Mikhail Artsybashev

Mikhail Artsybashev
Born(1878-11-05)November 5, 1878
Kharkov, Russian Empire
DiedMarch 3, 1927(1927-03-03) (aged 48)
Warsaw, Poland
Period1900s-1920s
GenreFiction, drama
Literary movementNaturalism
ChildrenBoris Artzybasheff

Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev (Russian: Михаи́л Петро́вич Арцыба́шев; Polish: Michał Arcybaszew; Ukrainian: Михайло Петрович Арцибашев; November 5, 1878 – March 3, 1927) was a Russian writer and playwright, and a major proponent of the literary style known as naturalism. He was the great-grandson of Tadeusz Kościuszko[1] and father of Boris Artzybasheff, who emigrated to the United States and became famous as an illustrator. Following the Russian Revolution, in 1923 Artsybashev emigrated to Poland, where he died in 1927.

  1. ^ "Z literatury i sztuki. Potomek Kościuszki" (PDF). Naprzód (in Polish). XVIII (195). Kraków: Ignacy Daszyński: 3. 14 July 1909. Retrieved 1 October 2023.