Life story
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born on 11 November 1821 in Russia, into a century whose troubled political, social and spiritual currents would run through everything he wrote. From these beginnings emerged one of the most searching minds in world literature.
A novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher, Dostoevsky is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in both Russian and world literature. Many of his works are counted among the most influential masterpieces ever written, born of a life that knew both suffering and profound reflection.
His literary works explore the human condition amid the atmospheres of nineteenth-century Russia, engaging with a wide range of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, The Adolescent and The Brothers Karamazov, while his novella Notes from Underground is considered one of the first works of existentialist literature.
Fyodor Dostoevsky died on 28 January 1881 in Saint Petersburg and was buried in the Tikhvin Cemetery. His unflinching gaze into the depths of the human heart continues to move and to challenge readers across the world, more than a century after his passing.
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Constellation of Life
Important milestones that shaped their journey.