Serge Dovlatov

Serge Dovlatov, who many assume to be a Russian-Jewish writer, had one Armenian parent. He was born in the Republic of Bashkiria in 1941 and died in New York in 1990. He moved to the US in 1979 because the KGB had ordered the burning of his books. In New York he edited a Russian-language emigrant publication. He also wrote for ‘The New Yorker’ magazine.

Serge Dovlatov, who many assume to be a Russian-Jewish writer, had one Armenian parent. He was born in the Republic of Bashkiria in 1941 and died in New York in 1990. He moved to the US in 1979 because the KGB had ordered the burning of his books. In New York he edited a Russian-language emigrant publication. He also wrote for ‘The New Yorker’ magazine.