Andrei Bitov

Ellen Chances (Princeton University)

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

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Activity 1937-ongoing
Born 27 May 1937

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Andrei Georgievich Bitov was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) on May 27, 1937 and was raised there. During World War II, in 1941-42, he was evacuated to the Urals and Uzbekistan. He went to high school in Leningrad, and then attended the Leningrad Mining Institute (the Geology Prospecting Department). He had various jobs as a stevedore, a lathe operator, and was on construction brigades when he was a soldier, in 1957-58, before he was discharged on medical grounds in 1958. He returned to the Mining Institute and graduated in 1962. In 1965-67, he attended advanced courses in cinematography in Moscow. Bitov’s fis publication was in 1960. Since 1963 he has devoted himself, full-time, to writing. From 1978 on, Bitov has been living i…

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Citation: Chances, Ellen. "Andrei Bitov". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 April 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5596, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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