Biography of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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11 November 1821
28 January 1881
The Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovic Dostoevsky was born in Moscow the day 11 November 1821, the second of seven children. His father Mikhail Andreyevich (Mikhail Abdo), of Lithuanian origin, is a doctor and has a whimsical character and despotic; the climate in which it grows the sons is authoritarian. In 1828 his father is entered together with his children in the "Golden book" Muscovite nobility. His mother Marija Fedorovna Necaeva, coming from a family of shopkeepers, he died in 1837 because of tuberculosis: Fedor is enrolled in the school of military engineering of Petersburg, despite not having any provision for a military career.
In 1839 his father, who had given to drinking and mistreating their own peasants, is killed probably by them. With his cheerful character and simple mother had educated his son the love of music, reading and prayer. Fedor interests are literature and, after completing his studies of military engineering, abandons this industry giving up career that the title would give him; the little money he possesses are the proceeds of his works of translation from French.
Fight against poverty and poor health: start writing your first book, "poor people", which sees the light in 1846 and that will have major critical praise. At the same time know Mikhail Petrasevkij, staunch supporter of Fourier's Utopian socialism, which influence the writing of his first work. Seizures occur in 1847 that the writer will suffer for a lifetime. Dostoyevsky began attending the revolutionary circles: in 1849 he was arrested and imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress on charges of conspiracy; It is believed to be part of a subversive secret society led by Petrasevskij. Dostoevsky was condemned along with twenty other defendants to death by firing squad. It is already in place for its implementation when an order of Emperor Nicholas I that changes the sentence to four years hard labour. Dostoevsky part so to Siberia.
The hard experience the mark physically and morally. Once it is sent to Semipalatinsk as foot soldier; After the death of Tsar Nicholas I will become official. There he meets Marija, already wife of a companion; falls in love with her: marry in 1857 when it will remain a widow. Due to ill health in 1859 Dostoevsky was discharged and moved to Petersburg. Back to the literary life: during the summer begins to write his second novel, "doppelganger," story of a psychic split. The work does not collect the consent of first novel; in November after writes, in one night, "Novel in nine letters". Fyodor Dostoyevsky died on 28 January 1881, following a worsening of pulmonary emphysema that is affected. His burial, in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, is accompanied by a huge crowd. Among his best known works include "notes from underground", "crime and punishment," "the idiot," "the player," "the Brothers Karamazov".
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