Andrei Bitov (1937–2018)

Author of Pushkin House

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About the Author

Andrei Georgievich Bitov was born in Leningrad, Russia on May 27, 1937. He held numerous jobs including stevedore and construction worker, before graduating from the Leningrad Mining Institute in 1962. He worked as a professional writer since the early 1960s. His works included Lessons of Armenia, show more Pushkin House, The Monkey Link, and The Symmetry Teacher. He died from heart disease on December 3, 2018 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: A. Bitov, Andrey Bitov, Andrej Bitov, Andrej Bitow, Andrei Bitov, Andrei Bitov, Andreĭ Bitov, Andrei Bítov, Andreĭ Bitov, Битов А., А. Битов, Andreˆi Bitov, А. Г. Битов, Andrej Georgevic Bitov, Андрей Битов, Andrej Georgievic Bitov, Andrei Georgievich Bitov, Andrei Georgijewitsch Bitow, アンドレイビートフ, Андрей Георгиевич Битов

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Works by Andrei Bitov

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Pushkin House (1978) 186 copies, 1 review

The Symmetry Teacher: A Novel (1989) 74 copies

A captive of the Caucasus: journeys in Armenia and Georgia (1992) 49 copies, 2 reviews

The Monkey Link: A Pilgrimage Novel (1988) 31 copies

Monachovs vlucht (1978) 18 copies

Life in Windy Weather: Short Stories (1986) 15 copies

Georgisches Album: Auf der Suche nach der Heimat (2003) 7 copies

Mensch in Landschaft. Eine Pilgerfahrt. Roman (1988) 6 copies

Armenische Lektionen (7441 070). Eine Reise in ein kleines Land. (1990) 5 copies

Les amours de Monakhov (2005) 4 copies

Glas 16: Childhood (Glass Innactive Series) (1998) 2 copies

Die ungeliebte Albina (1995) 2 copies

Fotografiia Pushkina (1799-2099) 2 copies

Oglashennye : roman-stranstvie (2001) 2 copies

Vospominanie o Pushkine Воспоминание о Пушкине (2005) 2 copies

Kutsealune (1965) 2 copies

du - Zeitschrift für Kultur / Vladimir Nabokov: Das Leben erfinden: 6/96 (1996) 2 copies

Leben bei windigem Wetter (2021) 2 copies

Apteekrisaar 2 copies

Sobranie sochinenii. Tom 1, Povesti i rasskazy (1991) 1 copy

Liegums : stāsti (1988) 1 copy

Битва (Russian Edition) 1 copy

Elementary Astrology of Russian Literature 1 copy

Путешествие из России 1 copy

" Posledni͡ai͡a povest' ''. 1 copy

The Doctor (in Leopard I - CHUKHONTSEV) 1 copy

My prosnulisʹ v neznakomoĭ strane: Publit͡s︡istika (Novinka goda) (Russian Edition) (1991) 1 copy

Моление о чаше. Последний Пушкин 1 copy

Оглашенные роман-странствие 1 copy

Книга путешествий по Империи (2000) 1 copy

Un Russe en Arménie 1 copy

Воскресный день Рассказы, повести, путешествия 1 copy

Одноклассники. К 90-летию О.В. Волкова и Вл. Набокова 1 copy

Записки из-за угла 1 copy

Близкое ретро, или комментарий к общеизвестному 1 copy

Povesti i rasskazy: Izbrannoe (Russian Edition) (1989) 1 copy

We Wake Up in an Unknown Country. Мы Проснулись в Незнакомой Стране 1 copy

Polet s Geroem: [Flight with a hero: ] 1 copy

Le Professeur de symétrie. Suivi de : La Photographie de Pouchkine (1990) 1 copy

The Jubilee (in Russian Writing Today - MILNER-GULLAND) 1 copy

Die Vögel. Oder Neues vom Menschen (1991) 1 copy

Podróż do przyjaciela z lat dziecinnych (1986) 1 copy

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The New Soviet Fiction: Sixteen Short Stories (1989) — Contributor — 35 copies, 1 review

Die letzten Dinge: Lebensendgespräche (2015) — Contributor — 12 copies

Gendaishi Techo, May 1970 — Contributor — 1 copy

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Canonical name: Bitov, Andrei
Legal name: Битов, Андрей Георгиевич
Bitov, Andrei Geogievich
Birthdate: 1937-05-27
Date of death: 2018-12-03
Gender: male
Education: Leningrad Mining Institute (1962)
Union of Cinematographers, Moscow (Higher Course in Scriptwriting) (1967)
Occupations: prose writer
soldier
foreman, boreholes
poet
scriptwriter
Organizations: Soviet Writer's Union
The Russian Pen-Cllub
BaGaGe
Awards and honors: Bunin Award (2006)
Relationships: Akhmadulina, Bella (collaborator)
Zhvanetsky, Mikhail (collaborator)
Nationality: Russia
Birthplace: Leningrad, Russia, USSR
Places of residence: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Tashkent, Soviet Union
Place of death: Moscow, Russia
Associated Place (for map): Russia

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Steve38 377 reviews

A Captive of the Caucasus by Andrei Bitov

Good heavens what a writer. A travelogue of Armenia that leaves you with both no knowledge at all about the place but also knowing everything. A writer who simultaneously tells us what is going on inside his head, gives us his view of the landscape, hovers above us in a helicopter and gives us the eagle eyed version and interprets it into the meaning of life. Full of digressions and full of detail but also the biggest of big pictures. Dear me that was a good read.

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A Captive of the Caucasus by Andrei Bitov