Biography

Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (Russian: Михаи́л Евгра́фович Салтыко́в-Щедри́н), 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 political novel The History of a Town (1870) became important works of 19th-century fiction, and Saltykov is regarded as a major figure of Russian literary Realism.

Books by Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin

История одного города. Сказки
История одного города. Сказки
2022
De geschiedenis van een stad
De geschiedenis van een stad
2018
Golovlevs
Golovlevs
2018
Istorija Odnogo Goroda
Istorija Odnogo Goroda
2018
Provincial sketches
Provincial sketches
2018
History of a Town
History of a Town
2016
Skazki (Klassicheskaya i sovre
Skazki (Klassicheskaya i sovremennaya proza)
2005
Gospoda Golovlevy: Roman (vstu
Gospoda Golovlevy: Roman (vstup.st., komm. Lebedeva Yu.V.) Seriya
2002
Komedii i dramaticheskai︠a︡ sa
Komedii i dramaticheskai︠a︡ satira
1991
T︠S︡ezarʹ Bordzhīa
T︠S︡ezarʹ Bordzhīa
1990
The Golovlyov Family (Classics
The Golovlyov Family (Classics)
1988
Satiricheskie romany i skazki
Satiricheskie romany i skazki
1987
Dnevnik provintsiala v Peterbu
Dnevnik provintsiala v Peterburge
1986
The Golovlevs
The Golovlevs
1986
Der weise Gründling
Der weise Gründling
1985
Gospoda Golovlevy ; Skazki
Gospoda Golovlevy ; Skazki
1985
Blagonamerennye rechi
Blagonamerennye rechi
1984
Pompadours
Pompadours
1982
Poshekhonskaya starina
Poshekhonskaya starina
1980
Rasskazy, ocherki, skazki
Rasskazy, ocherki, skazki
1977
Selected satirical writings
Selected satirical writings
1977
Sovremennai︠a︡ idillii︠a︡
Sovremennai︠a︡ idillii︠a︡
1976
˜Dieœ idealistische Karausche
˜Dieœ idealistische Karausche
1975
Sobranie sochinenii v 20 tomak
Sobranie sochinenii v 20 tomakh
1975
The Golovlyovs
The Golovlyovs
1975
Istorii͡a︡ odnogo goroda.--Gos
Istorii͡a︡ odnogo goroda.--Gospoda Golovlevy.--Skazki
1974
Za rubezhom
Za rubezhom
1973
Istorii︠a︡ odnogo goroda ; Gos
Istorii︠a︡ odnogo goroda ; Gospoda Golovlevy
1968
The Golovlyov Family (The Grea
The Golovlyov Family (The Greatest Masterpieces of Russian Literature)
1968
Judas Golovlyov [by] M. Saltyk
Judas Golovlyov [by] M. Saltykov-Shchedrin
1965
The Golovlovs
The Golovlovs
1961
Nevinnye rasskazy
Nevinnye rasskazy
1955
The Golovlyov Family
The Golovlyov Family
1955
Razveseloe zhit'e
Razveseloe zhit'e
1954
M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin o lit
M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin o literature i iskusstve
1953
Smertʹ Pazukhina
Smertʹ Pazukhina
1952
Judas Solovlyov
Judas Solovlyov
1950
Izbrannye skazki
Izbrannye skazki
1949
Bilder und Gestalten aus dem a
Bilder und Gestalten aus dem alten Russland
1948
Isporchennye deti
Isporchennye deti
1935
Neizdannye pis'ma, tysiacha vo
Neizdannye pis'ma, tysiacha vosem'sot sorok chetyre-tysiacha vosem'sot vosem'desiat deviat'
1932
Fables by Shchedrin (M. E. Sal
Fables by Shchedrin (M. E. Saltykov). Translated from the Russian by Vera Volkhovsky (The Phoenix Library)
1931
Neizvestnye stranitsy
Neizvestnye stranitsy
1931
Pĕr mushik
Pĕr mushik
1924
Anfissa Porfirjewna
Anfissa Porfirjewna
1923
Saṭirishe mayse'lakh
Saṭirishe mayse'lakh
1921
A family of noblemen
A family of noblemen
1917
Die Herren Golowljow
Die Herren Golowljow
1914
Povist o tim, iak muzhyk dvokh generaliv vyhoduvav
Povist o tim, iak muzhyk dvokh generaliv vyhoduvav
1910
Pisʹma k tetenʹki︠e︡
Pisʹma k tetenʹki︠e︡
1906
Povi︠e︡stʹ o tom, kak odin muz
Povi︠e︡stʹ o tom, kak odin muzhik dvukh generalov prokormil
1903
Tri skazki dli͡a di͡eteĭ izri͡
Tri skazki dli͡a di͡eteĭ izri͡adnago vozrasta
1903
Orel-Metsenat
Orel-Metsenat
1898
Pisʹma k tetenʹki︠e︡ N. Shched
Pisʹma k tetenʹki︠e︡ N. Shchedrina
1895
Polnoe sobranie sochineniĭ M.E
Polnoe sobranie sochineniĭ M.E. Saltykova (N. Shchedrina)
1894
Chuzhui︠u︡ bi︠e︡du rukami razv
Chuzhui︠u︡ bi︠e︡du rukami razvedu
1890
Sochinenii︠a︡ M.E. Saltykova
Sochinenii︠a︡ M.E. Saltykova
1889
Pestryi︠a︡ pisʹma
Pestryi︠a︡ pisʹma
1886
Pis'ma k tëten'ke
Pis'ma k tëten'ke
1882
Za rubezhem
Za rubezhem
1881
Ubi︠e︡zhishche Monrepò
Ubi︠e︡zhishche Monrepò
1880
Blagonami︠e︡rennyi︠a︡ ri︠e︡chi
Blagonami︠e︡rennyi︠a︡ ri︠e︡chi
1876
Nevinnye razskazy
Nevinnye razskazy
1863
Satiry v prozi︠e︡
Satiry v prozi︠e︡
1863
Novyi︠a︡ skazki dli︠a︡ di︠e︡te
Novyi︠a︡ skazki dli︠a︡ di︠e︡teĭ izri︠a︡dnago vozrasta ...
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