Andreyev, Leonid Nikolayevich
(&#x;), Russian prose writer, playwright, and publicist whose works, internationally acclaimed in his lifetime, are infused with humanistic protest against social oppression and humiliation.
Born on August 21, , in the town of Oryol (Orel), Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev studied law at St. Petersburg University and briefly practiced as a lawyer. A volume of stories, published in by Maxim Gorky's "Znanie" enterprise, made him famous. After the death of his first wife in and the violent oppression of the anti-autocratic mutinies that occurred between and , Andreyev entered a period of deep resignation, abandoning radical leftist ideas but failing to develop viable alternatives. His political confusion resonated with the liberal intelligentsia, for whose he became the most fashionable of authors in the s.
In Andreyev's narratives, crass images of irrationality and hysteria are often blended with crude melodrama, yet they also reveal persistent social sensitivities. Thus, the short story "Krasnyi smekh " ("Red Laughter," ) depicts the horror of war, whereas "Rasskaz o semi poveshennykh " ("The Seven Who Were Hanged," ) attacks capital punishment w
Leonid Andreyev
Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev
Pen Name: Leonid Andreyev
Born: August 21,
Died: September 12,
Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev ( - ) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short story writer ( - ), considered the father of Russian Expressionism. His work is representative of the styles of Realism and Naturalism. One of his best known stories is a ghost story, titled Lazarus, published in
Andreyev was born in Oryol, Russia into a middle class family of Polish, Finnish, and Latvian descent. He studied law in Moscow and St. Petersburg, then became a police-court reporter for a Moscow newspaper. He wrote poetry as a hobby, getting nothing published until his first short story in , Bargamot and Garaska. Russian literary legend, Maxim Gorky was impressed with his early work, and recommended that Andreyev concentrate on writing literature full-time.
Andreyev quickly gained fame after his first short story collection was published in Many of his works focused on the psychological aspects of his characters, and a dramatic treatment of sex for the era. Andreyev got involved in political debates as the defender of democratic ideals during the Russian Revolution.
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Leonid Andreïev est un auteur russe dont l’œuvre est l’une des plus importantes du siècle passé.
Militant antitsariste puis militant antibolchévique, Leonid Andreïev est non seulement un auteur de grande envergure et un photographe particulièrement visionnaire, il est aussi une des consciences prémonitoires du siècle dernier.
“Né en à Orel, au sud de Moscou, Andreïev perdit très tôt son père. Pour venir en aide à sa famille, il endossa la toge de l’avocat. Il raconta dans une nouvelle de jeunesse comment son rêve d’être le chevalier de l’ordre, le défenseur des opprimés fit naufrage avec sa première plaidoirie : l’idéaliste dut traiter une affaire terre à terre, fut trompé par son client et reçut un pourboire pour avoir prouvé l’innocence de riches fraudeurs. Déçu, il se tourna vers la chronique judiciaire et c’est ainsi qu’il découvrit sa vocation littéraire. Il avait lu Schopenhauer à dix-sept ans, Nietzsche pendant ses années d’études. Il comptait aussi parmi les livres qu’il chérissait le plus Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers de Jules Verne et les oeuvres d’Edgar Poe, qui, comme lui, était un «être erratique» dont Baudelaire vantait l’indéfinissable cachet
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Leonid Andreïev est un auteur russe dont l’œuvre est l’une des plus importantes du siècle passé.
Militant antitsariste puis militant antibolchévique, Leonid Andreïev est non seulement un auteur de grande envergure et un photographe particulièrement visionnaire, il est aussi une des consciences prémonitoires du siècle dernier.
“Né en à Orel, au sud de Moscou, Andreïev perdit très tôt son père. Pour venir en aide à sa famille, il endossa la toge de l’avocat. Il raconta dans une nouvelle de jeunesse comment son rêve d’être le chevalier de l’ordre, le défenseur des opprimés fit naufrage avec sa première plaidoirie : l’idéaliste dut traiter une affaire terre à terre, fut trompé par son client et reçut un pourboire pour avoir prouvé l’innocence de riches fraudeurs. Déçu, il se tourna vers la chronique judiciaire et c’est ainsi qu’il découvrit sa vocation littéraire. Il avait lu Schopenhauer à dix-sept ans, Nietzsche pendant ses années d’études. Il comptait aussi parmi les livres qu’il chérissait le plus Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers de Jules Verne et les oeuvres d’Edgar Poe, qui, comme lui, était un «être erratique» dont Baudelaire vantait l’indéfinissable cachet
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