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Anatoli Rybakov


Born
in Chernigov, Ukraine
January 14, 1911

Died
December 23, 1998

Genre
History, Historical Fiction


Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov (Russian: Анатолий Наумович Рыбаков; January 14, 1911 – December 23, 1998) was a Soviet and Russian writer, the author of the anti-Stalinist Children of the Arbat tetralogy, novel Heavy Sand, and many popular children books including Adventures of Krosh, Dirk, Bronze Bird, etc. One of the last of his works was his memoir The Novel of Memoirs (Роман-Воспоминание) telling about all the different people (from Stalin and Yeltsin, to Okudzhava and Tendryakov) he met during his long life. Writer Maria Rybakova is his granddaughter.

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Average rating: 4.28 · 8,282 ratings · 350 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors
Children of the Arbat (Arba...
4.22 avg rating — 4,633 ratings — published 1987 — 115 editions
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Дети Арбата: 2 Страх (Дети ...
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4.48 avg rating — 883 ratings — published 1990 — 57 editions
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Dust and Ashes (Arbat tetra...
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Heavy Sand
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Кортик
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The Bronze Bird
4.09 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 1955 — 35 editions
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1935 en volgende jaren (Arb...
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4.29 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 1988 — 16 editions
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Кортик. Бронзовая птица. Вы...
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Дети Арбата, трилогия
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Кортик / Бронзовая птица
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Series by Anatoli Rybakov

Children of the Arbat 1935 en volgende jaren Дети Арбата: 2 Страх Dust and Ashes
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Кортик The Bronze Bird
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“There must be those who differ. If there were no unorthodox thought there would be no thought at all”
― Anatoly Rybakov
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“You could kill a man, but you could never break him.”
― Anatoly Rybakov, Children of the Arbat
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“Death solves all problems — no man, no problem.”
― Anatoli Rybakov, Children of the Arbat
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Nach dem 3. Wälzer "Bitternis" wollen wir uns ab 1. Dezember der sowjetischen Literatur zuwenden. Welches dieser Bücher wollt ihr mitlesen? (Achtung! manche nur antiquarisch zu beschaffen)

 
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