David Gurevich

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David Gurevich is an American writer of Russian origin.

Early life

David Gurevich was born as Vyacheslav Gurevich in Kharkov, Ukraine, in 1951.[citation needed] His father was an Air Force pilot and his mother a doctor.[citation needed] He was one of a few Jewish students on the Interpreter department of the Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages (now Moscow Linguistic University).[citation needed] In 1976, he immigrated to the US, working as a writer, book and film critic, and essayist.[citation needed]

Career

In 1987, his first novel, Travels with Dubinsky and Clive, was published by Viking Press. The memoir From Lenin to Lennon, and another novel, Vodka for Breakfast, followed.[citation needed]

Gurevich was the producer of the TV documentary Empty Rooms (directed by Dutch director Willy Lindwer) about the 2001 Dolphinarium massacre in Tel Aviv.[citation needed]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Teachout, Terry (2 June 1991). "Born in the U.S.S.R." The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-04-04.