Ivan Rukavishnikov
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Rukavishnikov in 1926
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Иван Сергеевич Рукавишников 15 May 1877 Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire |
| Died | 9 April 1930 (aged 52) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | poet, writer, playwright |
Ivan Sergeyevich Rukavishnikiov (Russian: Иван Сергеевич Рукавишников, 15 May 1877, – 9 April 1930) was a Russian Silver Age symbolist poet, writer, playwright and translator from Ukrainian.
Born in Nizhny Novgorod to a millionaire staroobryadtsy merchant, Rukavishnikov studied archeology in Saint Petersburg University. In the 1890s he also studied art, but then, inspired by the early works of Maxim Gorky, decided to devote himself to literature entirely.
Rukavishnikov debuted as a published writer in Nizegorodsky Listok in 1896, then left his father's home, severed all ties with his family and, left without a penny, embarked upon the life of a bohemian in the Russian capital, starting to publish his realist stories in the Gorky-backed Znanye almanacs and his symbolist poems in Vesy, the haven of Russian modernism. In 1901 his first short novel Birds-Eaten Crop (Семя, поклеванное птицами) came out. Three collections of poetry which came out in 1901–1904 made little impact and in retrospect are regarded as unoriginal, forcefully plodding several routes set by the trailblazers of the time like Konstantin Balmont, Andrey Bely and Vyacheslav Ivanov.
Rukavishnikov greeted the 1905 Revolution and became the Socialist Revolutionary Party activist. In those years he also proved to be "an ardent translator of Ukrainian poetry"; the 1909 Young Ukraine anthology forms the 6th volume of his Collected Works.
In 1911 came out his collection of autobiographical sketches First Steps in Literature (Первые литературные шаги). It was followed in by 1912 Rukavishnikov's most popular and significant work, the three-part autobiographical novel The Accursed Family (Проклятый род). Written under the strong influence of Gorky and Korolenko. Another novel, Arkadyevka, came out in 1914, alongside short stories collection Distant and Close (Близкое и далекое), written in experimental, ornamental prose. Several of his fairytale plays were collected in the book Tragic Tales (Трагические сказки, 1915).
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