Arkady Iosifovich Vaksberg (Russian:Аркадий Иосифович Ваксберг) (11 November 1927 – 8 May 2011) was a Soviet and Russian lawyer, investigative journalist, writer on historical subjects, film maker and playwright.
Biography
Vaksberg was born in
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the Russian Census ...
in 1927 (some sources give 1933). He graduated from the law faculty of
Moscow State University in 1952. He joined the Soviet Writers' Union in 1973. That same year he began working as a journalist at
Literaturnaya gazeta
''Literaturnaya Gazeta'' (russian: «Литературная Газета», ''Literary Gazette'') is a weekly cultural and political newspaper published in Russia and the Soviet Union. It was published for two periods in the 19th century, and ...
.
He was the author of many books, some of which have been translated into English.
Vaksberg died in Moscow in 2011.
English translations
*''Arkady Vaksberg, Stalin's Prosecutor: The Life of Andrei Vyshinsky'' 1992
*''Stalin Against the Jews'' 1995
*''The Murder of Maxim Gorky: A Secret Execution'' 2007
*Toxic Politics (translated by Paul McGregor)
References
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1927 births
2011 deaths
Soviet writers
Russian Jews
Jewish Russian writers
Russian lawyers