Arkady Arkanov

At the onset of World War II in 1941, he was evacuated to Siberia, together with his mother and younger brother.

Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and, before becoming a writer, worked as a family doctor.

In the 1960s–70s, he collaborated with Grigori Gorin, with whom he wrote several plays for the Moscow Theater of Satire.

[1] He had a son, Vasily Arkadievich Arkanov (born 1967), a Russian-English translator and journalist who has lived in New York since 1993.

[4] He was a holder of the title People's Artist of Russia and awarded the Order of Honour.