Sergei Dovlatov

Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov-Mechik (Russian: Сергей Донатович Довлатов) (born 3 September 1941 – died 24 August 1990) was a Russian journalist and writer. In 1979 Dovlatov emigrated from the Soviet Union with his mother, Nora, and came to live with his wife and daughter in New York City, where he later co-edited "The New American", a liberal, Russian-language émigré newspaper. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Dovlatov