Mark Aldanov

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Mark Aldanov (Mark Alexandrovich Landau) (Russian: Алданов Марк Александрович) (November 7 (October 26(O.S.)), 1889 -- February 25, 1957) was a Russian emigrant writer, known for his historical novels.

Mark Landau (Aldanov) was born in Kiev in the family of a rich industrialist. He graduated the physical-mathematical and law departments of Kiev University. He published serious research papers in chemistry. In 1919 he emigrated to France. During 1922-1924 he lived in Berlin and during 1941-1946, in the United States.

Aldanov's first book about Vladimir Lenin, translated into several languages, immediately gained him popularity. Then followed a trilogy of novels attempting to trace the roots of the Russian Revolution. He also wrote a tetralogy of novels about Napoleonic wars. All in all, he published 16 larger literary works and a great number of articles and essays.

Mark Aldanov died in Nice, France. His extensive correspondence with Vladimir Nabokov, Ivan Bunin, Alexander Kerensky and other emigre celebrities was published posthumously.

[edit] Bibliography

The Thinker, a tetralogy:

  • The Ninth Thermidor
  • The Devil's Bridge
  • The Conspiracy
  • St. Helena: Little Island
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