Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky was born in Batumi, Russia. While he was a child, he moved with his family to Leningrad. In 1942, Leningrad was under siege and he left with his father, who did not survive the trip to Vologda. Arkady was later drafted into the Soviet Army, and in 1949 he graduated from the Military Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow. He worked as a teacher and interpreter for the military until 1955. From 1955 he began to work as an editor and writer. In 1958, he began his lifelong collaboration with his brother Boris.
Arcadi Strougatski
Author details
- Aliases:
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Аркадий Натанович Стругацкий, Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky, Arcady Strugatsky
- Born:
- Aug. 27, 1925
- Died:
- Oct. 11, 1991
