Dmitry
Bykov
Bykov
— writer, poet, publicist, professor of literature
Author of more than 85 books — poetry, novels, essays, and biographies.
Recognized as a “foreign agent” and persecuted by the Russian authorities for his open anti-war stance and criticism of the regime.
After an attempted poisoning and a ban on teaching in Russia, he was forced to leave the country.
Since 2024 he has lived in the United States, teaching literature and creative writing at the University of Rochester.
Recognized as a “foreign agent” and persecuted by the Russian authorities for his open anti-war stance and criticism of the regime.
After an attempted poisoning and a ban on teaching in Russia, he was forced to leave the country.
Since 2024 he has lived in the United States, teaching literature and creative writing at the University of Rochester.
performances and courses
November 8, 3 pm New York
“Tom and Huck: The American Dream”
A lecture for children and their parents in New York.
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“Tom and Huck: The American Dream”
A lecture for children and their parents in New York.
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November 8, 6 pm New York
“Literature in Exile.”
Public talk with Dmitry Bykov and Alexander Genis.
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“Literature in Exile.”
Public talk with Dmitry Bykov and Alexander Genis.
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November 22–30, Online
“Learning to Write Poetry and Understand Poetics.”
An author’s online intensive in poetic mastery.
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“Learning to Write Poetry and Understand Poetics.”
An author’s online intensive in poetic mastery.
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December 20, 7 pm New York“Zolushka in Concert”
A musical fairy tale for adults in the format of an author’s staged reading.
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A musical fairy tale for adults in the format of an author’s staged reading.
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Dmitry Bykov’s courses at Smolny Beyond Borders: A Liberal Arts Initiative
live broadcasts
Every Thursday at 10:05 pm (Moscow time), writer Dmitry Bykov — one for all — turns online Q&A sessions into captivating lectures.
On the Khodorkovsky LIVE channel.
A weekly stream by Dmitry Bykov on The Breakfast Show channel — literary analogies, associations, and allusions to the week’s news.
books
About Dmitry Bykov
Dmitry Bykov was born in Moscow on December 20, 1967.
He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University in 1991.
He worked for leading Moscow publications including Ogonyok, Sobesednik, Russky Zhurnal and others.
Bykov has published 85 books of poetry, prose, and documentary biographies.
He has taught in five schools and seven universities, among them Moscow State University, Princeton, UCLA, the University of Rochester, and Cornell.
All of his books are banned in today’s Russia and have been removed from libraries.
Bykov is an opposition writer and public intellectual, a member of the Coordinating Council of the Russian Opposition, and one of the most consistent critics of the Putin regime.
In 2019 he survived a poisoning attack investigated by the Bellingcat team, and in 2022 was designated a “foreign agent” by the Russian authorities.
He left the country and continued his teaching and literary work in exile.
In 2023 Dmitry Bykov was arrested in absentia by a Russian court and placed on the federal wanted list in a politically motivated case.
Since 2024 he has lived in the United States, teaching literature and creative writing at the University of Rochester.
He has been married three times (quite successfully) and is the father of two sons and a daughter.
Dmitry Bykov was born in Moscow on December 20, 1967.
He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University in 1991.
He worked for leading Moscow publications including Ogonyok, Sobesednik, Russky Zhurnal and others.
Bykov has published 85 books of poetry, prose, and documentary biographies.
He has taught in five schools and seven universities, among them Moscow State University, Princeton, UCLA, the University of Rochester, and Cornell.
All of his books are banned in today’s Russia and have been removed from libraries.
Bykov is an opposition writer and public intellectual, a member of the Coordinating Council of the Russian Opposition, and one of the most consistent critics of the Putin regime.
In 2019 he survived a poisoning attack investigated by the Bellingcat team, and in 2022 was designated a “foreign agent” by the Russian authorities.
He left the country and continued his teaching and literary work in exile.
In 2023 Dmitry Bykov was arrested in absentia by a Russian court and placed on the federal wanted list in a politically motivated case.
Since 2024 he has lived in the United States, teaching literature and creative writing at the University of Rochester.
He has been married three times (quite successfully) and is the father of two sons and a daughter.
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