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Soviet writer (1894–1958)

Also known as: Michail Michailowitsch Soschtschenko, Michail Michajlovič Zoščenko, Michail Soschtschenko, Michail Sostschenko, Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko, Soschtschenko

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Known works

Great Short Stories of the World
The galosh (2000)
Twelve stories
Sentimental tales
[Rasskazy dvadt͡s︡atykh godov / Mikhail Zoshchenko] = (1984)