Died 1919-09-12.
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Leonid Andreyev
Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of expressionism in Russian literature. He is regarded as one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age literary period. Andreyev's style combines the elements of realist, naturalist, and symbolist schools in literature. Of his 25 plays, his 1915 play H…
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culture · Russian playwright and writer (1871–1919) · playwright · writer · journalist · storyteller · poet · prose writer · narrator · also Leonid Andreyev, Leonid N. Andreev, Leonid Andreev, Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev, Andreyev
Born 9 August 1871 · Died 12 September 1919 · Q310866
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1916· 1 entry
Became the editor of the literary section of the newspaper Russian Will
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1908· 1 entry
Leonid Andreyev married Anna Denisevich, and decided to separate his two little boys, keeping the elder son, Vadim, with him and sending Daniil to live with Aleksandra's sister
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1901· 2 entries
Quickly selling a quarter-million copies and making him a literary star in Russia
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Published "Stena" (The Wall), and in 1902, "Bezdna" (The Abyss) and "V tumane" (In the Fog)
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1898· 1 entry
The newspaper Kuryer newspaper in Moscow published his first short story, "Bargamot i Garaska"
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1897· 1 entry
Studied at Moscow State University, Faculty of Law (1897).
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1871· 1 entry
Born 1871-08-09.
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