Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasevich
Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasevich ( 1891 – 1940 ),Russian prose writer and dramatist, born in Kiev, the son of a professor at the theological academy. He studied medicine and began his literary career by writing stories drawn from his experience as a doctor. After the revolution he worked in Moscow as a journalist and wrote satirical and humorous stories and plays. In the late 1920s he came under increasing pressure from party-oriented critics. He wrote a letter to Stalin on 28 March 1930 asking permission to emigrate. Stalin replied with the offer of a post at the Moscow Art Theatre, and in 1932 intervened again by ordering a revival of Bulgakov's play The Days of the Turbins. Thereafter the relationship between the writer and the state became his key subject until his early death. His major works include stories: ‘The Adventures of Chichikov’ ( 1922 , evidence of his great admiration for Gogol ), ‘The...
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