Fyodor Sologub | Author

About the Author

Sologub was a member of the symbolist movement, particularly in its early decadent phase. A schoolteacher and school official for many years, he began to publish in the 1890s. His first novel was Bad Dreams (1896), a depiction of a hero struggling against provincial surroundings. He attracted wide show more attention with his second novel, The Petty Demon (1907), in which another provincial town, brilliantly satirized, is the background for the brutish Peredonov's descent into paranoia. This novel, standing at the transition from realist to modernist fiction, has been widely translated and was for a long time the only Sologub work available to Soviet readers. The trilogy The Created Legend (1907--13) is an ambitious attempt to lay out in narrative form Sologub's highly integrated, quasi-mythological worldview: very controversial, it was not judged successful. Sologub also won recognition as a major Silver Age lyric poet, with verse notable for its economy and lyricism. Like much of his prose, it reflects Sologub's pessimistic, dualistic philosophy, which inverts traditional symbols of good and evil. However---moving in its simplicity, power, and authenticity---it is far more successful. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: F. Sologub, Fedor Sologub, Fedor Selogub, Fyodor Slogub, Fedor Sologub, Fydor Sologub, Fëdor Sologub, Feodor Sologub, Fiodor Sologub, Feodor Sologub, Fjodor Sologub, Fiodor Sologoub, Fiodor Sołogub, Theodor Sologub, ソログープ, Fjodor Ssologub, fiódor sologub, Fjodor Sologoeb, Fedor K. Sologub, Fiodor K. Sologub, Fëdor Sologub, Fedor Kuzmic Sologub, Fédor Sologoub, Ф. К. Сологуб, Fjodor Kusmitsch Sologub, Федор Сологуб, Фёдор Сологуб, פיודור סולוגוב, Fedor Kuz‘mič Sologub, フョードルソログーブ, フョードルソログープ, フヨードルソログープ, フョードル・ソログープ, Feodor; John Cournos (trans.) Sologub, Fyodor; Smith Sologub, Vassar (trans.), Федор Кузьмич Сологуб, Фёдор Кузьмич Сологуб, フョードル・クジミチ・ソログープ

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The Created Legend

Works by Fyodor Sologub

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The Petty Demon (1905) — Author — 582 copies, 5 reviews

The Created Legend (1914) 51 copies

The Kiss of the Unborn, and Other Stories (1977) 24 copies

De prikkel des doods (1977) 21 copies

Die wrede, zoete koorts (1977) 17 copies

Bad Dreams (1896) 15 copies

To the Stars and Other Stories (Russian Library) (2022) — Author — 14 copies

The Sweet-Scented Name, and Other Fairy Tales, Fables, and Stories (Classics of Russian Literature) (1977) 14 copies

Queen Ortruda (1979) 9 copies

The Old House and Other Tales (1974) 9 copies

The Shield (1917) — Co-Editor — 8 copies

Der vergiftete Garten : phantastisch-unheimliche Geschichten (1988) 7 copies

En liten människa : Noveller (2000) 7 copies, 1 review

Smoke and ashes (1979) 7 copies

Hide and Seek 6 copies, 2 reviews

Le luce e le ombre. (2002) 5 copies

Short Fiction (2022) 3 copies

Melkii bes: Roman ; Zaklinatelnitsa zmei : roman ; Rasskazy (1991) 3 copies

Стихотворения 3 copies

Kapli krovi: Izbrannaia proza (Serebrianyi vek) (1992) 3 copies

かくれんぼ・毒の園他五篇 (岩波文庫) (2013) 3 copies

Bienvenue à Z : Et autres nouvelles de l'Est (2007) 3 copies

Barnet, dyret og døden : 7 fortellinger (1983) 3 copies

Fedor Sologub, neizdannoe i nesobrannoe (1989) 2 copies

Turandina 2 copies

Rasskazy : (1894 - 1908) (1992) 2 copies

Esconde-Esconde & Lembra, Não Vai Esquecer? (2022) 2 copies

Süsser als Gift Roman 2 copies

かくれんぼ・白い母―他二篇 (1953年) (岩波文庫) (1937) 1 copy

Küçük Şeytan (2020) 1 copy

Заклинательница змей (1997) 1 copy

Unheimliche Geschichten: Charaktergemälde aus dem Ersten Viertel des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts (German Edition) 1 copy

