No man controls the will to retain the spirit, and there is no ruling on the day of death; neither is there discharge in war, nor will wickedness save the one who practices it.

Kohelet 8:8

Edward Topol - Biography

Edward Vladimirovich Topol (Эдуа́рд Влади́мирович То́поль), real name Topelberg (Топельберг) (born 8 October 1938) is a Russian novelist.

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Biography

Born in Baku, Topol spent his teenage years finishing local school in Baku and graduated from Azerbaijan State Economic University. He also did his military service in Estonia. He worked as journalist for newspapers such as Bakinskiy Rabochiy and Komsomolskaya Pravda and wrote the screenplays for seven movies, of which two were banned due to censorship under the Soviet government.

In 1978 he emigrated to USA, New York, and lived for short periods in Boston, Toronto and Miami.

Personal life

He married twice and has one daughter and one son.

Bibliography

Russian
  • Red Square
  • Journalist for Brezhnev
  • Strange Face
  • Tomorrow in Russia
English
  • Dermo!: The Real Russian Tolstoy Never Used (A book on Russian language)

See also

The Pyramid. The Soviet Mafia






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