Yuli Daniel
Yuli Markovich Daniel | |
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The bookcover of The Letters from Prison | |
| Native name | Юлий Маркович Даниэль |
| Born | November 15, 1925 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | December 30, 1988 (aged 63) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Pen name | Nikolay Arzhak, Yu. Petrov |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Spouse | Larisa Bogoraz, Irina Uvarova |
| Children | 1 |
Yuli Markovich Daniel (Russian: Ю́лий Ма́ркович Даниэ́ль, IPA: [ˈjʉlʲɪj ˈmarkəvʲɪtɕ dənʲɪˈelʲ] ⓘ; 15 November 1925 – 30 December 1988) was a Russian writer and Soviet dissident known as a defendant in the Sinyavsky–Daniel trial in 1966.
Daniel wrote and translated works of stories and poetry critical of Soviet society under the pseudonyms Nikolay Arzhak (Russian: Никола́й Аржа́к, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɐrˈʐak] ⓘ) and Yu. Petrov (Russian: Ю. Петро́в, IPA: [ˈju pʲɪˈtrof] ⓘ) published in the West to avoid censorship in the Soviet Union. Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky were convicted of anti-Soviet agitation in a show trial, becoming the first Soviet writers convicted solely for their works and for fiction, serving five years at a labour camp.