Fyodor Dostoevsky
Writing
Born: November 11, 1821 · Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Died: February 9, 1881 (aged 59)
Biography
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (UK: /ˌdɒstɔɪˈɛfski/, US: /ˌdɒstəˈjɛfski, ˌdʌs-/; Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, tr. Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, IPA: [ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj] (listen); 11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). His 1864 novella, Notes from Underground, is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature. Numerous literary critics rate him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces. Born in Moscow in 1821, Dostoevsky was introduced to literature at an early age through fairy tales and legends, and through books by Russian and foreign authors. His mother died in 1837 when he was 15, and around the same time, he left school to enter the Nikolayev Military Engineering Institute. After graduating, he worked as an engineer and briefly enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, translating books to earn extra money. In the mid-1840s he wrote his first novel, Poor Folk, which gained him entry into Saint Petersburg's literary circles. However, he was arrested in 1849 for belonging to a literary group, the Petrashevsky Circle, that discussed banned books critical of Tsarist Russia. Dostoevsky was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted at the last moment. He spent four years in a Siberian prison camp, followed by six years of compulsory military service in exile. In the following years, Dostoevsky worked as a journalist, publishing and editing several magazines of his own and later A Writer's Diary, a collection of his writings. He began to travel around western Europe and developed a gambling addiction, which led to financial hardship. For a time, he had to beg for money, but he eventually became one of the most widely read and highly regarded Russian writers. Dostoevsky's body of work consists of 13 novels, 3 novellas, 17 short stories, and numerous other works. His writings were widely read both within and beyond his native Russia and influenced an equally great number of later writers including Russians such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Anton Chekhov, philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre, and the emergence of Existentialism and Freudianism. His books have been translated into more than 170 languages, and served as the basis for many films.
Known for
The Double
2014
White Nights
1957
The Idiot
1951
Four Nights of a Dreamer
1972
Saawariya
2007
Crime and Punishment
1983
A Gentle Woman
1969
Inside
2012
A Gentle Creature
2017
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
1992
Down House
2001
Norte, the End of History
2014
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Writing (191)
NET Playhouse
Writer
Alta comedia
Novel
Linhas Cruzadas
Novel
Idiot
Novel
The Double
Novel
The Devils
Novel
Theatre Macabre
Short Story
The Gambler
Novel
White Nights
Novel
Mad Love
Novel
Crime & Punishment
Novel
Der Idiot
Novel
Humiliated and Insulted
Novel
The Idiot
Original Story
The Idiot
Original Story
The Brothers Karamazov
Novel
Bridge of Sleep
Original Story
Demons
Novel
The Possessed
Novel
Demons
Novel
White Nights
Short Story
Inside
Novel
Hold Empty
Novel
A Gentle Woman
Short Story
Johnny Walker
Novel
The Ballet 'The Meek One'
Book
White Nights
Novel
The Idiot
Novel
Nina
Novel
Y castigo
Original Story
From the House of the Dead
Original Story
Saawariya
Novel
Blue Night
Original Story
The Great Sinner
Novel
A Gentle Creature
Novel
Бесы: Ставрогин
Story
Crime and Punishment
Novel
Four Nights of a Dreamer
Short Story
The Brothers Karamazov
Original Story
To the Ends of the Earth
Novel
The Brothers Karamazov
Novel
Komedie pomyłek
Short Story
Norte, the End of History
Author
