Fedor Dostoyevski biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Fedor Dostoyevski

Author Name:

Fedor Dostoyevski

Born As:

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

Other Names:

Sometimes transliterated Dostoevsky, Dostoievsky, Dostojevskij, Dostoevski or Dostoevskii

Born:

11 Nov 1821

Died:

9 Feb 1881




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Selected Works:

Novels:

Bednye lyudi (Бедные люди); English translation: Poor Folk - 1846
Netochka Nezvanova (Неточка Незванова); English translation: Netochka Nezvanova - 1849
Unizhennye i oskorblennye (Униженные и оскорбленные); English translation: The Insulted and Humiliated - 1861
Zapiski iz mertvogo doma (Записки из мертвого дома); English translation: The House of the Dead - 1862
Zapiski iz podpolya (Записки из подполья); English translation: Notes from Underground - 1864
Prestuplenie i nakazanie (Преступление и наказание); English translation: Crime and Punishment - 1866
Igrok (Игрок); English translation: The Gambler - 1867
Idiot (Идиот); English translation: The Idiot - 1869
Besy (Бесы); English translation: The Possessed - 
Podrostok (Подросток); English translation: The Raw Youth - 1875
Brat'ya Karamazovy (Братья Карамазовы); English translation: The Brothers Karamazov - 1881

Novellas and short stories:

Dvojnik (Двойник. Петербургская поэма); English translation: The Double: A Petersburg Poem - 1846
( Roman v devyati pis'mah (Роман в девяти письмах); English translation: Novel in Nine Letters - 1847)
"Gospodin Prokharchin" (Господин Прохарчин); English translation: "Mr. Prokharchin" - 1847
"Hozyajka" (Хозяйка); English translation: "The Landlady" - 1847)
"Polzunkov" (Ползунков); English translation: "Polzunkov" - 1848
"Slaboe serdze" (Слабое сердце); English translation: "A Weak Heart" - 1848
"Chuzhaya zhena i muzh pod krovat'yu" (Чужая жена и муж под кроватью); English translation: "The Jealous Husband" - 1848
"Chestnyj vor" (Честный вор); English translation:) "An Honest Thief" - 1848
"Elka i svad'ba" (Елка и свадьба); English translation: "A Christmas Tree and a Wedding" - 1848)
Belye nochi (Белые ночи); English translation: White Nights - 1848
"Malen'kij geroj" (Маленький герой); English translation: "The Little Hero" - 1857
"Dyadyushkin son" (Дядюшкин сон); English translation: "The Uncle's Dream" - 1859
Selo Stepanchikovo i ego obitateli (Село Степанчиково и его обитатели); English translation: The Village of Stepanchikovo - 1859
"Skvernyj anekdot" (Скверный анекдот); English translation: "A Nasty Story" - 1862
"Krokodil" (Крокодил); English translation: "The Crocodile" - 1865
"Vechnyj muzh" (Вечный муж); English translation: "The Eternal Husband" - 1870
"Bobok" (Бобок); English translation: "Bobok" - 1873
"Krotkaja" (Кроткая); English translation: "A Gentle Creature" - 1876
"Muzhik Marej" (Мужик Марей); English translation: "The Peasant Marey" - 1876
"Mal'chik u Hrista na elke" (Мальчик у Христа на елке); English translation: "The Heavenly Christmas Tree" - 1876
"Son smeshnogo cheloveka" (Сон смешного человека); English translation: "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" - 1877

Non-fiction:

Winter Notes on Summer Impressions - 1863
A Writer's Diary (Дневник писателя) - 1873–1881.
                          
The last name of the paternal family is assumed to be 'Rdishev' prior to its assumption of the township eponym 'Dostoyevsky'.

Mother Maria Dostoyevsky
Father Mikhail Dostoyevsky