
He died on Novemin Saint Petersburg, Russia. After his brother's death, Boris published two more books, which he wrote under a pseudonym. In 1979, the brothers' best-known novel, "Piknik na obochine" ("Roadside Picnic") was loosely adapted for the screen by Andrei Tarkovsky as Stalker (1979). In 1966 Boris quit his job to become a full-time writer and starting form 1972, he taught a speculative fiction writing seminar. In 1958 the Strugatskiy brothers begun their artistic collaboration, which lasted until Arkadiy's death in 1991.

In 1955 he graduated astronomy and went on to word as an astronomer and computer engineer.

Living in Leningrad with his mother, Boris survived the 1941-1944 siege of the city by the Nazi Germany army. Strugatskiys' father Natan Strugatskiy was a Jewish art critic and their mother was a Russian Orthodox teacher. In addition to his own writing, he translated Japanese language short stories and novels, as well as some English works with his brother.Born 1933 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR (now Saint Petersburg in Russia), Boris Natanovich Strugatskiy was a Soviet/Russian sci-fi writer, often writing in collaboration with his older brother Arkadiy Strugatskiy. Arkady Strugatsky became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers in 1964. In 1958, he began collaborating with his brother Boris, a collaboration that lasted until Arkady's death on 12 October 1991. In 1955, he began working as an editor and writer. He worked as a teacher and interpreter for the military until 1955. He trained first at the artillery school in Aktyubinsk and later at the Military Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow, from which he graduated in 1949 as an interpreter of English and Japanese. Arkady was drafted into the Soviet army in 1943. In January 1942, Arkady and his father were evacuated from the Siege of Leningrad, but Arkady was the only survivor in his train car his father died upon reaching Vologda. He worked as a teacher and interpreter The brothers Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky were Soviet-Russian science fiction authors who collaborated through most of their careers.Īrkady Strugatsky was born 25 August 1925 in Batumi the family later moved to Leningrad.

Arkady Strugatsky was born 25 August 1925 in Batumi the family later moved to Leningrad. The brothers Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky were Soviet-Russian science fiction authors who collaborated through most of their careers.
