Balzac, Honore de (1799-1850).
French novelist who was very popular in Russia. Wrote series of novels (La
Comedie humaine) including Eugenie Grandet (1833), Le Pere Goriot (1834),
La Cousine Bette (1847).
Bulgarin, Faddei Venediktovich (1789-1859)
Journalist, novelist and publisher. Born in Poland. Saw military service on
both sides during Napoleonic wars. Member of the so-called triumvirate (Bulgarin,
Grech & Senkovskii). Joined Grech as editor of Syn otechestva (1825-1837);
also began the newspaper Severnaia pchela in 1825.
Grech, Nikolai Ivanovich (1787-1867)
Journalist, publisher and grammarian. Czech origin. Member of the so-called
triumvirate (Bulgarin, Grech & Senkovskii). Published Syn otechestva (1812-1837);
collaborated with Bulgarin on Severnaia pchela from 1831.
Karamzin, Nikolai Mikhailovich (1766-1826)
Leading Russian writer (a major work was the sentimental tale Bednaia
Lisa published in 1792). Later became court historiographer and published
the landmark study Istoriia russkogo gosudarstva (1818-1828). See
also image (Bednaia Lisa).
Kotzebue, August von (1761-1819)
Prolific German novelist and playwright. Ennobled while in government service
in Estonia. Known Russian agent in Germany; murdered by a university student
in Mannheim.
Leading 18th century publicist. Began publication in 1769 of the Drone (satirical
journal). Took over Moscow Univ. Press in 1779; organized bookselling operations
in 16 cities. Imprisoned in 1790s.
Radcliffe, Ann (1764-1823)
English Gothic novelist. Major works: The Romance of the Forest (1791), The
Mysteries of Udolpho (1794). Romanticized views of nature, prolonged scenes
of suspense. Admired by Byron, Coleridge and Scott.
Sand, George (1804-1876)
French romantic writer. Preached freedom of love. Major novels: Indiana (1832),
Jacques (1834), Simon (1836), Horace (1842).
Scott, Sir Walter(1771-1832)
Scott's novels were popular throughout Europe. In Russia they were often read
in Russian translations from French editions. Major novels included: Waverley
(1814), Rob Roy (1817), Ivanhoe (1819), Kenilworth (1821). Also famous for
verse: The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), Marmion (1808).
Sharngorst, Vasilli L'vovich
Became head of the Glavnoe inzhenernoe uchilishche (Main Engineering School)
in 1835
Shevyrev, Stepan Petrovich (1806-1864)
Moscow Univ. professor of Russian literature. Slavophile. Edited Mosvitianin
with M. P. Pogodin. "critic of great merit" (Mirsky, p. 169).
Smirdin, Aleksandr Filippovich (1795-1857)
Leading publisher of the Pushkin era. Famed for his generosity. Major player
in the commercialization of literature. See also image file.
Sue, Eugene (1804-1857)
French author of sensational novels. Major works: Artur (1838), Mathilde (1841),
Paula Monti (1842), Juif errant (1844-45). Earned reputation as the "James
Fenimore Cooper of French literature."
Thalberg, Sigismond (1812-1871)
Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist who became very popular in Russia after
his successful concert tour in 1839.
[Turgenev, Ivan: Rudin, R. Freeborn, trans. (Harmondsworth, 1975),
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