In 1960 he participated in a geodetic and astronomical expedition in the Caucasus. After graduating in 1955, he worked as an astronomer and computer engineer at the Pulkovo observatory.

He graduated from high school in 1950 and applied to the physics department at Leningrad State University, but studied astronomy instead. Borisīorn 14 April 1933, Boris Strugatsky remained in Leningrad with his mother during the siege of the city during World War II. In addition to his own writing, he translated Japanese language short stories and novels, as well as some English works with his brother. Arkady Strugatsky became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers in 1964. In 1958, he began collaborating with his brother Boris, a collaboration that lasted until Arkady's death on 12 October 1991. In 1955, he began working as an editor and writer. He worked as a teacher and interpreter for the military until 1955. He trained first at the artillery school in Aktyubinsk and later at the Military Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow, from which he graduated in 1949 as an interpreter of English and Japanese. Arkady was drafted into the Soviet army in 1943. In January 1942, Arkady and his father were evacuated from the Siege of Leningrad, but Arkady was the only survivor in his train car his father died upon reaching Vologda. ArkadyĪrkady Strugatsky was born 25 August 1925 in Batumi the family later moved to Leningrad. In 1991, Text Publishers brought out the collected works by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.

The Strugatsky brothers were Guests of Honour at Conspiracy '87, the 1987 World Science Fiction Convention, held in Brighton, England. They are well-known Russian science fiction writers with a well-developed fan base.

The Strugatsky brothers, however, were and still are popular in many countries, including Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, the former republics of Yugoslavia, and Germany, where most of their works were available in both East and West Germany. Several other of their fiction works were translated into English, German, French, and Italian, but did not receive the same magnitude of critical acclaim as that granted by their Russian audiences. Andrei Tarkovsky adapted the novel for the screen as Stalker (1979).Īlgis Budrys compared their 'An Emergency Case' and Arkady's 'Wanderers and Travellers' to that of Eando Binder. Their best-known novel, Piknik na obochine, has been translated into English as Roadside Picnic.

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