Fyodor Dostoevsky
Writing
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.
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movieThe Dream of a Ridiculous Man
2027
Short Story
movieThe Price of Greatness
2026
Original Story
movieThe Double
2026
Novel
movieBlue Night
2026
Original Story
movieCrime and Punishment
2025
Theatre Play
movieNoites Brancas
2025
Original Story
movieCrime and Punishment
2024
Original Story
movieBlue in Green
2023
Original Story
From the House of the Dead & Glagolitic Mass
2023
Book
movieIdiot
2022
Novel
movieMy Neighbour Martika
2021
Characters
movieSleepless Nights
2021
Original Story
movieA Shadow Confined
2020
Characters
movieY castigo
2018
Original Story
movieFreedom
2018
Novel
movieBridge of Sleep
2018
Original Story
movieFrom the House of the Dead
2017
Original Story
movieHold Empty
2016
Novel
movieWhite Nights
2016
Short Story
movieThe Cage
2015
Novel
movieWhite Nights on the Pier
2014
Original Story
tvDemons
2014
Novel
movieThe Double
2014
Novel
movieR. R. R.
2014
Author
movieThe Arcturian
2013
Original Story
movieThe Idiot
2013
Novel
tvThe Brothers Karamazov
2013
Original Story
movieStudent
2012
Novel
movieInside
2012
Novel
movieSon of Man
2011
Short Story
movieThe Idiot
2011
Novel
movieThe Man Who Sold the World
2010
Short Story
movieThe Gambler
2009
Original Story
movieThe Idiot
2008
Original Story
movieSaawariya
2007
Novel
movieDer Idiot
2006
Novel
movieThe Idiot
2005
Author
movieNina
2004
Novel
movieWhite Nights
2003
Short Story
tvThe Idiot
2003
Original Story
movieInquisition
2002
Novel
movieDown House
2001
Novel
movieDemons
2000
Novel
movieA Christmas Tree and a Wedding
2000
Short Story
movieFoma Opiskin
1999
Author
movieDobrodružství pod postelí
1998
Short Story
movieThe Gambler
1997
Novel
movieA Gentle Creature
1996
Short Story
movieNastazja
1994
Novel
movieThe Gambler
1993
Novel
movieThe Dream of a Ridiculous Man
1992
Short Story
movieDeserter
1992
Short Story
movieThe Divine Comedy
1991
Original Story
movieThe Crocodile
1991
Short Story
movieNazar
1991
Short Story
tvIdiot
1991
Novel
movieEternal Husband
1990
Author
movieBoys
1990
Novel
The Dream
1989
Short Story
movieThe Double
1989
Author
movieDream
1988
Novel
movieCrime and Punishment
1987
Original Story
movieA Gentle Spirit
1985
Short Story
movieMad Love
1985
Novel
movieAikalainen
1984
Novel
movieTeenager
1983
Novel
tvTeenager
1983
Novel
Krokodíl
1983
Short Story
movieIdiot
1979
Author
movieTeu Tua
1979
Novel
tvDie Dämonen
1977
Novel
movieThe Devils
1977
Novel
movieA bosszú
1977
Novel
tvO Julgamento
1976
Original Story
movieThe Gambler
1972
Novel
Slabé srdce
1972
Short Story
movieFour Nights of a Dreamer
1972
Short Story
tvTheatre Macabre
1971
Short Story
movieEen zachtmoedige vrouw
1971
Short Story
tvAlta comedia
1970
Novel
movieHusband Under the Bed
1970
Short Story
Přízrak
1970
Short Story
movieAparichito
1969
Novel
movieA Gentle Woman
1969
Short Story
movieCuernos debajo de la cama
1969
Short Story
tvDer Idiot
1968
Novel
movieKomedie pomyłek
1968
Short Story
Žárlivec
1968
Short Story
movieA Gentle Spirit
1967
Short Story
movieThe Ugly Story
1966
Short Story
tvNET Playhouse
1966
Writer
movieThe Enemy
1965
Novel
tvIl giocatore
1965
Novel
movieThe Meek One
1960
Short Story
movieWhite Nights
1960
Short Story
tvThe Idiot
1959
Novel
movieThe Gambler
1958
Novel
movieThe Idiot
1958
Novel
movieThe Idiot
1951
Novel
movieEl jugador
1947
Author
movieThe Idiot
1946
Novel
movieFear
1946
Novel
movieLe Joueur
1938
Novel
movieThe Gambler
1938
Novel
movieThe Idiot
1910
Novel
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tvDemons
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