Mikhail Osorgin
Mikhail Andreyevich Osorgin (Russian: Михаил Андреевич Осоргин; real last name Ilyin (Ильин); October 19, 1878 – November 27, 1942) was a Russian writer, journalist, and essayist.
Osorgin was born in Perm, and became a lawer after attending school in Moscow. He participated in the Russian Revolution of 1905, was arrested and imprisoned, and eventually forced into exile in Italy. In Italy he became a foreign correspondent for The Russian News, and a contributor to various papers abroad. He returned to Russia in 1916 and lived there until 1921 when he was again imprisoned for non-conformity and exiled to Kazan. He was deported to Germany in 1922. He lived in Berlin and Italy before settling in Paris. In Paris he contributed journalism, fiction
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