Mark Aldanov

Mark Aldanov (; Mordkhai-Markus Israelevich Landau, Mark Alexandrovich Landau, ; – February 25, 1957) was a Russian and later French writer and critic, known for his historical novels.

Aldanov's first book about Vladimir Lenin, translated into several languages, immediately gained him popularity. Then followed a trilogy of novels attempting to trace the roots of the Russian Revolution. He also wrote a tetralogy of novels about Napoleonic Wars.

Biography Mordkhai-Markus Landau (Aldanov) was born in Kiev in the family of a rich Jewish industrialist. He graduated from the physical-mathematical and law departments of Kiev University. He published serious research papers in chemistry. In 1919 he emigrated to France. During 1922-1924 he lived in Berlin and during 1941-1946, in the United States.

Mark Aldanov died in Nice, France. Until November 1945, they both served as Editors-in-Chief of this publication, which is considered the oldest Russian language literary periodical in print published outside of Russia. Among the review's contributors were Vladimir Nabokov, Ivan Bunin, Joseph Brodsky, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and other notable Russian emigre writers.

The Aldanov Literary Prize

Since 2007, Novy Zhurnal has been awarding The Aldanov Literary Prize conferred for the best novella or novelette authored by a Russian-language writer living outside of Russia.