Fyodor Sologub

Fyodor Sologub
Sologub in 1910
Sologub in 1910
BornFyodor Kuzmich Teternikov
1 March [O.S. 17 February] 1863
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died5 December 1927(1927-12-05) (aged 64)
Leningrad
OccupationPoet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist
Literary movementRussian Symbolism
Notable workThe Petty Demon

Fyodor Sologub (Russian: Фёдор Сологу́б, born Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov, Russian: Фёдор Кузьми́ч Тете́рников, also known as Theodor Sologub; 1 March [O.S. 17 February] 1863 – 5 December 1927) was a Russian Symbolist poet, novelist, translator, 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.