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Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov
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Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov was a Russian writer, playwright, theatre director, actor and physician. The writer's childhood was spent in an educated Kyiv family. Mikhail was the eldest of seven children, raised in an atmosphere of music, reading and lively conversation. His father — a professor at a theological academy — and his mother — a gymnasium teacher — instilled in him a love of art and literature and encouraged his creative efforts. Home performances, musical evenings, and reading books from the family's extensive library — all of this shaped the extraordinary personality of the future writer.
After finishing gymnasium, Bulgakov entered medical university. World War I changed the life of the young doctor. In hospitals and at the front he encountered harsh realities, experiences that later found reflection in his prose. After university Bulgakov worked as a zemstvo (rural) doctor, finding himself alone with the severe living conditions in the Russian provinces and minimal medical resources. This work, full of drama and extreme situations, became the source of inspiration for the cycle of stories "Notes of a Young Doctor." There, in the harsh realities of the Russian provinces, he also faced the problem of drug addiction, from which he was able to recover only with the help of his wife.
The complicated, contradiction-filled course of his life determined the direction of Bulgakov's creativity. His works, from novels to feuilletons, are still reprinted in large editions, and the catchphrase "manuscripts don’t burn" from "The Master and Margarita" long ago became folk wisdom.
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Date of birth
15 May 1891
Date of death
10 March 1940
Occupation
Writer