Literary Library

Yevgeny Zamyatin

February 1, 1884 - March 10, 1937 Russian author of science fiction, philosophy, literary criticism and political satire Author of "The Islanders"...

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

December 11, 1918 - August 3, 2008Russian novelist, philosopher, historian, short story writer and political prisonerAuthor of "One Day in the Li...

Richard Stites

December 2, 1931 - March 7, 2010American historian and professorAuthor of "The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia: Feminism, Nihilism, and Bolsh...

Michael Beschloss

November 30, 1955 - American historian and writerAuthor of "The Crises Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960 - 1963", "Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Jo...

Nikolai Nekrasov

November 28, 1821 - December 27, 1877 (Russian Old Style)Russian poet, writer, critic and publisherAuthor of "The Railway", "Russian Women" and "W...

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoesky

November 11, 1821 - February 8, 1881Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopherAuthor of "Notes from the Undergroun...

Cedric Henning Belfrage

November 8, 1904 - June 21, 1990English film critic, journalist, writer and political activistAuthor of "Promised Land", "Seeds of Destruction: The...

Daniil Leonidovic Andreyev

November 2, 1906 - March 30, 1959Russian writer, poet and Christian mysticAuthor of "Wanderers of Night" (destroyed by the Soviet Ministry for Sta...

Henri Troyat

November 1, 1911 - March 2, 2007Russian-born French biographer, historian and novelistAuthor of "The Web", "Ivan the Terrible" and "Catherine the ...