Mikhail Bulgakov Memorial

Bulgakov, Mikhail (1891-1940), Russian novelist and playwright, who gained international fame after the posthumous publication of his novel Master i Margarita (1966-1967; The Master and Margarita, 1967). Born in Kyyiv, Ukraine, Bulgakov was educated to be a physician but gave up medicine for writing. His early works are satirical stories, such as Dvavoliyada (1925; Diaboliad, 1972), and comedies, such as Zoyinka kvartira (1926; Zoe's Apartment, 1972). The long novel Belaya Gvardiya (1925; The White Guard, 1971) is set in Kyyiv during the Russian Revolution (1917) and was dramatized as Dni Turbinykh (1926; Days of the Turbins, 1934). Master i Margarita was written between 1929 and 1940 but was not published until 1966 to 1967.

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