The diary of E. S. Bulgakova covers the last period of the life and work of the great writer and playwright (September 1, 1933 - February 19, 1940). It records the writer’s daily life, his interests, creative plans, work and friendly meetings with figures of art and literature, and reflects in detail the process of working on the novels “The Life of Monsieur de Moliere”, “The Master and Margarita”, the plays “Pushkin”, “Ivan Vasilyevich” ", "Molière", opera librettos. For literary scholars, literary historians, a wide range of readers.

The publication was prepared on the basis of the funds of the Manuscripts Department of the State Library of the USSR named after V. I. Lenin. Compilation, textual preparation and comments by Victor Losev and Lydia Yanovskaya. Introductory article by Lydia Yanovskaya.