Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
1821 – 1881 ·
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
1821 – 1881 ·
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, whose name in his native language is rendered Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский [6], was born on 11 November 1821 at the Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor [12]. He carried the family name Dostoevsky [4] and the given name Fyodor [1], and his native language was Russian [11]. He was a member of the Russian Orthodox Church [5].
Dostoyevsky has been the subject of extensive scholarly and encyclopedic attention, with accounts of his life and work appearing in sources including the Larousse Encyclopedia online, the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and several other major reference works [8]. He has also been the subject of dedicated academic study [3].
A portrait depicting Dostoyevsky is among the visual records associated with him [2], and his legacy continues to be organized and documented under a dedicated scholarly category [7].
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