The brothers Arkady (; August 28, 1925 – October 12, 1991) and Boris (; April 14, 1933 – November 19, 2012) Strugatsky (; alternate spellings: Strugatskiy, Strugatski, Strugatskii) were Soviet-Russian science fiction authors who collaborated on their fiction.
Life and work
The Strugatsky brothers ( or simply ) were born into a Jewish family. Their father Natan Zalmanovich Strugatsky was an art critic, their mother a teacher. Their early work was influenced by Ivan Yefremov. Later they went on to develop their own, unique style of writing.
Their famous novel titled Piknik na o...