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Writer.
Born on
November 7, 1886 in Kiev.
Graduated from the Physics and Mathematics department
of the University of Kiev. Was
first published in 1915, his essay The Fat One
and Rolland, gave him some quick fame.
Aldanov was a highly significant anti-Bolshevik, and opposed
the revolution.
In 1918 he was the Secretary of the Anti-Bolshevik Union,
and in 1919 finally immigrated to Paris, where there was
already a large Russian émigré community. In Paris
participated in the production of the journal
Modern Messages in 1921.
Throughout the 1920s and up to the mid 1950s Aldanov wrote a
series of cyclical works that dealt with both Russian and
French lives in midst of revolutions, upheavals, and wars.
Aldanov’s works span a wide range of historical
dates, and he includes such dynamic characters in his novels
as Alexander I, Suvorov, Robespierre, Hitler, and Napoleon.
In 1953 an outstanding work was published by Aldanov
Memos on Death, which dealt with the last
few years of Balzac’s life. Died
in Nice, France on
February 25, 1957.
Selected Works:
Мыслитель. Тетралогия (The Thinker. Tetrology; 2001; pub:
Захаров);
Портреты
(Portraits; 2006; pub:
Захаров)
In English: The Fifth Seal (2005, Kessing
Publishing); The Escape (1950,
Scribners); The Tenth Symphony
(1948, Scribners). The Bridge (1928, A.A. Knopf).
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