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Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev ( Template:Lang-ru October 24 Old Style 1878 - March 3, 1927) was a Russian author, a major proponent of the literary style known as Naturalism.

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Biography and work

Artsybashev was born in khutor Dubroslavovka, Akhtyrka uezd, Kharkov gubernia (currently Sumy Oblast, Ukraine). He studied in Kharkov School of Drawing and Art (1897 - 1898). During 1898 he relocated to Saint Petersburg, where he worked as a freelance journalist. His first major publication was the story "Meeting" which was published during 1901. He considered his novel Death of Lande (1904) to be his best work, but his major success was the novel Sanin (1907), which scandalized his Russian readers and was prohibited in many countries. The protagonist of the novel ignores all social conventions and specializes in seducing virgin country girls. In one notorious scene, a girl tries to wash embarrassing white stains off her dress after sexual intercourse with Sanin.

During 1923 Artzybashev received Polish citizenship (his mother was a Pole) and emigrated to Poland, where he edited the newspaper For Liberty! (За свободу!). He was known as an irreconcilable enemy of the bolshevik regime, and Soviet critics dubbed the novels of his fans saninstvo and artsybashevchina. He died in Warsaw on March 3 1927.

Mikhail Artsybashev is the father of Boris Artzybasheff, who emigrated to the United States and became famous as an illustrator.

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English translations

  • The Millionaire, Ivan Lande, and Nina, (stories/short novels), B.W. Huebsch, NY, 1915. from Archive.org
  • The Revolutionist, (story), from Best Russian Short Stories, Boni and Liveright, 1917. from Archive.org
  • Tales of the Revolution, (stories/short novels), B.W. Huebsch, NY, 1917. from Archive.org
  • The Jew, (story), from The Shield, Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1917. from Archive.org
  • War, (play), Grant Richards LTD, London, 1918. from Archive.org
  • Breaking Point, (novel), B.W. Huebsch, NY, 1920. from Archive.org
  • Sanin, (novel), Cornell University Press, 2001. from Archive.org


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