Aleksandr Kuprin | |
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 Kuprin in 1910s | |
| Born | 7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1870[1] Narovchat, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire[1] |
| Died | 25 August 1938 (aged 67)[1] Leningrad, Soviet Union[1] |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer,playwright, journalist |
| Citizenship | Russia |
| Literary movement | Naturalism |
| Notable works | Olesya (1898) The Duel (1905) The Garnet Bracelet (1911) Yama: The Pit (1915) |
| Notable awards | Pushkin Prize |
| Spouse | Maria Karlovna Davydova (1902—1907) Yelizaveta Geinrikh (1907—1938) |
| Children | Lidia Kuprina (1903–1924) Ksenia Kuprina (1908–1981) |
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Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (Russian: Александр Иванович Куприн; 7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1870 – 25 August 1938) was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905)[2] and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911) – the latter made into a 1965 movie.[3]
- ^ a b c d Куприн Александр Иванович Archived 10 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Kuprin scholar Nicholas Luker, in his biography Alexander Kuprin, calls The Duel his "greatest masterpiece" (chapter IV) and likewise literary critic Martin Seymour-Smith calls The Duel "his finest novel" (The Guide to Modern World Literature, p. 1051)
- ^ Room, Abram (18 March 1965), Granatovyy braslet (Drama, Romance), Ariadna Shengelaia, Igor Ozerov, Oleg Basilashvili, Mosfilm, retrieved 26 October 2024