Ignaty Potapenko
Ignaty Nikolayevich Potapenko (December 30, 1856 – May 17, 1929), was a Russian writer and playwright.
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Ignaty Potapenko
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- Born
- 30 December 1856
- Birthplace
- Fyodorovka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
- Died
- 17 May 1929
- Place of death
- Leningrad, Soviet Union
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- writer · playwright · journalist
- Education
- Odesa Theological Seminary · Odesa University · Saint Petersburg State University · Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Languages
- Russian
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Ignaty Nikolayevich Potapenko (December 30, 1856 – May 17, 1929), was a Russian writer and playwright.
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• Born — 30 December 1856 • Birthplace — Fyodorovka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) • Died — 17 May 1929 • Place of death — Leningrad, Soviet Union
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Potapenko was born in the village of Fyodorovka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) where his father was a priest. Potapenko studied at Odessa University, and at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. His first works were tales of Ukrainian life. He's best known for his novel A Russian Priest (1890), published in Vestnik Evropy (Herald of Europe). His works include novels, plays, and short stories.
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• The General's Daughter, (novel), T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. • A Father of Six, and An Occasional Holiday, (short novels), T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. from Archive.org • A Thousand Talents, (story), from Anthology of Russian Literature, Volume 2, Leo Wiener, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. from Archive.org • The Curse of Fame, (story), from Short Story Classics (Foreign) Volume 1, P.F. Collier, 1907. from Archive.org • What Dmitro Saw At the War, (story), from The Soul of Russia, W. Stephens, Macmillan and Co. LTD, London, 1916. from Archive.org • A Russian Priest, (novel), T. Fisher Unwin, 1916. from Archive.org • Dethroned, (story), from Best Russian Short Stories, Boni and Liveright, 1917. from Archive.org
Ignaty Nikolayevich Potapenko, from the book «Gallery of Russian writers», 1901, page 485.
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1856
Ignaty Potapenko was born on 30 December 1856.
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Ignaty Potapenko died at Saint Petersburg.
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Ignaty Potapenko is recorded as having studied at Odesa Theological Seminary, Odesa University and Saint Petersburg State University. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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