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Mark Aldanov
1957Feb, 25

Mark Aldanov

Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)
Mark Aldanov (Russian: Марк Алда́нов; Mark Alexandrovich Landau, Russian: Марк Алекса́ндрович Ланда́у; 7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1886, 1888, or 1889 – 25 February 1957) was a Russian Empire and later French writer and critic, known for his historical novels.

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. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature thirteen times.

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