Aleksandr Kuprin
Aleksandr Kuprin (born 26 August 1870; died 25 August 1938) was an Aleksandr Kuprin studied in Second Moscow Cadet Corps and Alexandrov Military School. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is prose.
Also recorded as Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin · Aleksandr Kuprine · Alexandre Kuprine
Aleksandr Kuprin

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- Born
- 1870. · Narovchat.
- Died
- 1938. · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire and Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- writer, aircraft pilot, novelist, screenwriter and poet.
- Fields
- prose.
- Movements
- naturalism.
- Education
- Second Moscow Cadet Corps and Alexandrov Military School.
- Known for
- The Duel.
- Honours
- Pushkin Prize.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Aleksandr Kuprin (born 26 August 1870; died 25 August 1938) was an Aleksandr Kuprin studied in Second Moscow Cadet Corps and Alexandrov Military School. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is prose.
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Life and work
Life and work
Kuprin worked between 1870 and 1938 across writer, aircraft pilot, novelist, screenwriter and poet and 3 further recorded occupations. The registers place that work in short novel, sketch story, feuilleton, opinion journalism and speculative fiction. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Aleksandr Kuprin studied at Second Moscow Cadet Corps and Alexandrov Military School. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is prose. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are short novel, sketch story, feuilleton and opinion journalism. Works named in the authority record are The Duel. Distinctions recorded are Pushkin Prize.
Aleksandr Kuprin was born on 26 August 1870 in Narovchat. Kuprin held the nationality of Russian Empire and Soviet Union. Kuprin was educated at Second Moscow Cadet Corps and Alexandrov Military School. Married to: Marija Karlovna Kuprina-Iordanskaja. Recorded child: Ksenia Kuprina. Kuprin worked as writer, aircraft pilot, novelist and screenwriter, and the authority record catalogues a further 4 occupations under the same name, among them poet, children's writer, prose writer and short story writer. Kuprin was active from 1889 to 1934. The fields Kuprin worked in include short novel, sketch story, feuilleton, opinion journalism and speculative fiction. Kuprin worked in Russian. Kuprin is placed by the collections within naturalism. Kuprin died on 25 August 1938 in Saint Petersburg. Kuprin is buried at Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways.

Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin
Pub by A F Marks 1912 · Polnoe sobranie sochineni (free pdf from archive.org)
Life and career
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Life and career
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The full dated record · 10 entries
1870
Aleksandr Kuprin was born 26 August 1870.
1893
On a Moonlit Night is dated 1893.
1898
Olesya is dated 1898.
1909
Receives Pushkin Prize.
1909
The Pit is dated 1909.
1909
Aleksandr Kuprin received Pushkin Prize in 1909.
1910
The Bracelet of Garnets is dated 1910.
1917
The Star of Solomon is dated 1917.
1938
Dies at Saint Petersburg.
1938
Aleksandr Kuprin died at Saint Petersburg.
Places
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Narovchat.
Birth place
Saint Petersburg.
Death place
Works, 1889–1928
Catalogued output
Works, 1889–1928
These are texts written by the subject, distinct both from writings about the subject and from printed editions of other people's work. 18 works carry dates between 1889 and 1928. The 1890s are the densest part of the run, with 7 titles, and that concentration is a fact about what the registers have catalogued rather than a judgement on the work itself. They belong to a run of 20 titles in all, from 1889 to 1928.
The run opens with The Last Debut and closes with Jama
The Last Debut
1889
In the Dark
1893
On a Moonlit Night
1893
The Inquiry
1894
The Fearful Minute
1895
Moloch
1896
The Wonderful Doctor
1897
Olesya
1898
The Duel
1905
Captain Ribnikov
1906
Militärroman
1906
Works without a settled date
Catalogued output
Works without a settled date
2 further works are catalogued under Kuprin's name without a date the collections agree on, which is why they are set apart from the dated run rather than placed in it.
Catalogued output
Books and published writings
These are catalogued publications carrying the name — editions and printings, distinct from the works they contain and from writing about the subject. The 2020s are the densest part of the run, with 2 titles, and that concentration is a fact about what the registers have catalogued rather than a judgement on the work itself.
6 editions carry dates between 1961 and 2022
The run opens with The Duel and closes with Slav Soul, and Other Stories
The entries follow Open Library
Yama
1977
Granatoviy braslet
2006
Zamanin Tekerlegi
2016
Short Fiction
2021
Slav Soul, and Other Stories
2022
Authority records
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institutional register
Bibliothèque nationale de France authority file 121162255Bibliothèque nationale de France
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
GND (German National Library) authority file 118778242GND (German National Library)
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
IdRef (French universities) authority file 027334937IdRef (French universities)
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
Library of Congress authority file n50058266Library of Congress
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
National Library of Australia authority file 35556592National Library of Australia
Secondary witness
Every cited source · 11
- 01
Bibliothèque nationale de France authority file 121162255
institutional register · General reference · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Discogs authority file 2719819
institutional register · General reference · Discogs
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- 04
GND (German National Library) authority file 118778242
institutional register · General reference · GND (German National Library)
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IdRef (French universities) authority file 027334937
institutional register · General reference · IdRef (French universities)
Consult the source - 06
ISNI authority file 0000000121303455
institutional register · General reference · ISNI
Consult the source - 07
Library of Congress authority file n50058266
institutional register · General reference · Library of Congress
Consult the source - 08
National Library of Australia authority file 35556592
institutional register · General reference · National Library of Australia
Consult the source - 09
- 10
VIAF authority file 712158790511138850196
institutional register · General reference · VIAF
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q271457: Aleksandr Kuprin
institutional register · General reference · Wikimedia Foundation
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Work and production. One work is recorded as notable: The Duel. His recorded genres are short novel, sketch story, feuilleton, opinion journalism and speculative fiction. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
Within the Encyclopedia
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
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- Aleksandr MazinAuthor
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