Vasily Stepanovich Kurochkin | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | Василий Степанович Курочкин 9 August 1831 |
| Died | 27 August 1875 (aged 44) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Occupation(s) | poet journalist political activist |
| Years active | 1848-1875 |
Vasily Stepanovich Kurochkin (Russian : Василий Степанович Курочкин; 9 August 1831 – 27 August 1875) was a Russian satirical poet, journalist and translator. [1] [2]
Vasily Kurochkin was born in Saint Petersburg. His father, a former serf peasant who had been granted freedom and worked his way up the social ladder to nobility status, died young, and the boy was brought up by his stepfather, Colonel E.T. Gotovtsev. Two of his brothers, Vladimir (1829-1885) and Nikolai Kurochkins (1830-1884), became writers as well.
Having graduated the First Cadet Corps in 1849, Vasily Kurochkin joined the Russian Army as a junior officer. He started writing poetry while a cadet, debuted as a published poet in 1848 and in 1856 (four years after retiring from the military) started the career of a literary professional. Highly acclaimed were his translations of Beranger (1858, 1864 and 1874 collections) and Molière (Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux, 1867).
In the late 1850s Kurochkin became one of Russia's most prominent political satirists. In 1859, along with the cartoonist Nikolai Stepanov, he founded the influential satirical Iskra magazine. In 1861 Kurochkin joined the underground radical group Zemlya i Volya and a year later became one of the five members of its central committee. After Dmitry Karakozov's attempt upon the life of Alexander II, he was arrested and spent two months in the Petropavlovsk Fortress. [2] In 1867 the first edition of The Works of V.S. Kurochkin was published.
Kurochkin died on 27 August 1875 in Saint Petersburg after accidentally overdosing on chloral hydrate prescribed to him by the doctor. He is interred in Volkovo Cemetery in Saint Petersburg. [1]
Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov was a Russian poet, writer, critic and publisher, whose deeply compassionate poems about the Russian peasantry made him a hero of liberal and radical circles in the Russian intelligentsia of the mid-nineteenth century, particularly as represented by Vissarion Belinsky and Nikolay Chernyshevsky. He is credited with introducing into Russian poetry ternary meters and the technique of dramatic monologue. As the editor of several literary journals, notably Sovremennik, Nekrasov was also singularly successful and influential.
Gleb Ivanovich Uspensky was a Russian writer and a prominent figure of the Narodnik movement.
Aleksey Mikhailovich Zhemchuzhnikov was a Russian poet, dramatist, essayist and literary critic, co-creator of Kozma Prutkov, the famous comical literary character.
Liodor (Iliodor) Ivanovich Palmin was a Russian poet, translator and journalist.
Alexander Mikhailovich Skabichevsky was a Russian literary historian, critic and memoirist, part of the Narodnik movement, best known for his series of biographies of the 19th century Russian writers.
Alexander Fyodorovich Voeykov was a Russian poet, translator, literary historian and journalist, best known for his satirical poems of 1814-1820.
Andrey Alexandrovich Krayevsky was a Russian publisher and journalist, best known for his work as an editor-in-chief of Otechestvennye Zapiski (1839–1867), the influential literary journal of which he was also publisher. Another well-known publication Krayevsky founded was the popular newspaper Golos.
Viktor Petrovich Burenin was a Russian literary and theatre critic, publicist, novelist, dramatist, translator and satirical poet notorious for his confrontational articles and satirical poems, mostly targeting leftist writers. He was the author of several popular plays, novels and opera librettos.
Pyotr Petrovich Pertsov was a Russian poet, publisher, editor, literary critic, journalist and memoirist associated with the Russian Symbolist movement.
Dmitry Dmitriyevich Minayev was a Russian poet, parodist, journalist, translator and literary critic.
Vladimir Stepanovich Kurochkin was a Russian dramatist, translator, editor and publisher. Among the plays he authored were The Green Island, Who Is to Blame? (1873), Two by Two is Five (1875) and A Modiste's Diary (1875). Vladimir Kurochkin compiled and published Nevsky Sbornik. He edited Iskra magazine (1864–1867) and the Tatar-language Fayde (Virtue) newspaper (1866–1870). Poets Nikolai and Vasily Kurochkins were his brothers.
Iskra was a Russian satirical weekly published in Saint Petersburg in 1859–1873.
Nikolai Alexandrovich Stepanov was an artist, caricaturist and editor from the Russian Empire. Army general Pyotr Alexandrovich Stepanov was his brother.
Nikolai Stepanovich Kurochkin was a Russian poet, editor, translator and essayist. Writing under numerous pseudonyms, Kurochkin published both satirical poems and serious essays mostly in Otechestvennye Zapiski, of which since 1868 he was a major contributor, and Iskra, the magazine he co-edited. In 1865-1867 he edited the magazine Knizhny Vestnik. Vasily and Vladimir Kurochkins were his brothers.
Vasily Alekseyevich Volkov was a Russian-Ukrainian Academic painter; known primarily for portraits and historical scenes.
Alexey Fyodorovich Ivanov was a Russian writer and poet, better known under his pen name Ivanov-Classic (Иванов-Классик).
Budilnik was a weekly Russian illustrated satirical journal published originally, in 1865—1871, in Saint Petersburg, then, in 1873—1917, in Moscow.
Nikolai Alexandrovich Demert was a Russian writer, journalist and publicist.
Gavriil Nikolayevich Zhulev was a Russian satirical poet, dramatist and actor.
Birzhevyie Vedomosti was a Russian political, economical and literary newspaper, published in Saint Petersburg in 1861–1879. It was based in the Suneyeva House, at Konnogvardeyski Boulevard, 11.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| People | |
| Other | |
