In the history of letters, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin as Russian writer, journalist, plawright and satirist.
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin was born at Spas-Ugol in 1826. His recorded nationality is Russia. He was educated at Moscow Institute of nobility and Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum.
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, journalist and novelist.
The writing is recorded in Russian.
His work is classed as satire, chronicle and fairy tale.
Among his best-known works are The History of a Town and The Golovlyov Family. A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.
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.
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin died in 1889, aged 63. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: The History of a Town
- Notable work: The Golovlyov Family
- Genres: satire, chronicle and fairy tale
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