Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940)
Author of The Master and Margarita
About the Author
Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov was a Russian playwright, novelist, and short-story writer best known for his use of humor and satire. He was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 15, 1891, and graduated from the Medical School of Kiev University in 1916. He served as a field doctor during World War I. show more Bulgakov's association with the Moscow Art Theater began in 1926 with the production of his play The Days of the Turbins, which was based on his novel The White Guard. His work was popular, but since it ridiculed the Soviet establishment, was frequently censored. His satiric novel The Heart of a Dog was not published openly in the U.S.S.R. until 1987. Bulgakov's plays including Pushkin and Moliere dealt with artistic freedom. His last novel, The Master and Margarita, was not published until 1966-67 and in censored form. Bulgakov died in Moscow on March 10, 1940. (Bowker Author Biography) A practicing physician like Anton Chekhov, Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov became a popular writer and playwright in the comparatively easier political climate of the Soviet Union during the 1920s. The civil war and its internecine horrors became one of his major themes as did the new Soviet society. His early prose is often satiric, with strong elements of the fantastic and grotesque, but it also contains the themes of guilt and personal responsibility that become so crucial in his later work. Bulgakov wrote a number of important plays that provoked bitter attacks in the press, and he was shut out of the theater and literature in 1929. Only a direct appeal to Stalin allowed Bulgakov to resume a professional career. Even then, however, some publishing houses and theaters rejected some of his important works, such as the novel Life of Monsieur de Moliere (1933). Bulgakov's masterpiece written over a number of years and only published decades after his death is the novel Master and Margarita (1966-67). Combining two principal plot lines-Satan's visit to contemporary Moscow and the trial and execution of Jesus in biblical Judaea-the work may be read on many levels, from the purely satiric to the allegorical. It has been acclaimed as one of the most important achievements of twentieth-century Russian fiction. Today, Bulgakov is celebrated for both his plays and his novels. Several of his plays are public favorites and standard fare in Russian theaters. Bulgakov died in Moscow on March 10, 1940. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Mikhail Bulgakov
Manuscripts Don't Burn: Mikhail Bulgakov, A Life in Letters and Diaries (1992) — Author — 111 copies
Verzamelde werken. Dl. II: Diaboliade ; De eieren der Rampp-spoed ; Hondehart ; Het leven van de heer Molière ; Zwarte… (1996) 52 copies
Verzamelde werken. Dl. 1: Aantekeningen van een jonge arts ; Morfine ; De witte garde ; Verhalen over de burgeroorlog (1995) 49 copies
La garde blanche ; La vie de monsieur de Molière ; Le roman théâtral ; Le maître et Marguerite (1993) 13 copies
Corazon de perro & La isla purpura / Dog Heart & The Purple Island (La tragedia de la cultura/ the Tragedy of Culture)… (1999) 11 copies
Aufzeichnungen eines jungen Arztes. Das Leben des Herrn de Molière. Theaterroman. Erzählungen u. Romane (1925) 8 copies
La Garde blanche: Nouvelles, recits, articles de varietes (Bibliotheque de la Pleiade) (French Edition) (1997) 8 copies
Teatro 7 copies
Feuilletons 6 copies
Molière, or The Cabal of Hypocrites and Don Quixote: Two Plays by Mikhail Bulgakov (TCG Classic Russian Drama Series) (2017) 6 copies
"My Poor, Poor Master..." The Complete Collection of Drafts and Versions for "Master and Margarita" (Russian Language… (2006) 4 copies
Sochenenie V Trex Tomakh 3 copies
Dni Turbinykh / Dni Turbinyh: Pesa. Krasnaya korona: Proza 1918-1920-h godov (In Russian) (2006) 3 copies
Divadelní román. - Mistr a Markétka 3 copies
Морфий. Записки юного врача 2 copies
Izbrannye proizvedeniia : Chernyi mag, glavy iz romana ; Pesy ; Rasskazy, feletony, ocherki (1990) 2 copies
Rusia. Volumen 2 — Contributor — 2 copies
Москва краснокаменная 2 copies
Kakasmintás törülköző 2 copies
Valge kaardivägi 1 copy
Relatos satíricos 1 copy
Romany 1 copy
El verbo 1 copy
La isla purpúrea 1 copy
Повести, рассказы, фельетоны 1 copy
Mojster in Margareta 1 1 copy
GARDA E BARDHE 1 copy
Hayatın ve Ölümün Saati 1 copy
Белая гвардия [White Guard] 1 copy
Le Maître et Marguerite 1 copy
השלג השחור : רומן תיאטרוני 1 copy
