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Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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.

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Gender

Male

Birthday

1821-11-11

Place of Birth

Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

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    White Nights

    White Nights

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    The Idiot

    The Idiot

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    Bewitched

    Bewitched

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    The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov

    19470.0 / 10

    Janáček: From the House of the Dead

    Janáček: From the House of the Dead

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    Idiot

    Idiot

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    Crime and Punishment USA

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    Crime and Punishment

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    Demons

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    Crime & Punishment

    Crime & Punishment

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    The Gambler

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    The Karamazov Brothers

    The Karamazov Brothers

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    The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

    The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

    19926.8 / 10

    Za głosem serca

    Za głosem serca

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    The Double

    The Double

    20146.5 / 10

    El jugador

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    White Nights

    White Nights

    20190.0 / 10

    A Gentle Spirit

    A Gentle Spirit

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    Bobo la tête

    Bobo la tête

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    Nina

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    Whispering Pages

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    Fear

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    The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov

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    A Gentle Woman

    A Gentle Woman

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    The Idiot

    The Idiot

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    The Idiot

    The Idiot

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    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

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    Down House

    Down House

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    Salt of the Earth

    Salt of the Earth

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    A Woman's Revenge

    A Woman's Revenge

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    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

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    Four Nights of a Dreamer

    Four Nights of a Dreamer

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    Žárlivec

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    Een zachtmoedige vrouw

    Een zachtmoedige vrouw

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    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

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    The Idiot

    The Idiot

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    The Gentleman Takes His Leave

    The Gentleman Takes His Leave

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    Slabé srdce

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    Humiliated and Insulted

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    Nikolay Stavrogin

    Nikolay Stavrogin

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    Norte, The End of History

    Norte, The End of History

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    Teenager

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    Strýčkův sen

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    Uncle's Dream

    Uncle's Dream

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    White Nights

    White Nights

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    From the House of the Dead & Glagolitic Mass

    From the House of the Dead & Glagolitic Mass

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    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

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    Il principe idiota

    Il principe idiota

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    Jinsei no uramichi

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    The Idiot

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    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

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    The Brothers Karamazov

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    Notes from the New World

    Notes from the New World

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    Strýčkov sen

    Strýčkov sen

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    Shades of Day

    Shades of Day

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    Venice Shore Nights

    Venice Shore Nights

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    A Christmas Tree and a Wedding

    A Christmas Tree and a Wedding

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    White Nights

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    My Neighbour Martika

    My Neighbour Martika

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    Blue in Green

    Blue in Green

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    Dobrodružství pod postelí

    Dobrodružství pod postelí

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    Idioten

    Idioten

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    Son of Man

    Son of Man

    20110.0 / 10

    Le Notti Bianche

    Le Notti Bianche

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    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    19986.5 / 10

    Sleepless Nights

    Sleepless Nights

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    The Meek One

    The Meek One

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    Sin compasión

    Sin compasión

    19945.4 / 10

    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    20006.4 / 10

    Crime & Punishment

    Crime & Punishment

    20150.0 / 10

    Deserter

    Deserter

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    Another Man's Wife and Husband Under Bed

    Another Man's Wife and Husband Under Bed

    19845.3 / 10

    The Dream

    The Dream

    19898.7 / 10

    Cuernos debajo de la cama

    Cuernos debajo de la cama

    19693.8 / 10

    Husband Under the Bed

    Husband Under the Bed

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    No Right to Kill

    No Right to Kill

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    From the House of the Dead

    From the House of the Dead

    20070.0 / 10

    The Man Who Sold the World

    The Man Who Sold the World

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    Mad Love

    Mad Love

    19856.0 / 10

    The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants

    The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants

    19890.0 / 10

    Humiliated and Insulted

    Humiliated and Insulted

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    The Estranged Brothers

    The Estranged Brothers

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    Der Traum eines lächerlichen Menschen

    Der Traum eines lächerlichen Menschen

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    The Cage

    The Cage

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    The Arcturian

    The Arcturian

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    Dream of a Ridiculous Man

    Dream of a Ridiculous Man

    20080.0 / 10

    The Perfect Husband

    The Perfect Husband

    19934.8 / 10

    The Gambler

    The Gambler

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    The Possessed

    The Possessed

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    Boys

    Boys

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    The Gambler

    The Gambler

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    Le Joueur

    Le Joueur

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    Nastazja

    Nastazja

    19946.2 / 10

    House of the Dead

    House of the Dead

    19324.0 / 10

    Inquisition

    Inquisition

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    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    20025.0 / 10

    A Shadow Confined

    A Shadow Confined

    202010.0 / 10

    Y castigo

    Y castigo

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    The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants

