Background
Strugatskii, Arkadii was born on August 28, 1925 in Batumi.
Strugatskii, Arkadii was born on August 28, 1925 in Batumi.
Graduated from the Moscow Military Institute of Foreign Languages, 1949.
Elder of the 2 Strugatskii brothers. With his younger brother Boris, became famous for science fiction short stories and novels: Strana Bagrovykh Tuch, 1959, Obitaemi Ostrov, 1971, Vtoroe Nashestvie Marsian, 1967, Piknik Na Obochine and Za Milliard Do Kontsa Sveta (filmed under the title Stalker by A. Tarkovskii), Ulitka Na Sklone and Skazka О Troike, 1972, Gadkie Lebedi, 1972, Les, 1981. Many of their books have been translated into several languages.
A. Tarkovskii’s film based on their stories brought them international fame.