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david gurevich writer

**David Gurevich** is an American writer of Russian origin.[1]

## Early life

David Gurevich was born as Vyacheslav Gurevich in [Kharkov](/source/Kharkiv), Ukraine, in 1951.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] His father was an Air Force pilot and his mother a doctor.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He was one of a few [Jewish](/source/Jews) students on the Interpreter department of the Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages (now Moscow Linguistic University).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] In 1976, he immigrated to the US, working as a writer, book and film critic, and essayist.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Career

In 1987, his first novel, *Travels with Dubinsky and Clive*, was published by [Viking Press](/source/Viking_Press). The memoir *From Lenin to Lennon*, and another novel, *Vodka for Breakfast*, followed.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Gurevich was the producer of the TV documentary *Empty Rooms* (directed by Dutch director [Willy Lindwer](/source/Willy_Lindwer)) about the 2001 [Dolphinarium massacre](/source/Dolphinarium_massacre) in [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Bibliography

- Gurewich, David (1987). [*Travels with Dubinsky and Clive*](https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_a9f7). New York: Viking. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-670-81621-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-670-81621-3).

- Gurevich, David (1991). [*From Lenin to Lennon*](https://archive.org/details/fromlenintolenno00gure). San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-15-149825-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-15-149825-3).

- Gurevich, David (2003). *Vodka for Breakfast*. New York: ENC Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9728321-2-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9728321-2-2).

- Gurevich, David (2016). *Young Spies in Love: A Novel of Tradecraft*. New York: david gurevich books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780997701517](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780997701517).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Teachout, Terry (2 June 1991). ["Born in the U.S.S.R."](https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/02/books/born-in-the-ussr.html) *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Retrieved 2011-04-04.

- [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-gurevich/from-lenin-to-lennon/](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-gurevich/from-lenin-to-lennon/)

- [https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780151498253](https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780151498253)

- [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/02/books/born-in-the-ussr.html](https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/02/books/born-in-the-ussr.html)

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