Mikhail Bulgakov

Born

May 15, 1891

Died

March 10, 1940 (aged 48)

Known as

novelist, playwright, physician, satirist, short story writer, librettist

Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov 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, and The Days of the Turbins.

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