Mikhail Bulgakov
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- May 15, 1891
- Died
- March 10, 1940 (aged 48)
- Birthplace
- Kiev, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]
Biography
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (/bʊlˈɡɑːkɒf/ buul-GAH-kof; Russian: Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf] 15 May 1891 – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel The Master and Margarita, published posthumously, has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. He also wrote the novel The White Guard and the plays Ivan Vasilievich, Flight (also called The Run), and The Days of the Turbins. Some of his works (Flight, all his works between 1922 and 1926, and others) were banned by the Soviet government, and personally by Joseph Stalin, after it was decided by them that they "glorified emigration and White generals". On the other hand, Stalin loved Bulgakov's dramatization of The White Guard, anodynely renamed The Days of the Turbins. The Soviet leader reportedly attended the play at least 15 times, even calling a theater to personally demand its production after the playwright's fall from favor. Despite Stalin's intercession in this and other matters Bulgakov was only briefly successful during his lifetime. After his death, especially once the publication of The Master and Margarita had been accomplished in 1966-67, his work was reassessed. He is now widely regarded as one of the great Russian authors of the 20th century.
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Filmography
The Master and Margarita
Movie · Novel
Heart of a Dog
Movie · Novel
The Master and Margarita
Movie · Novel
The Seventh Proof
Movie · Novel
The Run
Movie · Theatre Play
Moliere (The Cabal of Saints)
Movie · Novel
A Young Doctor's Notebook
TV · Short Story · 8 eps
The White Guard
TV · Novel · 8 eps
The Master and Margarita
Movie · Novel
Morphine
Movie · Novel
Мастер и Маргарита
TV · Novel · 4 eps
The Master and Margarita
TV · Novel · 10 eps
No Such Thing As New
Movie · Book
Theatrical Romance
Movie · Novel
A. P.
Movie · Author
The Fatal Eggs
Movie · Novel
Red Island
Movie · Novel
Pilát Pontský onoho dne
Movie · Novel
Mistr a Markétka
Movie · Novel
A Young Doctor's Notebook
Movie · Author
Incident in Judaea
Movie · Novel
The Master and Margarita
Movie · Novel
After The Revolution
Movie · Novel
The Master and Margarita
TV · Novel · 4 eps
Heart of a Dog
Movie · Novel
The Cabal of Hypocrites
Movie · Author
Zoyka's Apartment
Movie · Author
Moliére
Movie · Theatre Play
Theatre Night
TV · Theatre Play · 1 ep
Molière
Movie · Theatre Play
Uova fatali
TV · Novel · 2 eps
Dni Turbinovcov
Movie · Theatre Play
Days of the Turbins
Movie · Theatre Play
Heart of a Dog
Movie · Novel
The Days of the Turbins
TV · Theatre Play · 3 eps
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Movie · Theatre Play
Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
Movie · Theatre Play
The Master and Margarita
Movie · Novel
Pilate and Others
Movie · Novel
The Flight
Movie · Novel
The Flight
Movie · Novel
The Last Days
Movie · Theatre Play
BBC Play of the Month
TV · Novel · 1 ep