ''Объезжайте на дорогах сбитых кошек и собак'', 1986)
== Filmography (screenplays) == * ''I, the Investigator...'' (1971) * ''Night Visit'' (''Ночной визит'', 1974, first adaptation of ''Visit to Minotaur'') * ''Poverty Certificate'' (''Свидетельство о бедности'', 1977, adaptation of ''Clock For Mr. Kelly'') * ''Medicine Against Fear'' (1978) * ''The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed'' (''Место встречи изменить нельзя'', 1979, adaptation of ''Age of Mercy'') * ''I'm On Duty in the City'' (1979) * ''Vertical Race'' (1983) * ''The Victims Have No Claims'' (1986) * ''Visit to Minotaur'' (1987) * ''Entrance to the Labyrinth'' (''Вход в лабиринт'', 1989, second adaptation of ''Medicine Against Fear'')
==See also== * ''Satan'', a 1991 film based on the novel ''Nonhuman'' by Arkadi Vayner, but the director failed to reach an agreement with Vayners, and he wrote a new screenplay loosely based on the central idea of Vayners' novel
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Category:Vayner Brothers Category:Writing duos Category:Screenwriting duos Category:Brother duos Category:Russian crime fiction writers Category:Russian screenwriters Category:Jewish Russian writers
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