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Aleksey Pisemsky

Russian novelist and dramatist of realistic ordinary life.

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Aleksey Pisemsky

Sergey Lvovich Levitsky · Public domain

Aleksey Pisemsky was a Russian novelist and dramatist regarded as an equal of Ivan Turgenev and Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the late 1850s.[1] Along with Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Pisemsky was a realistic playwright who brought ordinary people onto the Russian stage for the first time.[1]

Aleksey Feofilaktovich Pisemsky 1
Aleksey Feofilaktovich Pisemsky 1. Image: Sergey Lvovich Levitsky · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Life and work

He joined the Faculty of Mathematics at Moscow State University in 1840.[2] After graduating in 1844, Pisemsky joined the Office of State Properties in Kostroma.[2] Feofilakt Gavrilovich Pisemsky, a retired colonel, and Yevdokiya Shipova were his mother and father.[3] The first decade of Pisemsky's life was spent in Vetluga, a small town where his father held the position of Mayor.[4]

Pisemsky by Repin
Pisemsky by Repin. Image: Ilya Repin · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Pisemsky Signature
Pisemsky Signature. Image: Aleksey Pisemsky · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Pisemsky
Pisemsky. Image: М.М. Панов · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Aleksey Feofilaktovich Pisemsky
Aleksey Feofilaktovich Pisemsky. Image: Published by S.-Peterburg A.F. Marks, 1910 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

When Pisemsky was fourteen in 1834, his father brought him to Kostroma to sign him up for the gymnasium there.[4] Ekaterina, who was Pavel Svinyin's daughter, became Pisemsky's wife in 1848; after the wedding he went back to government work in Kostroma.[2] In 1872 he left the civil service for good, having attained the rank of Court Councilor.[2] Because Boyarschina (written in 1847, released in 1858) gave an unfavorable portrayal of the Russian nobility, it was initially prohibited.[5]

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A f pisemsky rab krai 1935 n5 6 may jun s22. Image: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Aleksey Pisemsky" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Banham (1998, 861).; D.S. Mirsky, A History of Russian Literature from Its Beginnings to 1900 (Northwestern University Press, 1999: ), p. 211. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Aleksey Pisemsky" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Skabichevsky, Alexander, "Alex Pisemsky: His Life and Literary Career", Florenty Pavlenkov Biographical Library, 1897 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Aleksey Pisemsky" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Plekhanov, Sergey, "Pisemsky", Young Guard Magazine, Moscow, 1986, 1986; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Aleksey Pisemsky" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Martinov, "Pisemsky", feb-web.ru (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Aleksey Pisemsky" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org

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