Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889)

M. E. Saltykov (1826-1889) was a major Russian satirist of the nineteenth century. He wrote mostly satirical journalism, though his only novel, The Golovlyov Family, is considered his masterpiece and was proclaimed by D.D. Mirsky to be the gloomiest book in all of Russian literature. S. D. Cioran mehr anzeigen is Professor Emeritus of Russian literature at McMaster University. His other translations include Sologub's The Petty Demon and Dostoevsky's The Crocodile, both available from Ardis. weniger anzeigen