Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

Russian writer and satirist

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1826

Place of Birth: Spas-Ugol, Russia

Date of Death: 28-Apr-1889

Profession: writer, playwright, translator, journalist, novelist, prosaist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

  • Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (Russian: ?????´? ?????´????? ???????´?-?????´?, IPA: [m??x?'il j?v'graf?v??t? s?lt?'kof ???'dr?in]; 27 January [O.S.
  • 15 January] 1826 – 10 May [O.S.
  • 28 April] 1889), was a major Russian satirist of the 19th century.
  • He spent most of his life working as a civil servant in various capacities.
  • After the death of poet Nikolay Nekrasov he acted as editor of the well-known Russian magazine, Otechestvenniye Zapiski, until the government banned it in 1884.
  • His best-known work, the novel The Golovlyov Family, appeared in 1876.

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