Jack London Desk at the Jack London Museum Glen Ellen
Dr. Vil M. Bykov
by Tarnel Abbott
Dr. Vil M. Bykov, Born 1925.
Leading scholar on Jack London. The author of five books, one hundred
articles and translations of Jack London. Veteran of World War II. Graduate
of Moscow State Unversity in the field of foreign literature.
Author
of more than 150 publications and books on American labor leaders and
the American youth movement. Translated books and stories by and about
Jack London into Russian. His PhD dissertation on Jack London was published
by Moscow State and Saratov State Universities.
Dr. Bykov
maintained a lifelong friendship with Joan London and corresponded with
Joan London and Anna Strunsky.
