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Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhail Bulgakov
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Born Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov
15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1891
Kiev, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine)
Died 10 March 1940(1940-03-10) (aged 48)
Moscow, Soviet Union (present-day Russian Federation)
Occupation novelist, playwright, physician
Nationality Soviet
Ethnicity Russian
Genre Satire, Fantasy, Science fiction, Historical fiction
Spouse Tatiana Lappa 1913–1924
(divorce)
Lubov Belozerskaya 1924–1932
(divorce)
Elena Shilovskaya 1932–1940
(his death)

Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (/bʊlˈɡɑːkəf/;Russian: Михаи́л Афана́сьевич Булга́ков, pronounced [mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bʊlˈɡakəf], ; 15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1891 – 10 March 1940) was a Russian writer, physician and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his novel The Master and Margarita, published posthumously, which has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century.

Mikhail Bulgakov was born on 15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1891 in Kiev, Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire. He was one of seven children (the oldest of three brothers) of Afanasiy Ivanovich Bulgakov () — a state councilor, an assistant professor at the Kiev Theological Academy, as well as a prominent Russian Orthodox essayist, thinker and translator of religious texts. His mother was Varvara Mikhailovna Bulgakova (nee Pokrovskaya), a former teacher. Both of his grandfathers were clergymen in the Russian Orthodox Church. Afanasiy Bulgakov was born in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, where his father was a priest, and he moved to Kiev to study in the academy. Varvara Bulgakova was born in Karachev, Russia. From childhood Bulgakov was drawn to theater. At home, he wrote comedies, which his brothers and sisters acted out.


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