Soviet and Russian writer Andrei Georgievich Bitov was born on May 27, 1937 in Leningrad. At school No. 213, where he studied, a number of subjects were taught in English. He graduated from it in 1954, and in 1957 became a student of the Leningrad Mining Institute, but his studies did not work out, and from 1957 to 1958 he had to serve in the Soviet Army.
In 1958, Andrei was restored to the Institute of Geological Exploration Faculty and graduated in 1962.
Back in 1956 he began to write, mainly
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Soviet and Russian writer Andrei Georgievich Bitov was born on May 27, 1937 in Leningrad. At school No. 213, where he studied, a number of subjects were taught in English. He graduated from it in 1954, and in 1957 became a student of the Leningrad Mining Institute, but his studies did not work out, and from 1957 to 1958 he had to serve in the Soviet Army.
In 1958, Andrei was restored to the Institute of Geological Exploration Faculty and graduated in 1962.
Back in 1956 he began to write, mainly poems, and in 1957 he joined the Lithuanian association, which was headed by Gleb Semenov.
The first prose was published in 1960 in the almanac “Young Leningrad”. The same stories were included in the collection The Big Ball in 1963. Becoming a professional writer in 1963, since 1965 he became a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR.
From 1965 to 1967, Andrey Bitov studied in Moscow at the Higher Scenario Courses under the State Film Agency, and from 1973 to 1974 he was a graduate student of the Institute of World Literature.
Since 1967, Bitov’s books have been published: “Dutch Countryside” (1967), “Apothecary Island” (1968), “Lessons of Armenia” (1969), “Lifestyle” (1972), “Days of a Man” (1976), “Seven Travels” (1976).
In 1978, the novel “Pushkin House” was published in the United States, and in 1979 Andrei Bitov took part in the compilation of the uncensored almanac “Metropol”.
In 1979, Bitov wrote the script for the film On Thursday and Never Again by A. Efros.
In 1986, his books “Man in the Landscape”, “Georgian Album”, “Articles from a Novel” were published, and in 1987 – the novel “The Flying Monks”.
Becoming from the autumn of 1986, the writer lectures and participates in symposiums and conferences in many countries.
Twice Andrey Bitov became a laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation: in 1992 for the novel “The Flying Monks” and in 1997 for the novel “The Called Ones”.