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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Also recorded as Dostoievski · Fyodor Dostoievski · Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoievski · Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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- Born
- 1821
- Died
- 1881
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- Russia · Russian Empire
- Occupation
- translator · poet · novelist · essayist · short story writer · philosopher · biographer · writer · opinion journalist · prose writer
- Movements
- literary realism
- Known for
- Notes from Underground · Crime and Punishment · The Idiot · Demons · The Brothers Karamazov · The House of the Dead
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He also worked under the names Д, Друг Кузьмы Пруткова and Зубоскал. The authorities additionally record the headings Dostoievski, Fyodor Dostoievski, Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoievski, Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky and Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. His recorded language was Russian. His recorded confession was Russian Orthodox Church. He was the child of Mikhail Andreyevich Dostoevsky and Maria Dostoyevskaya. He married Anna Dostoyevskaya and Maria Dostoevskaya. 2 children are recorded: Lyubov Dostoevskaya and Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
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Dostoyevsky on his death bed, drawn by Ivan Kramskoy, 29 January 1881
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1821
Fyodor Dostoyevsky born at Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor.
1881
Fyodor Dostoyevsky died at Saint Petersburg.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky is associated with literary realism.
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- 58.The 1872 novel "Demons", , Bésy, by Fyodor Dostoevsky is sometimes also titled The Possessed or The Devils
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Formation and teaching. Dostoyevsky studied at Military Engineering-Technical University and Nikolay engineering school. His recorded influences include Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Nikolai Gogol, Vladimir Solovyov and Vissarion Belinsky. Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 8: Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, The Brothers Karamazov, The House of the Dead, The Gambler and Poor Folk. Recorded with the occupation short story writer. Recorded as translator, poet, novelist and essayist.
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