Author. Born in Ufa, Russia, during World War II when his parents were evacuated from the besieged city of Leningrad, after schooling he had performed compulsory service in the Soviet Army as a prison guard. His time in this duty gave him his first ideas and inspirations for writing. Unable to publish in the Soviet Union, Dovlatov circulated his writings through "samizdat" (illegal hand-printed copies) and by having them smuggled into Western Europe for publication in foreign journals; an activity that caused his expulsion from the Union of Soviet Journalists in 1976. Three years later he emigrated from the Soviet Union and settled in New York, New York, where he became a co-editor of Russian-language newspaper "The New American". Shortly after, his stories were published by the magazine "The New Yorker". In his 12 years as an immigrant Dovlatov published twelve books, which appeared in his native country only after his death and the fall of the Soviet Union. They became immensely popular and continue to top Russian bestseller lists today.
Author. Born in Ufa, Russia, during World War II when his parents were evacuated from the besieged city of Leningrad, after schooling he had performed compulsory service in the Soviet Army as a prison guard. His time in this duty gave him his first ideas and inspirations for writing. Unable to publish in the Soviet Union, Dovlatov circulated his writings through "samizdat" (illegal hand-printed copies) and by having them smuggled into Western Europe for publication in foreign journals; an activity that caused his expulsion from the Union of Soviet Journalists in 1976. Three years later he emigrated from the Soviet Union and settled in New York, New York, where he became a co-editor of Russian-language newspaper "The New American". Shortly after, his stories were published by the magazine "The New Yorker". In his 12 years as an immigrant Dovlatov published twelve books, which appeared in his native country only after his death and the fall of the Soviet Union. They became immensely popular and continue to top Russian bestseller lists today.
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