Gospodica Liza 1 copy

Капли крови : Избранная проза 1 copy

Соборный благовест 1 copy

Свирель: Русские бержереты (1922) 1 copy

Пламенный кругъ (1922) 1 copy

Костёр дорожный 1 copy

Червяк 1 copy

いい香のする名前　ソログーブ童話集 — Author — 1 copy

Demonul meschin 1 copy

獣が即位した国: Ｆ．ソログープ作品集露西亜文学散歩 (2016) 1 copy

Sjene 1 copy

The Asteroid (in Worlds Apart - LEVITSKY) 1 copy

Izabrana dela : Sićušni zloduh; gospođica Liza 1 copy

Melkij bes (2021) 1 copy

LibriVox Short Ghost and Horror Collection 040 — Author — 1 copy

Selected stories = Izbrannye rasskazy : Russian text with parallel English translation of eight short stories and fables (1994) 1 copy

Dvenadcatʹ dram (2000) 1 copy

Die Teufelsschaukel (2002) 1 copy

Totenzauber : eine Legende im Werden; Roman in fünf Teilen Teil 1 I. - III. Teil 1 copy

Жало смерти (2018) 1 copy

Tyazhelye sny : roman. Rasskazy (1990) 1 copy

nouvelles souvenirs 1 copy

Little tales / by Feodor Sologub : an authorized translation from the Russian by John Cournos. 1 copy

Sobranie sočinenij. Gesammelte Werke. Teil 1 : Rasskazy (1894-1908). Hrsg. von Ulrich Steltner (1992) 1 copy

Sobranie sočinenij. Teil 3 : Dvenadcat' Dram. Hrsg. von Ulrich Steltner (2000) 1 copy

Sobranie sočinenij. Gesammelte Werke. Teil 2 : Rasskazy (1909-1921). Hrsg. von Ul'rich Stel'tner (1996) 1 copy

THE CREATED LEGEND (3 VOLUMES) 1 copy

Свет и тени. Избранная проза 1 copy

Sankt-Peterburg v russkoy poezii HVIII - nachalo HH veka. Poeticheskiy sbornik (2001) 1 copy

Consolation, a Story: Selected Verse (1997) 1 copy

Selected Poetry (in The Dedalus Book of Russian Decadence - LODGE) 1 copy

Těžké sny : román 1 copy

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Best Russian Short Stories (1917) — Contributor — 370 copies, 7 reviews

Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder (1989) — Contributor — 366 copies, 2 reviews

A World of Great Stories (1947) — Contributor — 299 copies, 4 reviews

The Penguin Book of International Gay Writing (1995) — Contributor — 204 copies, 3 reviews

100 Creepy Little Creature Stories (1994) — Contributor — 203 copies, 1 review

Great Russian Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) (2003) — Contributor — 155 copies, 2 reviews

The Penguin book of Russian poetry (2015) — Contributor — 116 copies

The Dedalus Book of Russian Decadence: Perversity, Despair and Collapse (2007) — Contributor — 112 copies, 1 review

Worlds Apart: An Anthology of Russian Science Fiction and Fantasy (2007) — Contributor — 112 copies

Russian Poets (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) (2009) — Contributor — 81 copies, 2 reviews

Out of the Blue: Russia's Hidden Gay Literature : An Anthology (1996) — Contributor — 65 copies

Angels of Darkness: Tales of Troubled and Troubling Women (1995) — Contributor — 29 copies

Were Wolf Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2025) — Contributor — 14 copies

The Black Magic Omnibus, Volume 2 (1976) — Contributor — 12 copies

A Treasury of Russian Life and Humor (1943) — Contributor — 11 copies

The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories Vol. XII: Russian (2008) — Contributor — 7 copies

Opowieści niesamowite : groza i niesamowitość w prozie rosyjskiej XIX i początku XX w. (1990) — Contributor — 5 copies

Noël russe (1997) — Contributor — 5 copies

Russland (2017) — Contributor — 5 copies

日本少国民文庫世界名作選〈1〉 (新潮文庫) (1998) — Contributor — 3 copies

10分で読める名作六年生 (2007) — Contributor — 3 copies

The Black Book of the Werewolf: 32 Stories of Bestial Terror (2010) — Contributor — 3 copies

Die Einsamen. Kindheitsnovellen von O. Dymow, A.v. Hatzfeld, H. Hesse, J. Mühlberger, R. Musil, F. Ssologub und St. Zweig. (1947) — Contributor — 2 copies

