Bulgakova, E. S.

Elena Sergeevna Bulgakova (in Russian: Елена Сергеевна Булгакова; 21 October 1893 - 18 July 1970) was a Soviet author and intellectual. In collaboration with her husband, Mikhail Bulgakov, she participated in the writing of The Master and Margarita, a central work of Russian literature. Additionally, she is depicted in the novel as the character Margarita. Bulgakova continued the work of writing and editing the text after his death. She published the first edition, although censored by Soviet authorities, in 1941. She was one of the first dissenting authors in the USSR. She died in Moscow in 1970.