La fuite Les journées des Tourbine Théâtre Traduction et présentation de Paul Kalinine (1971) 1 copy
Belaja gvardija 1 copy
世界文学全集〈第29〉フェージン,ブルガーコフ,ゾシチェンコ―20世紀の文学 (1967年) — Author — 1 copy
Erzählungen und Romane 1 copy
Kleine Prosa 1 copy
ミハイル・ブルガーコフ作品集 権力への諧謔 1 copy
Ich habe getötet 1 copy
The Last Days (in Six Plays) 1 copy
Madame Zoyka (in Six Plays) 1 copy
劇場 1 copy
Bulgakow-Stücke 1 copy
Çelik Boğaz 1 copy
Избранные сочинения. Том 1 1 copy
De eieren der Rampp-spoed 1 copy
Recits D'un Jeune Medecin: Suivis De Morphine Et Des Aventures Singulières D'un Docteur (Ldp Bibl… (1996) 1 copy
Le Maître et Marguerite 1 copy
Opowiadania 1 copy
Sobranie sochinenii 1 copy
CUORE DI CANE 1 copy
Sobache serdtse 1 copy
Белая Гвардия 1 copy
Бег (Russian Edition) 1 copy
Избранная проза 1 copy
Рассказы 1 copy
Избранные сочинения : В 3 т 1 copy
Izlase : [proza] 1 copy
Развратник (Russian Edition) 1 copy
Contos completos 1 copy
Pripovetke 1 copy
Kako se kalio majstor 1 copy
Gelecekten Beklentiler 1 copy
Kaybolmuş Bir Göz 1 copy
The Red Crown 1 copy
The White Guard. Dog Heart 1 copy
Stolytsa v bloknote 1 copy
White guards 1 copy
Life of monsieur Moliere 1 copy
Paura 1 copy
Run 1 copy
මරණයේ තැනිතලාව 1 copy
"Kogda i︠a︡ vskore budu umiratʹ--" : perepiska M.A. Bulgakova s P.S. Popovym, 1928-1940 (2003) 1 copy
Belaja gvardija. P'esa v četyrech dejstvijach. Vtoraja redakcija p'esy 'Dni Turbinych'. Podgotovka teksta, predislovie… (1983) 1 copy
Διηγήματα 1 copy
Romanzo teatrale 1 copy
En diaboliad 1 copy
Die weiße Garde 1 copy
Nghệ nhân và Margarita 1 copy
Associated Works
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contributor — 147 copies
Mikhail Bulgakov's the Master and Margarita: A Graphic Novel (Eye Classics) (2008) — Author — 106 copies
季刊 ソヴェート文学 Советская Литература 1987年 No. 100 — Contributor — 1 copy
季刊 ソヴェート文学 Советская Литература 1982年 春 No. 79 — Contributor — 1 copy
季刊 ソヴェート文学 Советская Литература 1984年 No. 89 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Bulgàkov, Mikhaïl Afanàssevitx
- Legal name
- Bulgakov, Mikhaíl Afanasyevich
Булгаков, Михаил Афанасьевич - Other names
- Булга́ков, Михаи́л Афана́сьевич
- Birthdate
- 1891-05-15
- Date of death
- 1940-03-10
- Burial location
- Novodevichi Monastery, Moscow, Russia
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Ukraine (birth)
Russian Empire
USSR - Country (for map)
- Russia
- Birthplace
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russia
- Cause of death
- hypertensive kidney disease
- Places of residence
- Kyiv, Ukraine
Moscow, Russia
Nikolskoe, Russia
Vyazma, Russia
Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, Russia
Tbilsi, Georgia - Education
- Kyiv University (Medical Faculty|1909-1916)
- Occupations
- physician
novelist
playwright
journalist - Relationships
- Xilovskaia, Ielena (3a muller)
Lappa, Tatiana (1a muller)
Belozerski, Liubov (2a muller) - Organizations
- Nakanune
Moscow Art Theatre
Bolshoi Opera Theatre
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Discussions
Master and Margarita in Fine Press Forum (November 2023)
Which English version of [The Master and Margarita] is the best? in Geeks who love the Classics (July 2020)
The Master and Margarita - Group Read in 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (February 2018)
Mikhail Bulgakov in Fans of Russian authors (November 2017)
The Master and Margarita Group Read: Part 1 in Club Read 2012 (July 2017)
Master and the Margarita Group Read (April) in 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (May 2016)
Best Bulgakov Translation? in Fans of Russian authors (March 2015)
The Master and Margarita Group Read: Part 2 in Club Read 2012 (July 2012)
Master & Margarita Spoiler-Free in The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (February 2011)
Group Read (January): The Master and Margarita in The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (January 2011)
The Master and Margarita: What edition are you reading? in Group Reads - Literature (August 2009)
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Anyways, I'm sure a ton of the references and ideas here went wayy over my head but I kind of embarassingly cried a little bit at the end. Not as much as when I read Sofia Petrovna but I still didn't think I would at all this time... Uhm anyways it was a good book I think. I think I'll probably be going back and forth on my rating for a while because... like I said the good parts were really good but like half of it was just... I did not want to read it at all for a while. Margarita and Homeless were my favorite characters by far, what a delight! I can see why this book is so popular. There is a LOT going on here.… (more)