Years of life of famous writers and poets table. Which Russian writers are popular abroad? French: Victor Hugo
Modern Russian literature has been developing dynamically since 1991, the year of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Four generations of writers of different genres fill its inner essence, creating the best Russian books.
Russian literature received new round development during the years of perestroika. Writers and books that graced that period:
- Lyudmila Ulitskaya “Medea and her children”;
- Tatiana Tolstaya “Circle”;
- Olga Slavnikova “Waltz with a Beast”.
These books highlight social and political issues.
Modern Russian prose of the 21st century also does not stand still. A whole creative galaxy of writers has formed, including such famous names as Daria Dontsova, Boris Akunin, Alexandra Marinina, Sergei Lukyanenko, Tatyana Ustinova, Polina Dashkova, Evgeniy Grishkovets. These authors can be proud of their maximum circulation.
Modern literature is created by writers in various genres. As a rule, these are works within such directions as postmodernism and realism. The most popular genres include dystopia, blogger literature, as well as mass literature (this includes horror, fantasy, drama, action films, and detective stories).
The development of modern Russian literature in the style of postmodernism goes in parallel with the development of society. This style is characterized by the opposition of reality and attitude towards it. Writers subtly draw a line between existing reality and, in an ironic form, convey their vision of a change in the social system, changes in society and the predominance of disorder over peace and order.
It is difficult to decide which book is a masterpiece, because each of us has our own ideas about the truth. And therefore, thanks to the fruitful creativity of poets, playwrights, science fiction writers, prose writers, and publicists, the great and powerful Russian literature continues to develop and improve. Only time can put the final point in the history of a work, because true and authentic art is not subject to time.
The best Russian detective stories and adventure books
Fascinating and captivating stories in the detective genre require logic and ingenuity from the authors. You need to think through all the subtleties and aspects so that the intrigue keeps readers in suspense until the last page.
Modern Russian prose: the best books for grateful readers
The top 10 most interesting books of Russian prose include the following works.
ABRAMOV Fedor Alexandrovich (1920-1983), Russian writer. Main works: the trilogy “Pryasliny” (1958-1973), “Pelageya” (1969), “Wooden Horses” (1970), “A Trip to the Past” (1974), -Home. (1978).
ABE Kobo (1924-1993), Japanese writer and playwright. Main works: “Woman in the Sands” (1962), “Alien Face” (1964), “The Burnt Map” (1967), “Box Man” (1973), “Sakura Ark” (1984), “The Man Who Turned into baton" (1969).
AVERCHENKO Arkady Timofeevich (1881-1925), Russian writer. Collections of stories, plays and feuilletons: “Merry Oysters” (1910), “About Essentially Good People” (1914), the novel “The Patron’s Joke” (1925).
AGUILERA MALTA Dimetreo (born 1909), Ecuadorian writer, essayist, playwright. Major works: “The Canal Zone” (1935), “The Virgin Island” (1942), “Requiem for the Devil” (1978), “Cross on the Sierra Maear” (1963), “Seven Moons and Seven Snakes” (1970).
AZHAEV Vasily Nikolaevich (1915-1968), Russian writer. Main works: “Far from Moscow” (1948), “Wagon” (1955-1964).
Isaac AZIMOV (1920-1992), American science fiction writer. Main works: “Foundation and Empire” (1952), “The Edge of Foundation” (1982), “Foundation and Earth” (1986), “The Gods Themselves” (1972).
AINI (real name Sadriddin Said Murodzoda) (1878-1954), Tajik writer, scientist, public figure. Main works: “Dohunda” (1930), “Slaves” (1934), “Memoirs” (1949-1954).
AKSAKOV Sergei Timofeevich (1791-1859), Russian writer. Main works: “Family Chronicle” (1856), “Childhood of Bagrov the Grandson” (1858), “The Scarlet Flower” (1858), “Notes on Fishing” (1847), “Notes of a Gun Hunter” (1852).
AKSENOV Vasily Pavlovich (1932), Russian writer. Main works: “Oranges from Morocco” (1963), “Colleagues” (1960), “Star Ticket” (1961), “Burn” (1980), “Island of Crimea” (1981).
ALDANOV Mark Alexandrovich (present, surname Landau) (1886-1957), Russian writer. Main works: historical tetralogy “The Thinker” (1921-1927), “The Key” (1928-1929), “Origins” (1950).
ALEXIN Anatoly Georgievich (born 1924), Russian writer. Main works: “Meanwhile, somewhere...” (1967), “My brother plays the clarinet” (1968), “ Characters and performers" (1975), "Late Child" (1976), "Third, in the fifth row" (1977), "Mad Evdokia" (1978), "Signalers and buglers" (1985).
