# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gaito-gazdanov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:38:11.265Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gaito-gazdanov"
name: "Gaito Gazdanov"
slug: "gaito-gazdanov"
description: "Gaito Gazdanov Russian: Гайто́ Газда́нов; Iron Ossetic: Гӕздӕнты Гайто; 6 December [O.S. 23 November] 1902 – 5 December 1971) was a Russian émigré writer of Ossetian descent, who lived in Paris. Gazdanov's first stories were published in France in 1926 in Russian. His novels An Evening with Claire (1929) and The Spectre of Alexander Wolf (1948) became his most well-known works, mentioned by writers Maxim Gorky, Ivan Bunin and Vladislav Khodasevich. Gazdanov was a member of the French Resistance in occupied France. In 1953, he joined Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as an editor. Although he learned perfect French whilst living in France, Gazdanov continued writing stories in Russian."
tagline: "Russian writer, Radio Liberty editor (1903–1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gazdanov-192%3F.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1903-11-23"
deathDate: "1971-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump