Dovlatov S.D. (1941-1990), writer

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DOVLATOV Sergey Donatovich (1941-1990), prose writer. Studied at the Philological Faculty of Leningrad State University (didn't finish his degree). In 1962 he was conscripted into the army, served in internal security troops (prison guard in high-security camps). On returning to Leningrad, he wrote the book of short stories Zone (published in the USA in 1982) about his experience. Worked as an editor of Leningrad newspapers published in large editions and a seasonal guide in Pushkinskie Gory (Pushkin Memorial Preserve). In 1974-76 lived in Tallinn, where he had moved hoping to issue a book of short stories in an Estonian publishing house; worked as a journalist. After the typesetting of his first book was destroyed by order of the KGB, Dovlatov returned to Leningrad. In 1978 emigrated to the USA, where in 1977 his first book was published. Dovlatov's works (over ten books of stories) were translated into English and were published in many prestigious American literary journals. Dovlatov is a recognised master of the short story, who brilliantly wields this form of fictional prose. The book The Suitcase (1986) offers the gallery of original Leningrad characters of the 1970s. In Leningrad Dovlatov lived at 23 Rubinshteina Street.

Reference: Памяти Сергея Довлатова. СПб., 1994. (Петрополь: Альм.; Вып. 5).

D. N. Akhapkin. Dovlatov Sergey Donatovich
Rubinsteina St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 23
Петрополь: Альм.: Памяти С. Довлатова. СПб., 1994