Selected satirical writings

M. E. Saltykov (1826-1889) was a major Russian satirist of the nineteenth century. He wrote mostly satirical journalism, though his only novel, The Golovlyov Family, is considered his masterpiece and was proclaimed by D.D. Mirsky to be the gloomiest book in all of Russian literature. S. D. Cioran is Professor Emeritus of Russian literature at show more McMaster University. His other translations include Sologub's The Petty Demon and Dostoevsky's The Crocodile, both available from Ardis. show less