Aleksandr Kuprin

Also known as Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin, Aleksandr Kuprine, Alexandre Kuprine

Russian writer (1870–1938)

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Aleksandr Kuprin was a Russian writer, novelist, screenwriter, and aircraft pilot associated with the naturalism movement. He was born in Narovchat, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire, and died in Saint Petersburg in 1938 from cancer. Kuprin held citizenship in both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. His literary career began in 1889, and he wrote in Russian across genres including sketch stories, feuilletons, opinion journalism, and speculative fiction.

Among his notable works is *The Duel*. Other listed works include *Yama*, *Sulamif'*, *Luchshie Povesti I Rasskazy o Ljubvi V Odnom Tome*, and *Povesti o Ljubvi. Pjat' Shedevrov*. He received the Pushkin Prize for his contributions to literature. Kuprin is buried at the Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 23

Top works

Luchshie Povesti I Rasskazy o Ljubvi V Odnom Tome
Povesti o Ljubvi. Pjat' Shedevrov
The Duel
Yama
Sulamif'

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Film & TV

Writing · Narovchat, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870–1938) was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911). Kuprin was highly praised by fellow writers including Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Leonid Andreyev, Ivan Bunin and Leo Tolstoy, the latter proclaiming…

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Russia
Active from: 1986-09-07

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 3
Total plays: 3

Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Купри́н), (7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1870 in the village of Narovchat in the Penza Oblast[1] – August 25, 1938 in Leningrad) was a Russian writer, pilot, explorer and adventurer who is perhaps best known for his story The Duel (1905). Other well-known works include Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), Junior Captain Rybnikov (1906), Emerald (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911) (which was made into a 1965 movie). <a href="https://www.last.fm

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Universal Solvation Model Based on Solute Electron Density and on a Continuum Model of the Solvent Defined by the Bulk Dielectric Constant and Atomic Surface Tensions
· 2009 · cited 16,992x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,012x
Dissecting the multicellular ecosystem of metastatic melanoma by single-cell RNA-seq
· 2016 · cited 4,822x
Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
· 2021 · cited 4,538x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Aleksandr
Gender: male
Citizenship: Soviet Union
Place of birth: Narovchat
Place of death: Saint Petersburg
Child: Ksenia Kuprina
Occupation: short story writer
Educated at: Alexandrov Military School
Languages spoken: Russian
Award: Pushkin Prize
Notable work: The Duel
Field of work: prose
Genre: opinion journalism
Movement: naturalism
Image: Kuprin.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Aleksandr Kuprin
place of burial: Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways
Commons category: Aleksandr Kuprin
date of death: 1938-08-25
date of birth: 1870-09-07
Commons gallery: Aleksandr Kuprin
manner of death: natural causes
start of work period: 1889-00-00
cause of death: cancer
writing language: Russian
name in native language: Александр Иванович Куприн
end of work period: 1934-00-00
Commons Creator page: Aleksandr Kuprin

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Aleksandr Kuprin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Szulamit

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Encyclopedic overview

Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (Russian: Александр Иванович Куприн; 7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1870 – 25 August 1938) was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911) – the latter made into a 1965 movie.

Early life

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