Everyone knows M. A. Bulgakov as a famous writer and playwright. But not many people realize that in addition to this, he was also an actor, and even a producer. This article introduces you to his brief biography.
Bulgakov is a native of an intelligent family. He was born in Kiev in May 1891. Michael grew up surrounded by six more brothers and sisters.
Short biography. Bulgakov
Mikhail Bulgakov graduated from high school, and then entered one of the universities of Kiev at the faculty of medicine. In 1914, the First World War broke out, so after graduating from the university in 1916, he worked a bit in field hospitals, after which he was sent to Smolensk province to head a hospital, and a year later he was transferred to Vyazma. Some time later, Bulgakov reflected this period of his life in the Notes of a Young Doctor, which were published in 1926.
Starting in 1917, Bulgakov often began to use morphine. The reason for this is his fear of contracting diphtheria, since he saved the child with this disease. After that, he begins to get used to the drug. Michael fights addiction for two whole years. In 1919 he was mobilized into the UPR troops, but after a few days he deserted. Later, he becomes a doctor of the third Terek Cossack Regiment.
Mikhail Bulgakov: biography and creativity (briefly)
In 1920, Bulgakov began working as a journalist, and later was the head of the theater section. In 1922, he published his satirical articles, short stories and novels. Some of his plays were staged in Moscow theaters.
In 1924, a novel was published under the name "The White Guard", and a year later a collection of satirical short stories entitled "The Devil" was released. At the same time, Bulgakov was working on the plays Turbine Days and Zoykin’s Apartment. Then he began to write the novel “A Heart of a Dog”. The productions of these works will go on the stages of theaters. And in 1934, a novel entitled “The Master and Margarita” was completed.
Short biography: Bulgakov and his personal life
The writer was married three times. The first time was on Tatyana Lapp, with whom he had been married for 11 years. She became the prototype of Anna Kirillovna in a story called "Morphine." As it turned out later, she had no acquaintances in literary circles, and Bulgakov left her, having met a more promising lady in this regard, Lyubov Belozyorskaya. During the marriage with her, Bulgakov graduated from an affair called The White Guard. He dedicated to her “Dog’s Heart” and “Holy bondage.”
Four years after the marriage, Bulgakov and Belozerskaya began to have difficulties in family life. And some time later, the writer met Elena Shilovskaya, his third wife, who would later become the prototype of Margarita in the novel entitled “The Master and Margarita”. She also became the custodian of the writer's literary heritage after his death in 1940.
This article offers only a brief biography. Bulgakov was a multifaceted and talented writer who left behind a huge literary heritage. We talked only about the main milestones of his life and work. Mikhail Bulgakov, whose brief biography actually takes a very short period of time, died at a fairly young age, but his works will live forever.