David Gurevich
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David Gurevich is an American writer of Russian origin.{{cite news | first = Terry | last = Teachout | title = Born in the U.S.S.R. | date = 2 June 1991 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/02/books/born-in-the-ussr.html | work = The New York Times | access-date = 2011-04-04}}
Early life
David Gurevich was born as Vyacheslav Gurevich in Kharkov, Ukraine, in 1951.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} His father was an Air Force pilot and his mother a doctor.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} 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|date=January 2024}} In 1976, he immigrated to the US, working as a writer, book and film critic, and essayist.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
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|date=January 2024}}
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|date=April 2011}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book | last = Gurewich | first = David | title = Travels with Dubinsky and Clive | publisher = Viking | location = New York | year = 1987 | isbn = 0-670-81621-3 | url = https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_a9f7 }}
- {{cite book | last = Gurevich | first = David | title = From Lenin to Lennon | publisher = Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | location = San Diego | year = 1991 | isbn = 0-15-149825-3 | url = https://archive.org/details/fromlenintolenno00gure }}
- {{cite book | last = Gurevich | first = David | title = Vodka for Breakfast | publisher = ENC Press | location = New York | year = 2003 | isbn = 0-9728321-2-2 }}
- {{cite book | last = Gurevich | first = David | title = Young Spies in Love: A Novel of Tradecraft | publisher = david gurevich books | location = New York | year = 2016 | isbn = 9780997701517 }}
References
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- https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-gurevich/from-lenin-to-lennon/
- https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780151498253
- https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/02/books/born-in-the-ussr.html
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Category:American male journalists
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