Andrew D. Kaufman
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Andrew D. Kaufman

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Andrew D. Kaufman is an author, educator, and speaker whose work connects great literature and history with the human challenges of our time. Trained at Stanford and formerly a professor at the University of Virginia, he is the author of The Gambler Wife: A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky, a finalist for the PEN America Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography and the basis for the international feature film The Idiot(s), starring Aimee Lou Wood and Johnny Flynn. His other books include Give ‘War and Peace’ a Chance, Understanding Tolstoy, and Russian for Dummies. He has appeared on Today, NPR, PBS, and Katie Couric’s nationally syndicated talk show, and his work has been featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post. Andrew also created Books Behind Bars, which introduces incarcerated youth to Dostoyevsky and other authors.
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