Biography
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (UK: /ˌdɒstɔɪˈɛfski/, US: /ˌdɒstəˈjɛfski, ˌdʌs-/; Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, tr. Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, IPA: [ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj] (listen); 11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). His 1864 novella, Notes from Underground, is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature. Numerous literary critics rate him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces.
Born in Moscow in 1821, Dostoevsky was introduced to literature at an early age through fairy tales and legends, and through books by Russian and foreign authors. His mother died in 1837 when he was 15, and around the same time, he left school to enter the Nikolayev Military Engineering Institute. After graduating, he worked as an engineer and briefly enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, translating books to earn extra money. In the mid-1840s he wrote his first novel, Poor Folk, which gained him entry into Saint Petersburg's literary circles. However, he was arrested in 1849 for belonging to a literary group, the Petrashevsky Circle, that discussed banned books critical of Tsarist Russia. Dostoevsky was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted at the last moment. He spent four years in a Siberian prison camp, followed by six years of compulsory military service in exile. In the following years, Dostoevsky worked as a journalist, publishing and editing several magazines of his own and later A Writer's Diary, a collection of his writings. He began to travel around western Europe and developed a gambling addiction, which led to financial hardship. For a time, he had to beg for money, but he eventually became one of the most widely read and highly regarded Russian writers.
Dostoevsky's body of work consists of 13 novels, 3 novellas, 17 short stories, and numerous other works. His writings were widely read both within and beyond his native Russia and influenced an equally great number of later writers including Russians such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Anton Chekhov, philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre, and the emergence of Existentialism and Freudianism. His books have been translated into more than 170 languages, and served as the basis for many films.
Filmography
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Movies 190
Writer 166
TV Shows 11
self 1
Blue in Green (2023)
From the House of the Dead & Glagolitic Mass (2023)
Der Traum eines lächerlichen Menschen (2022)
Idiot (2022)
Russisch Roulette: Dostojewski und die Sehnsucht nach dem Westen (2022)
My Neighbour Martika (2021)
Sleepless Nights (2021)
A Shadow Confined (2020)
Money, Fascism, and Some Sort of Acid (2020)
Bajazet - En considérant Le Théâtre et La Peste (2019)
White Nights (2019)
Janácek: From the House of the Dead (2018)
Bridge of Sleep (2018)
From the House of the Dead (2017)
A Gentle Creature (2017)
White Nights (2017)
El jugador (2016)
Hold Empty (2016)
Parallel Shadows (2016)
White Nights (2016)
Eifman Ballet: The Brothers Karamazov (2016)
The Cage (2015)
Johnny Walker (2015)
Crime & Punishment (2015)
The Gambler (2015)
Strangely in Love (2014)
Demons (2014)
The Double (2014)
The Arcturian (2013)
Norte, The End of History (2013)
The Brothers Karamazov (2013)
Student (2012)
Inside (2012)
Son of Man (2011)
The Idiot (2011)
Notes from the New World (2011)
Venice Shore Nights (2011)
The Man Who Sold the World (2010)
The Gentleman Takes His Leave (2010)
The Gambler (2009)
The Idiot (2008)
The Karamazov Brothers (2008)
The Brothers Karamazov (2008)
Dream of a Ridiculous Man (2008)
Crime & Punishment (2007)
Saawariya (2007)
From the House of the Dead (2007)
Ahista Ahista (2006)
Salt of the Earth (2006)
Der Idiot (2006)
Shades of Day (2006)
Die Spielerin (2005)
J'irai cracher sur vos tongs (2005)
White Nights (2005)
Rakushka (2004)
Nina (2004)
White Nights (2003)
The Idiot (2003)
Inquisition (2002)
Crime and Punishment (2002)
Crime and Punishment (2002)
Crime and Punishment (2002)
Down House (2001)
