Mikhail Bulgakov
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Mikhail Bulgakov
Russian author (1891–1940)
- Fame75.3
- Momentum18.1
- Writers rank#178
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- Momentum18.1
- Writers rank#178
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Lived 1891–1940, aged 49
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He wrote a novel so combustible the Soviet state buried it for decades after his death — then it surfaced in 1966 and rewrote the canon. The Master and Margarita made Bulgakov one of the great Russian voices of the 20th century, even though Stalin personally banned half his work and he died obscure.
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Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov was born 15 May 1891 and wrote novels and plays that put him on a collision course with Soviet power. The White Guard, the plays Ivan Vasilievich, Flight, and The Days of the Turbins — the state banned much of it between 1922 and 1926, deciding it "glorified emigration and White generals". Stalin himself ordered the suppression. Strange exception: Stalin loved The Days of the Turbins, attended it at least 15 times, once called a theater personally to demand its production after Bulgakov had fallen from favor. The contradictions never resolved into sustained succes…
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Mikhail Bulgakov
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Kant ought to be arrested and given three years in Solovki asylum for that "proof" of his!' Ivan Nikolayich burst out completely unexpectedly.
— Book One in 'Never Talk to Strangers', MG, here Woland, Berlioz and Ivan are talking about Kant's views on existence of God
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In fact, I'm beginning to fear that this confusion will go on for a long time. And all because he writes down what I said incorrectly.
— Book One in 'Pontius Pilate', B/O, here Yeshua is speaking to Pontius Pilate
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Oh, no, you don't look like a halfwit,' the procurator replied quietly and smiled some strange smile.
— Book One in 'Pontius Pilate', P/V, here Pontius Pilate addresses Yeshua
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I do not know these good men,' replied the prisoner.
— The Master and Margarita (1967)
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