Is Comrade Bulgakov Dead? by Anatoly Smelyansky

Is Comrade Bulgakov Dead? by Anatoly Smelyansky

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Anatoly Smelyansky has constructed a portrait of the writer Mikhail Bulgakov. Bulgakov is seen as a pariah of Soviet Russia, fighting for his work and his life in a society riven with fear of Stalin's tyranny.

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Is Comrade Bulgakov Dead? by Anatoly Smelyansky

A portrait of the writer Mikhail Bulgakov, fighting for his work and his life in a society riven with fear of Stalin's tyranny Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Kiev in 1891. He started as a career writing articles and satiric short stories about the revolution and the economic reconstruction in the young Soviet state. He drew on these writings in many of his stage plays which brought him into conflict with the authorities. He died in 1940.
Russia's leading theatre writer and critic, Anatoly Smelyanky graduated from the Gorky Pedagogical Institute, Kiev. He worked as head of the literary department at Gorky Theatre of Young Spectators, at the same time working as a theatre critic and historian. In 1975 he was invited to Moscow as Head of the literary department of the Theater of the Soviet Army. From 1980, he worked at the Moscow Academic Art Theatre - first as head of the literary department, then as Deputy Artistic Director. He is currently the head of the Moscow Art Theatre School and MXAT Associate Artistic Director.
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ISBN 13 9780413630704
ISBN 10 0413630706
Title Is Comrade Bulgakov Dead?
Author Anatoly Smelyansky
Series Biography And Autobiography
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1993-10-11
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.