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  1. Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov (Russian: Сергей Донатович Довлатов; 3 September 1941 – 24 August 1990) was a Soviet journalist and writer. Internationally, he is one of the most popular Russian writers of the late 20th century.

  2. Apr 7, 2014 · Sergei Dovlatov was born in 1941, in Ufa, in the Republic of Bashkiria; his family had been evacuated there from Leningrad during the Second World War. His mother was Armenian, his father...

    • In the Soviet Union, Sergei Dovlatov's works were not published as a matter of principle. The magazines did not want to print the bitter truth of Soviet life he wrote about.
    • Dovlatov loved the poet Alexander Pushkin very much and for many years worked at the Pushkin Museum in Mikhaylovskoye (the Pskov Region). He wrote about this experience in his famous work Pushkin Hills.
    • In the late 1970s, Dovlatov immigrated to New York. There he was friends with many émigré writers. He often met with poet Joseph Brodsky, always thoroughly preparing himself before their encounters.
    • After the publication of one of Dovlatov's stories in The New Yorker, American writer Kurt Vonnegut wrote, "I expect a lot from you and your works. You have a great talent, which you are ready to give to this mad country.
  3. Nov 15, 2018 · Sergei Dovlatov—a writer who would reach fame only in emigration, or more correctly, only in death—stewed in this milieu, a literary and artistic subculture of great intellectual vibrancy but...

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    • August 24, 1990
    • September 3, 1941
    • The Suitcase by Sergei Dovlatov, Antonina W. Bouis (Translator)
    • The Compromise.
    • Pushkin Hills by Sergei Dovlatov, Katherine Dovlatov (Translator)
    • A Foreign Woman.
  4. Aug 25, 1990 · Sergei Dovlatov, a leading Soviet emigre writer noted for the laconic irony and graceful irreverence of his stories about his homeland, died of heart failure yesterday at Coney Island...

  5. Sep 3, 2017 · Sergei Dovlatov was born on Sept. 3 in Ufa (845 miles east of Moscow). He is still one of the most popular Russian writers of the late 20th century. Dovlatov’s books are full of...