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Fazil Iskander
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Soviet and Russian writer (1929–2016)

Also known as: Fasil Abdulowitsch Iskander, Fasil Iskander, Fazil Abdulovich Iskander, Фазиль Абдулович Искандер, فاضل إسكندر, ファジリ・イスカンデル

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Known works

  • The old house under the cypress tree
  • Forbidden fruit and other stories (1972)
  • Fazilʹ Iskander
  • Rabbits and Boa Constrictors
  • Gde zaryta sobaka (2001)