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Dostoevskiy Fedor Mihaylovich
Shawn attended an excellent exhibition at the University of Iowa on the well-known Russian author, Dostoevsky. Professor Anna Barker explained that his work went thru four phases reflecting his changing development as a writer during turbulent times in Russia - a rebel, a convict, a gambler and then finally a prophet.
We learned about the terrible conditions he had to endure at the prison camp in Omsk for five years. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_rgwJIXE...
Lastly we discovered that his genius influenced well-known modern writers like Orwell (1984 and Animal Farm), Kafka (The Trial) and Aldous Huxley (Brave New World).
Shawn attended an excellent exhibition at the University of Iowa on the well-known Russian author, Dostoevsky. Professor Anna Barker explained that his work went thru four phases reflecting his changing development as a writer during turbulent times in Russia - a rebel, a convict, a gambler and then finally a prophet.
We learned about the terrible conditions he had to endure at the prison camp in Omsk for five years. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_rgwJIXE...
Lastly we discovered that his genius influenced well-known modern writers like Orwell (1984 and Animal Farm), Kafka (The Trial) and Aldous Huxley (Brave New World).
