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Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhail Bulgakov

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15 May 1891
10 Mar 1940
Kiev, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]

Biography

Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (/bʊlˈɡɑːkɒf/ buul-GAH-kof; Russian: Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf] 15 May 1891 – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel The Master and Margarita, published posthumously, has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. He also wrote the novel The White Guard and the plays Ivan Vasilievich, Flight (also called The Run), and The Days of the Turbins. Some of his works (Flight, all...

Also Known As

Mikhail A. Bulgakov, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, Michael Bulgakov, Michaił Afanasjewicz Bułhakow

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