Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Also known as Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, Nikolai Shchedrin, Shchedrin, Mikhail Saltykov
Russian writer, journalist, plawright and satirist
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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin was a Russian writer, journalist, playwright, and satirist known for his sharp, critical commentary on society. His work matters because he used satire and wit to expose social problems and political issues in 19th-century Russia, making him an important voice in Russian literature and social criticism.
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Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (Russian: Михаи́л Евгра́фович Салтыко́в-Щедри́н, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil jɪvˈɡrafəvʲɪtɕ səltɨˈkof ɕːɪˈdrʲin]; 27 January [O.S. 15 January] 1826 – 10 May [O.S. 28 April] 1889), born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during his lifetime by the pen name Nikolai Shchedrin (Russian: Николай Щедрин), was a major Russian writer and 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 a Russian literary magazine Otechestvenniye Zapiski until the Tsarist government banned it in 1884. In his works Saltykov mastered both stark realism and satirical grotesque merged with fantasy. His most famous works, the family chronicle novel The Golovlyov Family (1880) and the novel The History of a Town (1870), also translated as Foolsburg, became important works of 19th-century fiction, and Saltykov is regarded as a major figure of Russian literary Realism.
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