    The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants

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    A Gentle Creature

    A Gentle Creature

    20050.0 / 10

    The Crocodile

    The Crocodile

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    A Gentle Creature

    A Gentle Creature

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    White Nights

    White Nights

    20160.0 / 10

    Erniedrigte und Beleidigte

    Erniedrigte und Beleidigte

    20190.0 / 10

    The Ugly Story

    The Ugly Story

    19665.3 / 10

    The Thought Leader

    The Thought Leader

    TBA0.0 / 10

    The Divine Comedy

    The Divine Comedy

    19916.8 / 10

    Komedie pomyłek

    Komedie pomyłek

    19680.0 / 10

    The Idiot

    The Idiot

    19100.0 / 10

    Raskolnikow

    Raskolnikow

    19236.4 / 10

    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    19356.5 / 10

    The Gambler

    The Gambler

    19586.3 / 10

    Crimen y castigo

    Crimen y castigo

    19515.0 / 10

    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    19567.0 / 10

    The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov

    19586.6 / 10

    The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov

    The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov

    19315.7 / 10

    The Gambler

    The Gambler

    19380.0 / 10

    Raskolnikoff

    Raskolnikoff

    19590.0 / 10

    Die Besessenen

    Die Besessenen

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    Onkelchens Traum

    Onkelchens Traum

    19650.0 / 10

    Dream

    Dream

    19885.9 / 10

    The Gambler

    The Gambler

    19974.9 / 10

    The Shade

    The Shade

    19995.7 / 10

    The Musician Killer

    The Musician Killer

    19767.4 / 10

    The Underground Man

    The Underground Man

    19815.0 / 10

    A Gentle Spirit

    A Gentle Spirit

    19857.5 / 10

    The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

    The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

    19965.8 / 10

    Notes from Underground

    Notes from Underground

    19954.8 / 10

    Teu Tua

    Teu Tua

    19794.0 / 10

    The Enemy

    The Enemy

    19656.0 / 10

    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    19356.8 / 10

    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    19457.5 / 10

    The Eternal Husband

    The Eternal Husband

    19467.7 / 10

    Inside

    Inside

    20126.7 / 10

    Die Spielerin

    Die Spielerin

    20056.0 / 10

    Hold Empty

    Hold Empty

    20160.0 / 10

    The Idiot

    The Idiot

    20115.1 / 10

    The Idiot Returns

    The Idiot Returns

    19997.1 / 10

    Strangely in Love

    Strangely in Love

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    Johnny Walker

    Johnny Walker

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    Student

    Student

    20125.4 / 10

    Krokodíl

    Krokodíl

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    Dvaja muži pod posteľou

    Dvaja muži pod posteľou

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    Aparichita

    Aparichita

    19690.0 / 10

    Der Idiot

    Der Idiot

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    Karamazov vid Kalixälven

    Karamazov vid Kalixälven

    19990.0 / 10

    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

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    From the House of the Dead

    From the House of the Dead

    20170.0 / 10

    Saawariya

    Saawariya

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    Nazar

    Nazar

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    Die Brüder Karamasoff

    Die Brüder Karamasoff

    19210.0 / 10

    Gentle

    Gentle

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    Wandering Souls

    Wandering Souls

    19210.0 / 10

    At Night

    At Night

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    White Nights

    White Nights

    19597.4 / 10

    Under the Skin

    Under the Skin

    19965.6 / 10

    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    19170.0 / 10

    Bajazet - Considering the Theatre and the Plague

    Bajazet - Considering the Theatre and the Plague

    20190.0 / 10

    Zlý žart

    Zlý žart

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    Petersburg Nights

    Petersburg Nights

    19345.0 / 10

    Die rollende Kugel

    Die rollende Kugel

    19190.0 / 10

    Eifman Ballet: The Brothers Karamazov

    Eifman Ballet: The Brothers Karamazov

    20160.0 / 10

    Rakushka

    Rakushka

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    The Double

    The Double

    19160.0 / 10

    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

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    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    TBA0.0 / 10

    White Nights on the Pier

    White Nights on the Pier

    20145.9 / 10

    An Untitled Fyodor Dostoevsky Novel short film

    An Untitled Fyodor Dostoevsky Novel short film

    20260.0 / 10

    Eternal Husband

    Eternal Husband

    19900.0 / 10

    Idiot

    Idiot

    19790.0 / 10

    Raskolnikov

    Raskolnikov

    20250.0 / 10

    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    19870.0 / 10

    Erniedrigte und Beleidigte

    Erniedrigte und Beleidigte

    19220.0 / 10

    White Nights

    White Nights

    20037.3 / 10

    The Idiot

    The Idiot

    20050.0 / 10

    The Husband, the Wife and the Lover

    The Husband, the Wife and the Lover

    20070.0 / 10

    R. R. R.

    R. R. R.

    20140.0 / 10

    Venere Paura

    Venere Paura

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    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    20240.0 / 10

    Aikalainen

    Aikalainen

    19843.0 / 10

    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    19130.0 / 10

    Uncle's Dream

    Uncle's Dream

    19674.5 / 10

    The Old Bachelor

    The Old Bachelor

    202510.0 / 10

    Bridge of Sleep

    Bridge of Sleep

    20185.0 / 10

    brothers karamazov

    brothers karamazov

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