Fyodor Sologub





Fyodor Sologub

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born
in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
March 01, 1863

died
December 05, 1927

gender
male

genre


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Fyodor Sologub (Russian: Фёдор Сологуб, born Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov, Russian: Фёдор Кузьмич Тетерников; 1 March 1863 – 5 December 1927) was a Russian Symbolist poet, novelist, playwright and essayist. He was the first writer to introduce the morbid, pessimistic elements characteristic of European fin de siècle literature and philosophy into Russian prose.


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More books by Fyodor Sologub…
“Indeed a lie is often more plausible than the truth. "Almost" always. The truth, of course, is never very plausible.”
Fyodor Sologub, Little Demon (Literary Monuments) / Melkiy Bes

“И на этот раз Передонов, не долго думая, сочинил письмо к княгине. Он писал:
"Я люблю вас, потому что вы — холодная и далекая. Варвара потеет, с нею жарко спать, несет, как из печки. Я хочу иметь любовницу холодную и далекую. Приезжайте и соответствуйте".”
Fyodor Sologub, The Petty Demon

“Kolya threw his shoes under the bed and went to the window. There was a full moon, light green and ugly, in the sky. It seemed to be hiding behind the treetops, spying. Its light was soft and lifeless, and its rays were tremulous and mesmerizing, as they penetrated through the branches...”
Fyodor Sologub

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