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Sergei Dovlatov - True or False

Sergei Dovlatov is one of Russia's most read and loved writers. Can you find which facts about his life and work are true or false?bor
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Last updated: July 21, 2021
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1. Sergei Dovlatov was born in Leningrad in 1941
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He was born in Ufa, while his family was in evacuation during the WWII
2. Dovlatov finished his studies in Finnish Department in Leningrad
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3. Dovlatov served in the soviet army as prisoners guard
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He did and his experience laid the basis for his book "The Zone: A Prison Camp Guard's Story"
4. Sergei Dovlatov lived famously on Rubinstein street in Leningrad
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5. His books were widely published in the USSR
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His books were not accepted by communist publishers and his fame in Russia came after Glasnost and fall of the USSR
6. He was famously a teetotaler and never drank alcohol
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7. Dovlatov was a bitter rival with other writer/poet - Joseph Brodsky (Nobel Prize laureate)
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Dovlatov and Brodsky were good friends, with Dovlatov considering him as his mentor
8. Dovlatov lived the last 12 years of his life in New York, USA
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9. His book "The Compromise" is about his time working and living in Tallinn, Estonia
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10. Dovlatov always admired famous Russian playwright Anton Chekhov and wanted to be like him
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11. Dovlatov's most famous work is "Suitcase"
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12. His "A Foreign Woman" is about a immigrant woman and her neighbors trying to live in the USSR
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It is a story about them trying to fit in in the New York Russian neighborhood
13. Dovlatov famously wrote in long complicated sentences
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That would be Leo Tolstoy, Dovlatov is famous for his short and witty manner
14. Dovlatov was not only a writer, but a TV-presenter
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He was a radio presenter for Radio Liberty
15. A lot of his protagonists are based on Dovlatov himself, albeit with changed names
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16. Dovlatov died in his 70's
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He passed away at the young age of 48 in 1990
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