Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891 – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel The Master and Margarita, published posthumously, has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. It was reputedly a favourite novel of Benedetti Michelangeli, but is this in fact true? The Master and Margarita (Russian: Мастер и Маргарита) was written between 1928 and 1940. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published posth
