Fyodor Sologub (1863–1927)
Author of The Petty Demon
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
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Series
Works by Fyodor Sologub
The Sweet-Scented Name, and Other Fairy Tales, Fables, and Stories (Classics of Russian Literature) (1977) 12 copies
Hide and Seek 5 copies
Стихотворения 3 copies
Turandina 2 copies
Süsser als Gift Roman 1 copy
Свет и тени. Избранная проза 1 copy
Соборный благовест 1 copy
Костёр дорожный 1 copy
Den Þlille dm̆on 1 copy
Червяк 1 copy
いい香のする名前 ソログーブ童話集 — Author — 1 copy
El trasgo 1 copy
Little tales / by Feodor Sologub : an authorized translation from the Russian by John Cournos. 1 copy
nouvelles souvenirs 1 copy
Sjene 1 copy
Sobranie sočinenij. Gesammelte Werke. Teil 1 : Rasskazy (1894-1908). Hrsg. von Ulrich Steltner (1992) 1 copy
Sobranie sočinenij. Gesammelte Werke. Teil 2 : Rasskazy (1909-1921). Hrsg. von Ul'rich Stel'tner (1996) 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… (1994) 1 copy
Těžké sny : román 1 copy
Associated Works
The Dedalus Book of Russian Decadence: Perversity, Despair and Collapse (2007) — Contributor — 99 copies
Opowieści niesamowite : groza i niesamowitość w prozie rosyjskiej XIX i początku XX w. (1990) — Contributor — 5 copies
Die Einsamen. Kindheitsnovellen von O. Dymow, A.v. Hatzfeld, H. Hesse, J. Mühlberger, R. Musil, F. Ssologub und… (1947) — Contributor — 2 copies
詩誌ポエトロア 第5輯 ソヴェート詩特集 — Contributor — 1 copy
世界文学大系. 第93 (近代小説集 第3) — Contributor — 1 copy
ロシア怪談集 (河出文庫) — 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
ロシア短編集 ПЁСТРЫЕ РАССКАЗЫ 雑話集 III — Contributor — 1 copy
近代ロシア詩集 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- 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
- Nationality
- Russia
- Birthplace
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- Place of death
- Leningrad, Russia
- Places of residence
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
Velikie Luki, Russia
Vytegra, Russia - Education
- St. Petersburg Teachers' Institute (grad. 1882)
- Occupations
- poet
novelist
playwright
publicist
translator
school teacher - Relationships
- Chebotarevskaya, Anastasia (wife)
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Statistics
- Works
- 65
- Also by
- 37
- Members
- 746
- Popularity
- #34,063
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 8
- ISBNs
- 117
- Languages
- 14
- Favorited
- 7
Thanks to numerous edits, censoring, and translations, the text can be a bit choppy at times but the fascinating description of the main 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".… (more)