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Boris Strugatskiy(1933-2012)

  • Writer
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Born 1933 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR (now Saint Petersburg in Russia), Boris Natanovich Strugatskiy was a Soviet/Russian sci-fi writer, often writing in collaboration with his older brother Arkadiy Strugatskiy. Strugatskiys' father Natan Strugatskiy was a Jewish art critic and their mother was a Russian Orthodox teacher. Living in Leningrad with his mother, Boris survived the 1941-1944 siege of the city by the Nazi Germany army. In 1955 he graduated astronomy and went on to word as an astronomer and computer engineer. In 1958 the Strugatskiy brothers begun their artistic collaboration, which lasted until Arkadiy's death in 1991. In 1966 Boris quit his job to become a full-time writer and starting form 1972, he taught a speculative fiction writing seminar. In 1979, the brothers' best-known novel, "Piknik na obochine" ("Roadside Picnic") was loosely adapted for the screen by Andrei Tarkovsky as Stalker (1979). After his brother's death, Boris published two more books, which he wrote under a pseudonym. He died on November 19, 2012 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Writings of the Strugatskiys continue to inspire creators of movies (such as Dark Planet (2008)) and video games (such as S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007) and its sequels).
BornApril 15, 1933
DiedNovember 19, 2012(79)
BornApril 15, 1933
DiedNovember 19, 2012(79)
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Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)
Stalker
8.1
  • Writer
  • 1979
Vasiliy Stepanov in Dark Planet (2008)
Dark Planet
5.1
  • Writer
  • 2008
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979)
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
6.6
  • Writer(as Boriss Strugatski, uncredited)
  • 1979
Days of Eclipse (1988)
Days of Eclipse
7.0
  • Writer
  • 1988

Credits

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Writer

  • Zhuk v muraveynike
    • novel
    • Pre-production
    • TV Series
  • Kosmicheskiy Maugli
    • novel "Malysh"
    • In Development
  • Escape Attempt (2021)
    Escape Attempt
    • novel
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2021
  • Eric Roberts in Six Matches (2020)
    Six Matches
    • based on a short story by
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Piknik na obochine
    • novel "Piknik na obochine"
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Piknik na obochine (2017)
    Piknik na obochine
    • novel "Piknik na obochine"
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Ponedelnik nachinaetsya v subbotu. Sueta vokrug divana (2017)
    Ponedelnik nachinaetsya v subbotu. Sueta vokrug divana
    • novel
    • Video
    • 2017
  • Roadside Picnic (2016)
    Roadside Picnic
    • novel "Piknik na obochine" (2016)
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Chudo zony (2015)
    Chudo zony
    • novel "Piknik na obochine"
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Zona 3 (2015)
    Zona 3
    • novel
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Leonid Yarmolnik in Hard to Be a God (2013)
    Hard to Be a God
    • novel
    • 2013
  • Sami Tikkanen and Timo Piiri in Zone (2012)
    Zone
    • novel "Piknik na obochine" (as Boris Strugatski)
    • 2012
  • The Snail on the Slope (2010)
    The Snail on the Slope
    • inspired by
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Dark Planet: Rebellion (2009)
    Dark Planet: Rebellion
    • original book "Obitaemyy ostrov"
    • 2009
  • Vasiliy Stepanov in Dark Planet (2008)
    Dark Planet
    • original book
    • 2008
  • Inhabited Island: Prisoner of Power (2007)
    Inhabited Island: Prisoner of Power
    • Writer
    • Video Game
    • 2007
  • The Ugly Swans (2006)
    The Ugly Swans
    • original book
    • 2006

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Boris Strugackij
  • Born
    • April 15, 1933
    • Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
  • Died
    • November 19, 2012
    • St. Petersburg, Russia(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    Novel: "Otel 'U Pogibshego Alpinista'". NOTE: Filmed as Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979).

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  • Trivia
    Survivor of the Siege of Leningrad during WWII.
  • Nicknames
    • S. Vititsky'.
    • Boriss Strugatski

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