Arkady Strugatsky

Arkady Strugatsky was a prominent Soviet-Russian science fiction writer who collaborated extensively with his younger brother Boris Strugatsky to create influential works such as Roadside Picnic. Born in Batumi, Georgia, in 1925, he later moved to Leningrad and became a key figure in the development of Soviet science fiction, with their books selling over 50 million copies worldwide. He died in Moscow in 1991 after a long illness.