Background
Vail, Petr was born in 1949 in Riga, Latvia.
journalist Human rights campaigner
Vail, Petr was born in 1949 in Riga, Latvia.
Trained as a journalist. Reporter with the Latvian Sovetskaia Molodezh’. In 1977, emigrated to the USA. Contributor to Novoe Russkoe Slovo, New York, Novyi Amerikanetz, Konlinent, Vremia I My, Ekho, and Chast' Rechi.
Teaches Russian literature at American universities. Author (together with A. Genis) of Sovremennaia Russkaia Proza, USA, 1982.