Ivan Krylov

Also known as Navi Volyrk, Ivan Andreyevich Krylov, Ivan Andreevich Krilof, Ivan Krilov

Russian writer (1769–1844)

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Ivan Krylov was a Russian writer who lived from 1769 to 1844 and is best known for his fables that used animals and simple stories to teach moral lessons. His works became classics of Russian literature and remain widely read and influential in Russian culture today.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Ivan
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russia
Place of birth: Moscow
Place of death: Saint Petersburg
Occupation: playwright
Employer: National Library of Russia
Languages spoken: Russian
Native language: Russian
Award: Order of Saint Anna
Field of work: fable
Genre: prose
Image: Eggink-Portrait of Ivan Krylov.jpg

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date of burial or cremation: 1844-11-25
Commons category: Ivan Krylov
date of death: 1844-11-21
date of birth: 1769-02-13
topic's main category: Category:Ivan Krylov
Commons gallery: Ivan Krylov
member of: Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
start of work period: 1786-00-00
place of burial: Tikhvin Cemetery
pseudonym: Navi Volyrk
cause of death: pneumonia
name in native language: Ива́н Андре́евич Крыло́в
end of work period: 1843-00-00
writing language: Russian
manner of death: natural causes

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Ivan Krylov, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (/ˈkrɪlɒf/; Russian: Ива́н Андре́евич Крыло́в; 13 February 1769 – 21 November 1844) is Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors. Formerly a dramatist and journalist, he only discovered his true genre at the age of 40. While many of his earlier fables were loosely based on Aesop's and La Fontaine's, later fables were original work, often with a satirical bent.

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