Ivan Gorbunov-Posadov
Ivan Ivanovich Gorbunov-Posadov (16 [old style: 4] April 1864 - 12 February 1940) was a Russian, Soviet writer, poet, editor and publisher. An avid Tolstoyan since 1884, Gorbunov-Posadov often served as an intermediary between Tolstoy and contemporary writers, notably Anton Chekhov. Throughout its history he was the key figure at the Posrednik publishing company which he became the head of in 1897.
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Ivan Gorbunov-Posadov
Фотография фирмы Шерер и Набгольц · Из книги "Л. Н. Толстой и его близкие", М., 1986 · Public domain
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- Ivan Gorbunov-Posadov
- Birth Name
- Ivan Gorbunov-Posadov Иван Горбунов-Посадов
- Born
- 16 April 1864
- Birthplace
- Kolpino, Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia
- Died
- 12 February 1940
- Place of death
- Moscow, Soviet Union
- Occupation
- writer, poet, editor, publisher
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Languages
- Russian
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Ivan Ivanovich Gorbunov-Posadov (16 [old style: 4] April 1864 - 12 February 1940) was a Russian, Soviet writer, poet, editor and publisher. An avid Tolstoyan since 1884, Gorbunov-Posadov often served as an intermediary between Tolstoy and contemporary writers, notably Anton Chekhov. Throughout its history he was the key figure at the Posrednik publishing company which he became the head of in 1897.
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In 1907-1918 he published the magazine for children Mayak (Маяк, Beacon). An ardent pacifist, Gorbunov-Posadov became noted for his passionate anti-war poems, some of which featured in Brothers, Come to Your Senses! 1900-1917 (Опомнитесь, братья!, 1917) and Songs for Brotherhood and Freedom. 1882-1913 (Песни братства и свободы, 1928). In the Soviet times he was credited mostly as a publisher of compilations, book series and illustrated almanacs for children.
Lev N. Tolstoj posa per lo scultore Paolo Troubetzkoy. Seduto accanto a Tolstoj, lo scrittore Ivan I. Gorbunov-Posadov.
AA.VV., Lev Tolstòj, collana I Giganti, Periodici Mondadori, Verona, 1970, p. 132.
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• Name — Ivan Gorbunov-Posadov • Birth Name — Ivan Gorbunov-Posadov Иван Горбунов-Посадов • Born — 16 April 1864 • Birthplace — Kolpino, Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia • Died — 12 February 1940 • Place of death — Moscow, Soviet Union • Occupation — writer, poet, editor, publisher
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- 1.Biography at the Literary Encyclopedia. 1929. Vol.2, pp.634-635 // Горбунов-Посадов // Литературная энциклопедия: В 11 т. - [М.], 1929-1939. Т. 2. - [М.]: Изд-во Ком. Акад., 1929. -- Стб. 634--635
- 2.Bulgakov, Valentin I.I. Gorbunov-Posadov. From the Book "About Tolstoy. His friends and Relatives // Из книги "О Толстом. Друзья и близкие".
- 3.Горбунов-Посадов Иван Иванович // Большая советская энциклопедия: [в 30 т.] / под ред. А. М. Прохоров — 3-е изд. — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1969.
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