Anthology of Modern Slavonic Literature in Prose and Verse: Translated by P. Selver; With an Introduction and Literary Notes (1919) (2009) — Contributor — 2 copies

詩誌ポエトロア第5輯　ソヴェート詩特集 — Contributor — 1 copy

ロシア短編集　ПЁСТРЫЕ РАССКАЗЫ　雑話集 V — Contributor — 1 copy

世界名詩集大成〈第12〉ロシア篇 (1959年) (1959) — Contributor — 1 copy

世界文学大系. 第93 (近代小説集第3) — Contributor — 1 copy

ロシア・ソビエト文学全集〈第35〉ロシア詩集 (1966年) (1966) — Contributor — 1 copy

ロシア怪談集 (河出文庫) — Contributor — 1 copy

The Mystery Gallery: The Eerie Room (2002) — Contributor — 1 copy

世界幻想文学大全3 幻想小説神髄 (ちくま文庫) (2012) — Contributor — 1 copy

ロシア短編集　ПЁСТРЫЕ РАССКАЗЫ　雑話集 IV — Contributor — 1 copy

小説幻妖壱 (1) 新春妖女コレクシオン — Contributor — 1 copy

王侯 (書物の王国) (1998) — Contributor — 1 copy

ロシア短編集　ПЁСТРЫЕ РАССКАЗЫ　雑話集 III — Contributor — 1 copy

ロシア短編集　ПЁСТРЫЕ РАССКАЗЫ　雑話集 II (2009) — Contributor — 1 copy

ロシア短編集　ПЁСТРЫЕ РАССКАЗЫ　雑話集 (2005) — Contributor — 1 copy

ロシア短篇24 (現代の世界文学) (1987) — Contributor — 1 copy

Der Orchideengarten: Fantastic Tales (Year 1, Issue 11) (1919) — Contributor — 1 copy

近代ロシア詩集 — Contributor — 1 copy

植物 (書物の王国) (1998) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Canonical name: Sologub, Fyodor
Legal name: Сологуб, Фёдор Кузьмич
Сологуб, Фёдор
Other names: Sologub, Fyodor Kuzmich
Sologub, Feodor
Sologub, Fedor
Sologub, Fjodor
Birthdate: 1863-03-01
Date of death: 1927-12-05
Gender: male
Education: St. Petersburg Teachers' Institute (grad. 1882)
Occupations: poet
novelist
playwright
publicist
translator
school teacher
Relationships: Chebotarevskaya, Anastasia (wife)
Nationality: Russia
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russia
Places of residence: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Velikie Luki, Russia
Vytegra, Russia
Place of death: Leningrad, Russia
Associated Place (for map): Russia

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donato 54 reviews

Il demone meschino by Fyodor Sologub

This is a great romp into the darkness of man, the petty demon inside all of us. Because the title does not refer only to Peredònov as one might initially think, but to the stupid egoisms and fears that make us all petty paranoiacs.
The book is hilarious with some great visual humor which I think someone should capture in theatre. Maybe take a chapter or two or something, and make a little 3-act play.
It gets more surreal as you turn the pages until that final shock which you knew was coming....

Apr 29, 20114 other reviews

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colligan 211 reviews

The Petty Demon (Encounters) by Fyodor Sologub

Its not your typical classic Russian Novel. And it most certainly is NOT Dostoevsky but that's okay. "The Petty Demon" is an entertaining and revealing romp through the realities of rural Russian life at the beginning of the 20th century. Sologub mixes humor, sensuality, and horror in what one reviewer called "the high water mark of Russian Decadent prose".

Thanks to numerous edits, censoring, and translations, the text can be a bit choppy at times but the fascinating description of the main show more character's mental decline keeps the reader engaged.

If you're up for a well-written, none-too-serious, and entertaining read, this is a book for you. Not to mention, you will learn about "nedotykomka". show less

Feb 16, 20234 other reviews

stillatim 1,329 reviews

The Little Demon (Penguin Classics) by Fyodor Sologub

Very enjoyable tale of provincial madness, marred only by a too-rigid adherence to Gogol's 'character goes around to visit other characters, hilarity ensues' mode. And that passes soon enough.

Oct 23, 20204 other reviews

vanjr 80 reviews

Hide and Seek by Fyodor Sologub