Editing Mikhail Bulgakov (section)

{{Short description|Russian and Soviet author (1891–1940)}}
{{family name hatnote|Afanasyevich|[[Bulgakov]]|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox writer
| name         = Mikhail Bulgakov
| image        = Михаил-Булгаков.jpg
| caption      = Bulgakov in 1928
| birth_name   = Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov
| birth_date   = {{OldStyleDate|15 May|1891|3 May}}
| birth_place  = {{nowrap|[[Kiev]], [[Russian Empire]]}}
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1940|03|10|1891|05|15|df=yes}}
| death_place  = [[Moscow]], Soviet Union
|resting_place = [[Novodevichy Cemetery]], Moscow
| occupation   = {{cslist|Novelist|playwright}}
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Tatiana Lappa|1913|1924|end=divorce}}
* {{marriage|Lubov Belozerskaya|1925|1931|end=divorce}}
* {{marriage|Elena Shilovskaya<br/>|1932}}
}}
| signature    = Mikhail Bulgakov signature.svg
| genre        = {{cslist|Satire|fantasy|[[science fiction]]|[[historical fiction]]}}
}}

'''Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov''' ({{IPAc-en|b|ʊ|l|ˈ|ɡ|ɑː|k|ɒ|f}} {{respell|buul|GAH|kof}}; {{lang-rus|links=no|Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков|p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf}};<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bulgakov "Bulgakov"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055830/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bulgakov |date=4 March 2016 }}. ''[[Collins English Dictionary]]''.</ref> {{OldStyleDate|15 May|1891|3 May}} – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel ''[[The Master and Margarita]]'',<ref name="NYT-20240216" /> published posthumously, has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Master and Margarita: A graphic novel by Mikhail Bulgakov|newspaper=The Times|author=Mukherjee, Neel|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article3901149.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718183730/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article3901149.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 July 2008|access-date=19 January 2009 | location=London | date=9 May 2008}}</ref>

He also wrote the novel ''[[The White Guard]]'' and the plays ''[[Ivan Vasilievich (play)|Ivan Vasilievich]]'', ''[[Flight (play)|Flight]]'' (also called ''The Run''), and ''[[The Days of the Turbins]]''. He wrote mostly about the horrors of the [[Russian Civil War]] and about the fate of Russian intellectuals and officers of the [[White Army|Tsarist Army]] caught up in revolution and Civil War.<ref name="Bulgakov_britannica_com">[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikhail-Bulgakov Bulgakov's biography on britannica] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402174117/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikhail-Bulgakov |date=2 April 2021 }} subject of Bulgakov's works (main part of the text starts from the "novel Belaya gvardiya (The White Guard)..."</ref>

Some of his works (''Flight'', all his works between the years 1922 and 1926, and others) were banned by the [[Soviet government]], and personally by [[Joseph Stalin]], after it was decided by them that they "glorified [[Evacuation of the Crimea|emigration]] and [[White movement|White]] generals".<ref name="BlgakovGlorifiedemigration_ru">[https://www.loc.gov/rr/european/bulgaklc.html Mikhail Bulgakov in the Western World: A Bibliography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327174839/http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/bulgaklc.html |date=27 March 2018 }} Mikhail Bulgakov in the Western World: A Bibliography</ref> On the other hand, Stalin loved ''[[The Days of the Turbins]]'' (also called '' The Turbin Brothers'') very much and reportedly saw it at least 15 times.<ref name="StalinTheDaysoftheTurbins_chayka_org">Shaternikova, Marianna. [https://www.chayka.org/node/1234 Why Did Stalin Loved The Days of the Turbuns.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101101748/https://www.chayka.org/node/1234 |date=1 November 2016 }} Почему Сталин любил спектакль «Дни Турбиных».  Опубликовано: 15 октября 2006 г.</ref><ref name="stalin-s-secret-love-affair-with-the-white-guard_standard_co_uk">[https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/theatre/stalin-s-secret-love-affair-with-the-white-guard-6705761.html Stalin’s secret love affair with The White Guard] Stalin’s secret love affair with The White Guard</ref>