At Night (2001)
Demons (2000)
A Christmas Tree and a Wedding (2000)
Crime and Punishment (2000)
The Shade (1999)
The Idiot Returns (1999)
Karamazov vid Kalixälven (1999)
Crime and Punishment (1998)
Dobrodružství pod postelí (1998)
The Gambler (1997)
A Gentle Creature (1996)
Under the Skin (1996)
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (1996)
Notes from Underground (1995)
Fado, Major and Minor (1995)
Sin compasión (1994)
Nastazja (1994)
Whispering Pages (1994)
The Perfect Husband (1993)
L'éternel mari (1993)
The Gambler (1993)
Zlý žart (1993)
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1992)
Schuld und Sühne (1992)
Deserter (1992)
Demons (1992)
Белые ночи (1992)
The Divine Comedy (1991)
The Crocodile (1991)
Nazar (1991)
Idiot (1991)
Gentle (1991)
Humiliated and Insulted (1990)
Boys (1990)
Eternal husband (1990)
A Woman's Revenge (1990)
The Dream (1989)
The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants (1989)
The Possessed (1988)
Dream (1988)
A Gentle Spirit (1987)
Jour et nuit (1986)
Mad Love (1985)
Another Man's Wife and Husband Under Bed (1984)
Aikalainen (1984)
Crime and Punishment (1983)
Teenager (1983)
Uncle's Dream (1981)
The Underground Man (1981)
Bratři Karamazovi (1981)
Bobo la tête (1980)
Humiliated and Insulted (1979)
Das Idol von Mordassow (1979)
Le grand inquisiteur (1979)
Strýčkov sen (1979)
Teu Tua (1979)
A bosszú (1977)
The Musician Killer (1976)
The Estranged Brothers (1974)
Crime and Punishment (1974)
The Gambler (1972)
Slabé srdce (1972)
Strýčkův sen (1971)
Theatre Macabre (1971)
Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)
Een zachtmoedige vrouw (1971)
Crime and Punishment (1971)
Crime and Punishment (1970)
Crimen y castigo (1970)
Alta comedia (1970)
Přízrak (1970)
Aparichita (1969)
Aparachita (1969)
The Brothers Karamazov (1969)
A Gentle Woman (1969)
Der ewige Gatte (1969)
Husband Under the Bed (1969)
Cuernos debajo de la cama (1969)
The Brothers Karamazov (1969)
Partner (1968)
Die fremde Frau und der Mann unterm Bett (1968)
Žárlivec (1968)
Uncle's Dream (1967)
A Gentle Spirit (1967)
Vasvaseye sheitan (1967)
The Ugly Story (1966)
The Enemy (1965)
Onkelchens Traum (1965)
Die Besessenen (1962)
Le notti bianche (1962)
The Meek One (1960)
White Nights (1960)
Raskolnikoff (1959)
Crime and Punishment USA (1959)
The Idiot (1959)
The Gambler (1958)
The Idiot (1958)
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
Crime and Punishment (1956)
No Right to Kill (1956)
Crimen y castigo (1951)
The Idiot (1951)
The Great Sinner (1949)
Barrio de pasiones (1948)
I fratelli Karamazoff (1947)
El jugador (1947)
The Eternal Husband (1946)
The Idiot (1946)
Fear (1946)
Crime and Punishment (1945)
Le joueur (1938)
Der Spieler (1938)
Crime and Punishment (1935)
Crime and Punishment (1935)
Petersburg Nights (1934)
House of the Dead (1932)
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov (1931)
Jinsei no uramichi (1929)
Za głosem serca (1926)
Crime and Punishment (1924)
Crime and Punishment (1923)
The Brothers Karamazov (1922)
Wandering Souls (1921)
Bewitched (1921)
Die Brüder Karamasoff (1921)
Il principe idiota (1920)
Die rollende Kugel (1919)
The Idiot (1919)
Crime and Punishment (1917)
The Double (1916)
Nikolay Stavrogin (1915)
Crime and Punishment (1913)
Idiot (1910)
The Year of Living Locked Up
Transgressing
The Thought Leader
Idioten
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1821-11-11
Deathday1881-02-09 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceMoscow, Russia
ReligionRussian Orthodox Church
Height
RelationshipsMaria Dostoevskaya, Anna Dostoyevskaya
ChildrenLyubov Dostoevskaya
FatherMikhail Andreyevich Dostoevsky
MotherMaria Fiodorovna Dostoïevskaïa
SiblingsAndrey Dostoyevsky, Mikhail Dostoyevsky, Nikolaj Michajlovič Dostoevskij
CitizenshipsRussian Empire
Also Known AsFyodor Dostoyevsky, Фёдор Достоевский, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fëdor Dostoevskij, Fëdor M. Dostoevskij, Fjodor M. Dostojevskij, Fjodor Michajlovič Dostojevskij, Fédor Dostoïevski, F. Dostoevsky, F.M. Dostojevski, Fiodor Dostoievsky, Федір Достоєвський
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