Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak wrote at a period when the terms of literature itself were being argued over.
The record lists Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak as Russian writer (1852–1912).
Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak was born at Visim in 1852. His recorded nationality is Russia. He was educated at Imperial Academy of Medical Surgery and Perm Theological Seminary.
The nineteenth century was the age of the serialised novel and mass literacy; writers reached audiences of a size never seen before.
He worked as writer, children's writer and prose writer.
The writing is recorded in Russian.
His name is attached above all to novels and short stories about life in the Ural Mountains. Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold best.
That the work was written from Russia matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak died in 1912, aged 60. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
