Andrey Kurkov

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in Budogoszcz, Russian Federation

April 23, 1961

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Literature & Fiction, Humor

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Ukrainian writer writing in Russian. He was born in small town Budogoszcz in Leningrad area. In 1983 in Kiev he graduated Kiev Pedagogical Academy of Foreign Languages. He started writing in age of six and he had a hobby of collecting cactuses - he collected nearly 1,500 of them. Ambitiously he wanted to learn their latin names. Thanks to that he had learned such languages such as English, French, Japanease, Georgian and Polish. He became a Japanese trained translator.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 4,147 ratings · 486 reviews · 18 distinct works · Similar authors

	Death And The Penguin 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 2,652 ratings — published 1996 — 36 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penguin Lost 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 549 ratings — published 1996 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Matter Of Death And Life 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The President's Last Love 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case Of The General's Thumb 3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Angel of Death 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Milkman in the Night by Andrey Kurkov, Amanda Love Darragh (Translator) 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Penguin Novels : Death and the penguin, and, Penguin lost by Andrey Kurkov, George Bird (Translator) 4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Львовская Гастроль Джими Хендрикса [L'vovskaia gastrol' Dzhimi Khendriksa] by Andrey Kurkov, Андрей Курков 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Gärtner von Otschakow by Andrey Kurkov, Sabine Grebing (Translator) 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Пикник на льду (2 books)
by Andrey Kurkov
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