David Gurevich

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David Gurevich is an American writer of Russian origin.[1]

David Gurevich was born as Vyacheslav Gurevich in Kharkov, Ukraine, in 1951.[citation needed] His father was an Air Force pilot and his mother a doctor.[citation needed] He was one of a few Jewish students on the Interpreter department of the Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages (now Moscow Linguistic University).[citation needed] In 1976, he immigrated to the US, working as a writer, book and film critic, and essayist.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

In 1987, his first novel, Travels with Dubinsky and Clive, was published by Viking Press. The memoir From Lenin to Lennon (Harcourt Brace, 1991) and another novel, Vodka for Breakfast, (ENC Press, 2003) followed.[citation needed]

His articles and book reviews have appeared in various publications, both in the USA and abroad.[where?][citation needed] He wrote on the Russian mafia for Details, on Harold Robbins' literary heritage for The New York Times Book Review, and on Yevgeny Zamyatin for The New Criterion.[citation needed] Other publications include The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Forward, The Boston Globe, The American Spectator, Newsday, and others.[citation needed] He also reviews film for Images Journal, an online publication.[citation needed]

David Gurevich was the producer of the TV documentary Empty Rooms (directed by Dutch director Willy Lindwer) about the 2002 Dolphinarium massacre in Tel Aviv.[citation needed]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Gurewich, David (1987). Travels with Dubinsky and Clive. New York: Viking. ISBN 0-670-81621-3.
  • Gurevich, David (1991). From Lenin to Lennon. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN 0-15-149825-3.
  • Gurevich, David (2003). Vodka for Breakfast. New York: ENC Press. ISBN 0-9728321-2-2.
  • Gurevich, David (2016). Young Spies in Love: A Novel of Tradecraft. New York: david gurevich books. ISBN 9780997701517.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Teachout, Terry (2 June 1991). "Born in the U.S.S.R." The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-04-04.