Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (UK: /ˌdɒstɔɪˈɛfski/, US: /ˌdɒstəˈjɛfski, ˌdʌs-/; Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, tr. Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, IPA: [ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj] (listen); 11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). His 1864 novella, Notes from Underground, is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature. Numerous literary critics rate him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces. Born in Moscow in 1821, Dostoevsky was introduced to literature at an early age through fairy tales and legends, and through books by Russian and foreign authors. His mother died in 1837 when he was 15, and around the same time, he left school to enter the Nikolayev Military Engineering Institute. After graduating, he worked as an engineer and briefly enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, translating books to earn extra money. In the mid-1840s he wrote his first novel, Poor Folk, which gained him entry into Saint Petersburg's literary circles. However, he was arrested in 1849 for belonging to a literary group, the Petrashevsky Circle, that discussed banned books critical of Tsarist Russia. Dostoevsky was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted at the last moment. He spent four years in a Siberian prison camp, followed by six years of compulsory military service in exile. In the following years, Dostoevsky worked as a journalist, publishing and editing several magazines of his own and later A Writer's Diary, a collection of his writings. He began to travel around western Europe and developed a gambling addiction, which led to financial hardship. For a time, he had to beg for money, but he eventually became one of the most widely read and highly regarded Russian writers. Dostoevsky's body of work consists of 13 novels, 3 novellas, 17 short stories, and numerous other works. His writings were widely read both within and beyond his native Russia and influenced an equally great number of later writers including Russians such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Anton Chekhov, philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre, and the emergence of Existentialism and Freudianism. His books have been translated into more than 170 languages, and served as the basis for many films.
White Nights
(Writer)
The Idiot
(Novel)
Bewitched
(Story)
The Brothers Karamazov
(Writer)
Janáček: From the House of the Dead
(Novel)
Idiot
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment USA
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
A bosszú
(Writer)
Demons
(Novel)
Crime & Punishment
(Novel)
The Gambler
(Novel)
The Karamazov Brothers
(Novel)
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
(Short Story)
Za głosem serca
(Novel)
The Double
(Novel)
El jugador
(Author)
White Nights
(Novel)
A Gentle Spirit
(Short Story)
Bobo la tête
(Story)
Whispering Pages
(Novel)
Nina
(Novel)
Salt of the Earth
(Novel)
Fear
(Novel)
Four Nights of a Dreamer
(Original Story)
The Idiot
(Novel)
The Brothers Karamazov
(Novel)
A Gentle Woman
(Original Story)
A Woman's Revenge
(Novel)
Down House
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
The Idiot
(Novel)
Žárlivec
(Short Story)
Een zachtmoedige vrouw
(Writer)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
The Idiot
(Original Story)
The Gentleman Takes His Leave
(Novel)
Slabé srdce
(Short Story)
Přízrak
(Short Story)
The Great Sinner
(Novel)
Humiliated and Insulted
(Novel)
Nikolay Stavrogin
(Story)
Norte, the End of History
(Author)
Teenager
(Novel)
Strýčkův sen
(Novel)
Uncle's Dream
(Novel)
White Nights
(Novel)
From the House of the Dead & Glagolitic Mass
(Book)
Crime and Punishment
(Writer)
Crime and Punishment
(Writer)
Il principe idiota
(Writer)
The Idiot
(Writer)
Jinsei no uramichi
(Writer)
The Brothers Karamazov
(Writer)
Shades of Day
(Writer)
Strýčkov sen
(Novel)
Notes from the New World
(Writer)
My Neighbour Martika
(Writer)
A Christmas Tree and a Wedding
(Writer)
Venice Shore Nights
(Writer)
White Nights
(Writer)
Blue in Green
(Original Story)
Son of Man
(Writer)
Le Notti Bianche
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
Sleepless Nights
(Original Story)
Sin compasión
(Novel)
The Man Who Sold the World
(Short Story)
The Dream
