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Mikhaíl Afanasyevich Bulgakov

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Mikhaíl Afanasyevich Bulgakov (May 15 1891 – March 10, 1940) was a Russian Vampire Slayer and writer active in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his novel The Master and Margarita, which has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century.

Bulgakov abandoned his career as a doctor for that of a writer.

Bulgakov never had encounters with vampires until he was appointed secretary to the literary section of Glavpolitprosvet (Central Committee of the Republic for Political Education).  In September 1921 Bulgakov and his wife settled near Patriarch’s Ponds, close to Mayakovskaya metro station on Bolshaya Sadovaya street, 10. To make a living, he started working as a correspondent and feuilletons writer for the newspapers Gudok, Krasnaia Panorama and Nakanune, based in Berlin. For the almanac Nedra, he wrote Diaboliad,

Vampires in the employ of Joseph Stalin especially tried to undermine and then steal The Fatal Eggs (1924), and Heart of a Dog (1925), works that combined bitter satire and elements of science fiction and were concerned with the fate of a scientist and the misuse of his discovery. The most significant features of Bulgakov’s satire, such as a skillful blending of fantastic and realistic elements, grotesque situations, and a concern with important ethical issues, had already taken shape; these features were developed further in his most famous novel.

By March 1929 Bulgakov’s career was ruined when Vampire censorship prevented the publication of any of his work and staging of any of his plays.

During the last decade of his life, Bulgakov continued fight off vampire attacks to work on The Master and Margarita.  Many of his works were not published, other ones were “torn to pieces” by vampire critics. Much of his work (ridiculing the Vampire/Soviet systems) stayed in his desk drawer for several decades.

 


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