Dmitrii Bykov

Dmitrii Lvovich Bykov (Russian: Дми́трий Льво́вич Бы́ков; b. 20 December 1967) is a Russian writer, journalist, and poet. Being one of the most prolific modern Russian writers, in recent years he has gained some recognition for his biography of Boris Pasternak, published in 2005. The biography broke with prior works in its account of Doctor Zhivago, and it earned Bykov the 2006 National Bestseller (Russian: Национальный бестселлер) and Great Book (Russian: Большая Книга) awards. He later wrote biographies of Maksim Gorky and Bulat Okudzhava. As a journalist and critic, Bykov has been writing for the magazine Ogoniok since 1993. He has also periodically hosted a show on the radio station Echo of Moscow, running at least until early 2008. Earlier, he was one of the hosts of an influential TV show Vremechko. In 2008 a documentary called Virginity (Russian: Девственность) was released in which Bykov was a co-writer. In 2009, Bykov was named assistant editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine Profile. He is also the editor-in-chief of the monthly literature-focused magazine What to read ("Что читать").