Biography
- Russian Writers
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- Ivan Bunin
Early life Bunin was born on his parents' estate in Voronezh province in central Russia. He came from a long line of landed gentry and serf owners, but his grandfather and father had squandered nearly all of the estate. He was sent to the public...
- Andrei Bely
Andrei Bely (?????? ?????) was the pseudonym of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (October 26 [O.S. October 14] 1880 ? January 8, 1934), a Russian novelist, poet, theorist, and literary critic. His miasmal and profoundly disturbing novel Petersburg was regarded...
- Viktor Astafiyev
Viktor Petrovich Astafiyev also spelled Astafiev or Astaf'ev (Russian: ?????? ???????? ????????) (May 1, 1924 - November 29, 2001), was a Russian writer of short stories and novels. Viktor Astafiyev was born in a village of Ovsyanka near Krasnoyarsk...
- Aleksandr Amfiteatrov
Aleksandr Valentinovich Amfiteatrov (Russian: ????????? ???????????? ???????????) (December 26, 1862 ? February 26, 1938) was a Russian writer and historian. Born a priest's son in Kaluga, he was trained as a lawyer but became a journalist and popular...
Biography
Mark Aldanov
Mark Aldanov (Mark Alexandrovich Landau) (Russian: ??????? ???? ?????????????) (7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1889?February 25, 1957) was a Russian emigrant writer, known for his historical novels.
Mark Landau (Aldanov) was born in Kiev in the family of a rich industrialist. He graduated the physical-mathematical and law departments of Kiev University. He published serious research papers in chemistry. In 1919 he emigrated to France. During 1922-1924 he lived in Berlin and during 1941-1946, in the United States.
Aldanov's first book about Vladimir Lenin, translated into several languages, immediately gained him popularity. Then followed a trilogy of novels attempting to trace the roots of the Russian Revolution. He also wrote a tetralogy of novels about Napoleonic wars. All in all, he published 16 larger literary works and a great number of articles and essays.
Mark Aldanov died in Nice, France. His extensive correspondence with Vladimir Nabokov, Ivan Bunin, Alexander Kerensky and other emigre celebrities was published posthumously.
Bibliography
The Thinker, a tetralogy:
The Ninth Thermidor
The Devil's Bridge
The Conspiracy
St. Helena: Little Island
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Mark Landau (Aldanov) was born in Kiev in the family of a rich industrialist. He graduated the physical-mathematical and law departments of Kiev University. He published serious research papers in chemistry. In 1919 he emigrated to France. During 1922-1924 he lived in Berlin and during 1941-1946, in the United States.
Aldanov's first book about Vladimir Lenin, translated into several languages, immediately gained him popularity. Then followed a trilogy of novels attempting to trace the roots of the Russian Revolution. He also wrote a tetralogy of novels about Napoleonic wars. All in all, he published 16 larger literary works and a great number of articles and essays.
Mark Aldanov died in Nice, France. His extensive correspondence with Vladimir Nabokov, Ivan Bunin, Alexander Kerensky and other emigre celebrities was published posthumously.
Bibliography
The Thinker, a tetralogy:
The Ninth Thermidor
The Devil's Bridge
The Conspiracy
St. Helena: Little Island
To participate in quiz related to this author visit squareroot
- Russian Writers
Fyodor Dostoevsky Nikolai Gogol Anton ChekhovChinghiz Aitmatov ...
- Ivan Bunin
Early life Bunin was born on his parents' estate in Voronezh province in central Russia. He came from a long line of landed gentry and serf owners, but his grandfather and father had squandered nearly all of the estate. He was sent to the public...
- Andrei Bely
Andrei Bely (?????? ?????) was the pseudonym of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (October 26 [O.S. October 14] 1880 ? January 8, 1934), a Russian novelist, poet, theorist, and literary critic. His miasmal and profoundly disturbing novel Petersburg was regarded...
- Viktor Astafiyev
Viktor Petrovich Astafiyev also spelled Astafiev or Astaf'ev (Russian: ?????? ???????? ????????) (May 1, 1924 - November 29, 2001), was a Russian writer of short stories and novels. Viktor Astafiyev was born in a village of Ovsyanka near Krasnoyarsk...
- Aleksandr Amfiteatrov
Aleksandr Valentinovich Amfiteatrov (Russian: ????????? ???????????? ???????????) (December 26, 1862 ? February 26, 1938) was a Russian writer and historian. Born a priest's son in Kaluga, he was trained as a lawyer but became a journalist and popular...