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Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (Russian: Михаи́л Евгра́фович Салтыко́в-Щедри́н, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil jɪvˈɡrafəvʲɪtɕ səltɨˈkof ɕːɪˈdrʲin]; 27 January [O.S. 15 January] 1826 – 10 May [O.S. 28 April] 1889), born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during his lifetime by the ...
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin was born on Jan. 27 1826 and would go on to become one of the most controversial writers of his day. Described by his contemporaries as a “writer of sarcasm and...
The Golovlyov Family (Russian: Господа Головлёвы, romanized: Gospoda Golovlyovy; also translated as The Golovlevs or A Family of Noblemen: The Gentlemen Golovliov) is a novel by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, written in the course of five years, first published in 1880, and generally regarded as the author's magnum opus.
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (original surname Saltykov) was a Russian satirical writer. He spent a significant part of his life working for different government agencies. In his writings he illustrated and ridiculed corruption, overgrown bureaucracy, everyday absurdities and other flaws in the system he had seen up close and personal.
Writing for leading radical journals of his time, Sovremennik (The Contemporary) (1862 – 1865) and Otechestvennye zapiski (Notes of the Fatherland) (1868 – 1889), Saltykov (pen name Shchedrin) created the most biting satires in Russian literature.
Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov (Russian: Михаил Евграфович Салтыков) (January 27, [O.S. 15 January] 1826 in Spas-Ugol village, Tver guverniya – May 10, [O.S. 28 April] 1889 in Saint Petersburg), better known under his penname Shchedrin (Щедрин), was a leading Russian satirist of the nineteenth century.
Overview. Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. (1826—1889) Quick Reference. (1826–89) Russian writer. His first play, Dramatic Scenes and Monologues, an adaptation of his Provincial Sketches (1856) and a satire on bureaucratic rule, was prohibited by the censor. Mrs Muzovkin's ...
