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About Fyodor Dostoevsky

Considered the founder of existentialism and one of Russia's most influential writers, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born on November 11, 1821. After losing his parents, Dostoevsky studied at St. Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering. There he concentrated on his studies in literature and, in 1846, wrote his first work, Poor Folk, which was well received. On November 16, 1849, Dostoevsky was captured and sentenced to death for radical activities against Tsar Nikolai I. However, the sentence was converted to several years of exile and hard labor at a prison camp in Siberia. During this time, Dostoevsky's epileptic seizures increased and he was released in 1854. Dostoevsky deserted his previous political views for a life of Christianity and marriage with Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva. He sank into a deep depression with the deaths of Maria and his brother Mikhail in 1864. The pressure of providing for his brother's widow and children drove Dostoevsky to gambling where he sunk into debt. In-fact, one of his greatest works, Crime and Punishment, was completed in a hurry so that he could receive an advance from his publisher in 1866. Things began looking up for Dostoevsky when he met and married Anna Grigorevna in 1867. His apparent happiness helped him produce some of his best writings. Main themes in his writings include suicide, wounded pride, collapsed family values, and spiritual renewal through affliction. He also published a very successful monthly journal called the Writer’s Diary from 1873 to 1881. Dostoevsky died on January 28 , 1881.

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