LES VAGUES ETEIGNENT LE VENT

Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky was born in Batumi, Russia. While he was a child, he moved with his family to Leningrad. In 1942, Leningrad was under siege and he left with his father, who did not survive the trip to Vologda. Arkady was later drafted into the Soviet Army, and in 1949 he graduated from the Military Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow. He worked as a teacher and interpreter for the military until 1955. From 1955 he began to work as an editor and writer. In 1958, he began his lif...

Boris Natanovich Strugatsky was born in Batumi and later moved with his family to Leningrad. During World War II, his father and his older brother left the city, and his father died upon reaching Vologda. In 1950 he graduated from high school and went on to study astronomy at Leningrad State University. In 1955 he graduated and began working as as an astronomer and computer engineer. In 1966 he quit to write full time with his brother Arkady. He died in Saint Petersburg on November 19, 2012.