What is Andrei Bitov?
[[File:Andrei Bitov.jpg|right|200px]] '''Andrei Georgiyevich Bitov''' ({{lang-ru|Андре́й Гео́ргиевич Би́тов}}, 27 May 1937 – 3 December 2018) was a Russian writer. He was born in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], [[Soviet Union]]. In 1988, he was one of the founders of the Russian [[PEN Club]] and was its President beginning in 1991. He also taught at the [[Maxim Gorky Literature Institute]]. Bitov was known for his works ''[[Life in Windy Weather: Short Stories]]'', ''[[A Captive of the Caucasus]]'', ''[[Ten Short Stories]]'', ''[[Pushkin House]]'', ''[[The Monkey Link]]'' and ''[[The Symmetry Teacher]]''. In 2018, he received the [[Order of Friendship]]. Bitov died in [[Moscow]] on 3 December 2018 from a [[heart attack]] at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meduza.io/news/2018/12/03/umer-andrey-bitov|title=Умер Андрей Битов|language=ru|trans-title=Andrei Bitov has died|access-date=2018-12-03|date=2018-12-03|work=[[Meduza]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{in lang|ru}} [http://royallib.com/read/bitov_andrey/dvorets_bez_tsarya.html#0 ''Palace without a Tsar''] * {{in lang|en}} [http://www.russia-ic.com/people/culture_art/b/99/ The Baggage of Writer Andrei Bitov] * {{in lang|ru}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20061207001245/http://www.biograph.comstar.ru/bank/bitov.htm Biography] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bitov, Andrei}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Writers from Saint Petersburg]]