David Gurevich is an American writer of Russian origin.[1]
David Gurevich was born as Vyacheslav Gurevich in Kharkov, Ukraine, in 1951. His father was an Air Force pilot and his mother a doctor. He was one of a few Jewish students on the Interpreter department of the Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages (now Moscow Linguistic University). In 1976, he immigrated to the US, working as a writer, book and film critic, and essayist.
In 1987, his first novel, Travels with Dubinsky and Clive, was published by Viking Press. The memoir From Lenin to Lennon (Harcourt Brace, 1991) and another novel, Vodka for Breakfast, (ENC Press, 2003) followed.
His articles and book reviews have appeared in various publications, both in the USA and abroad. He wrote on the Russian mafia for Details, on Harold Robbins' literary heritage for The New York Times Book Review, and on Yevgeny Zamyatin for The New Criterion. Other publications include The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Forward, The Boston Globe, The American Spectator, Newsday, and others. He also reviews film for Images Journal, an online publication.
David Gurevich was the producer of the TV documentary Empty Rooms (directed by Dutch director Willy Lindwer) about the 2002 Dolphinarium massacre in Tel Aviv.