(Short Story)
Husband Under the Bed
(Short Story)
Another Man's Wife and Husband Under Bed
(Short Story)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
The Meek One
(Short Story)
Deserter
(Short Story)
No Right to Kill
(Novel)
From the House of the Dead
(Novel)
Crime & Punishment
(Novel)
Cuernos debajo de la cama
(Short Story)
Mad Love
(Novel)
The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants
(Original Story)
Humiliated and Insulted
(Novel)
الأخوة الأعداء
(Novel)
Der Traum eines lächerlichen Menschen
(Story)
The Cage
(Novel)
The Arcturian
(Original Story)
Dream of a Ridiculous Man
(Story)
The Perfect Husband
(Novel)
The Gambler
(Original Story)
The Possessed
(Novel)
Boys
(Novel)
The Gambler
(Novel)
Le Joueur
(Novel)
Nastazja
(Novel)
House of the Dead
(Novel)
Inquisition
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
A Shadow Confined
(Writer)
Y castigo
(Original Story)
The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants
(Original Story)
A Gentle Creature
(Novel)
The Crocodile
(Short Story)
A Gentle Creature
(Novel)
White Nights
(Short Story)
Erniedrigte und Beleidigte
(Novel)
The Thought Leader
(Writer)
Komedie pomyłek
(Short Story)
The Idiot
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
Teu Tua
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
The Eternal Husband
(Novel)
Crimen y castigo
(Novel)
The Musician Killer
(Novel)
The Gambler
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
The Underground Man
(Novel)
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
The Gambler
(Novel)
Notes from Underground
(Novel)
The Enemy
(Novel)
Onkelchens Traum
(Story)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
The Brothers Karamazov
(Novel)
Dream
(Novel)
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
(Novel)
Die Besessenen
(Novel)
Johnny Walker
(Novel)
Raskolnikoff
(Novel)
A Gentle Spirit
(Short Story)
Student
(Novel)
The Idiot Returns
(Novel)
The Idiot
(Novel)
The Gambler
(Novel)
The Shade
(Novel)
Inside
(Novel)
Strangely in Love
(Novel)
Hold Empty
(Novel)
Die Spielerin
(Novel)
Krokodíl
(Short Story)
Dvaja muži pod posteľou
(Book)
Aparichito
(Novel)
Der Idiot
(Novel)
Karamazov vid Kalixälven
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Story)
From the House of the Dead
(Original Story)
Saawariya
(Novel)
Nazar
(Novel)
Die Brüder Karamasoff
(Novel)
A Gentle Creature
(Story)
Wandering Souls
(Novel)
At Night
(Novel)
White Nights
(Short Story)
Under the Skin
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
Bajazet - Considering the Theatre and the Plague
(Novel)
Zlý žart
(Novel)
Petersburg Nights
(Novel)
Die rollende Kugel
(Novel)
Eifman Ballet: The Brothers Karamazov
(Story)
Rakushka
(Book)
The Double
(Book)
Crime and Punishment
(Book)
Crime and Punishment
(Theatre Play)
White Nights on the Pier
(Original Story)
The Double
(Original Film Writer)
Eternal Husband
(Author)
Idiot
(Author)
Raskolnikov
(Original Story)
Crime and Punishment
(Original Story)
Erniedrigte und Beleidigte
(Novel)
White Nights
(Short Story)
The Idiot
(Author)
The Husband, the Wife and the Lover
(Author)
R. R. R.
(Author)
Venere Paura
(Book)
Crime and Punishment
(Original Story)
Aikalainen
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
Uncle's Dream
(Novel)
The Old Bachelor
(Story)
Bridge of Sleep
(Original Story)
brothers karamazov
(Novel)
White Rabbit II
(Original Story)
The Idiot
(Novel)
Noites Brancas
(Original Story)
The Ugly Story
(Short Story)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
Sen o bílém volu
(Novel)
A Gentle Creature
(Short Story)
Bratři Karamazovi
(Novel)
Dobrodružství pod postelí
(Short Story)
The Divine Comedy
(Original Story)
Foma Opiskin
(Author)
The Barbarian and the Heretic
(Author)
Бесы: Ставрогин
(Story)
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
(Writer)
Crime and Punishment
(Story)
Blue Night
(Original Story)
Idioten
(Novel)
Sonya and the Madman
(Novel)
The Brothers Karamazov
(Original Story)
The Brothers Karamazov
(Novel)
The Idiot
(Original Story)
Theatre Macabre
(Short Story)
Idiot
(Novel)
Alta comedia
(Novel)
The Idiot
(Writer)
Demons
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
O Julgamento
(Original Story)
Linhas Cruzadas
(Novel)
Teenager
(Novel)
The Idiot
(Novel)
Die Dämonen
(Novel)
Crime and Punishment
(Novel)
Crime & Punishment
(Novel)
Crimen y castigo
(Creator)