The Brothers Karamazov: Gesher
Original Story
Crime and Punishment
Novel
Freedom
Novel
Crime and Punishment
Novel
Fear
Novel
Crime and Punishment
Novel
Dream
Novel
A Gentle Spirit
Short Story
Crime and Punishment
Novel
The Gambler
Novel
Crime and Punishment
Novel
White Nights
Short Story
Crime and Punishment
Novel
The Perfect Husband
Novel
Crime and Punishment
Novel
The Idiot Returns
Novel
Le Joueur
Novel
The Idiot
Author
The Brothers Karamazov
Novel
Der Idiot
Novel
Teenager
Novel
Eifman Ballet: The Brothers Karamazov
Story
Nastazja
Novel
Il giocatore
Novel
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Novel
Wandering Souls
Novel
Crime and Punishment
Novel
The Gambler
Novel
A bosszú
Novel
Erniedrigte und Beleidigte
Novel
Humiliated and Insulted
Novel
The Cage
Novel
Notes from Underground
Novel
Duplicate
Novel
White Nights
Short Story
The Karamazov Brothers
Novel
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Short Story
El jugador
Author
The Idiot
Novel
Aikalainen
Novel
Crime and Punishment
Theatre Play
Down House
Novel
Crime & Punishment
Novel
Sleepless Nights
Original Story
Crime and Punishment
Novel
White Nights
Novel
White Nights
Novel
The Ugly Story
Short Story
The Divine Comedy
Original Story
Crime and Punishment USA
Novel
Umiliati e offesi
Novel
A Gentle Creature
Short Story
Strangely in Love
Novel
The Gambler
Novel
Crime and Punishment: Gesher
Original Story
Noites Brancas
Original Story
The Double
Author
The Brothers Karamazov
Novel
Die Brüder Karamasoff
Novel
The Idiot
Novel
The Idiot
Novel
A Woman's Revenge
Novel
Uncle's Dream
Novel
Café Noir
Short Story
Il lungo viaggio
Original Story
Nazar
Short Story
Crime and Punishment
Original Story
Sin compasión
Novel
Foma Opiskin
Author
The Idiot
Novel
A Gentle Creature
Story
Teenager
Novel
Dobrodružství pod postelí
Short Story
Crimen y castigo
Novel
Crime and Punishment
Story
Crime and Punishment
Novel
The Barbarian and the Heretic
Author
The Underground Man
Novel
Idiot
Novel
Een zachtmoedige vrouw
Short Story
Crime and Punishment
Novel
Aparichito
Novel
Shades of Day
Novel
White Nights
Novel
Blue in Green
Original Story
The Crocodile
Short Story
The Devils
Novel
The Enemy
Novel
Bajazet - Considering the Theatre and the Plague
Novel
Under the Skin
Novel
Subterranean
Novel
From the House of the Dead
Novel
The Gambler
Novel
Whispering Pages
Novel
The Old Bachelor
Story
The Double
Novel
Cuernos debajo de la cama
Short Story
Boys
Novel
A Gentle Creature
Novel
Uncle's Dream
Novel
Sonya and the Madman
Novel
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
Novel
The Meek One
Short Story
The Idiot
Novel
Crime and Punishment
Novel
The Eternal Husband
Novel
No Right to Kill
Novel
Student
Novel
The Arcturian
Original Story
Crime and Punishment
Novel
House of the Dead
Novel
Die Spielerin
Novel
R. R. R.
Author
Crime and Punishment
Novel
Crime and Punishment
Novel
Deserter
Short Story
Inquisition
Novel
Nikolay Stavrogin
Novel
The Price of Greatness
Original Story
Eternal Husband
Author
A Gentle Spirit
Short Story
The Husband, the Wife and the Lover
Author
Idiot
Author
Notes from the New World
Novel
Petersburg Nights
Novel
Crime and Punishment
Novel
A Christmas Tree and a Wedding
Short Story
الأخوة الأعداء
Novel
Janáček: From the House of the Dead
Novel
Erniedrigte und Beleidigte
Novel
The Gambler
Original Story
The Gentleman Takes His Leave
Novel
Crime and Punishment
Story
The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants
Original Story
A Shadow Confined
Characters
The Idiot
Novel
Teu Tua
Novel
Husband Under the Bed
Short Story
Rakushka
Book
The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants
Original Story
White Nights on the Pier
Original Story
The Man Who Sold the World
Short Story
Son of Man
Short Story
Another Man's Wife and Husband Under Bed
Short Story
My Neighbour Martika
Characters
Crime & Punishment
Novel
Salt of the Earth
Novel
The Double
Author