ALIGER Margarita Iosifovna (1915-1992), Russian poetess. Main works: “In Memory of the Brave” (1942), “Zoya” (1942), “Lenin Mountains- (1953), “Blue Hour” (1970), “Quarter of a Century” (1981).
ALCEUS (late 7th century - 1st half of the 6th century BC), ancient Greek lyric poet.
ALBERTI Rafael (1902-1999), Spanish poet and playwright. Main works: collections “Poems about Love” (1967), “Stanzas of Juan Panadero” (1949), “Poems of Exile and Hope” (1976), play “Night of War at the Prado Museum” (1956), “Pablo Picasso” (1977) ).
ALFIERI Vittorno (1749-1803), Italian writer and playwright. Main works: “Cleopatra” (1770), “Mary Stuart” (1777-1786), “Saul” (1782), “Life of Vittorno Alfieri” (1806).
AMADO Jorge (1912-2001), Brazilian writer. Main works: “Endless Lands. (1943), “The City of Ilheus” (1944), “Red Shoots” (1946), “Freedom Underground” (1952), “Return of the Prodigal Daughter” (1977), “Military jacket, academic uniform, nightgown” (1979) .
ANACREON (Anacreon) (c. 570-478 BC), ancient Greek lyric poet.
ANANEV Anatoly Andreevich (born 1925), Russian writer. Main works: “Small Barrier” (1959), “Tanks are moving in a diamond pattern” (1963), “Milestones of Love” (1971), “Years without War” (1975-1981), “Boundary” (1969), “Memory of the Heart” (1975), “Reminder of Old Truths” (1982).
ANDERSEN Hans Christian (1805-1875), Danish writer and playwright. Main works: “Flint”, “The Steadfast Tin Soldier”, “The Ugly Duckling”, “The Little Mermaid”, “ The Snow Queen", "Improviser", "Only a violinist", "The Tale of My Life".
ANDERSEN-NEKSE Martin (1869-1954), Danish writer. Main works: novels “Pelle the Conqueror” (1906–1910), “Ditte, the Child of Man” (1917–1921).
Andrzejewski Jerzy (.1909-1983), Polish writer. Main works: “Ashes and Diamond” (1948), “He goes and gallops through the mountains” (1963), “Kroshevo” (1981).
ANDREEV Leonid Nikolaevich (1871 -1919), Russian writer, playwright. Main works: “Bargamot and Garaska” (1898), “The Life of Vasily Fiveysky” (1904), “Red Laughter” (1905), “Savva” (1906), “The Life of a Man” (1907), “The Tale of the Seven Incarcerated” (1908), Days of Our Lives (1908), Anathema (1908).
ANNENSKY Innokenty Fedorovich (1855-1909), Russian poet. Main works: collections “Quiet Songs” (1904), “Cypress Casket” (1910), “Posthumous Poems” (1923), “Book of Reflections” (vols. 1-2, 1906-1909).
ANUY Jean (1910-1987), French playwright. Major works: “The Traveler Without Luggage” (1937), “The Savage” (1938), “Dinner at Senlis” (1942), “Antigone” (1943), “The Lark” (1953), “Beckett, or the Honor of God” ( 1959), "Basement" (1961).
APUKHTIN Alexey Nikolaevich (1840-1893), Russian poet. Main works: “Crazy Nights”, “To Forget So Soon”, “Does Day Reign”, “Poems by A. N. Apukhtin” (1886), “A Year in the Monastery” (1883), “An Unfinished Story” (1896), “ Archive of Countess D", "A Tale in Letters" (1895), "The Diary of Pavlik Dolsky" (1891-1895), "Between Life and Death" (1895).
ARAGON Louis (1897-1982), French writer and poet. Main works: “The Parisian Peasant” (1922), “Knife in the Heart” (1941), “Holy Week” (1958).
ARBUZOV Alexey Nikolaevich (1908-1986), Russian playwright. Main works: “Tanya” (1938), “Years of Wandering” (1954), “The Irkutsk Story” (1959), “Old-Fashioned Comedy” (1975), “Cruel Intentions” (1978), “Victorious” (1983).
ARIOSTO Ludovico (1474-1533), Italian poet. Main works: “The Furious Roland” (1516), “The Warlock” (1520), “The Pimp” (1528).
ASEEV Nikolai Nikolaevich (1889-1963), Russian writer. Main works: “Zor” (1914), “Budyonny” (1923), “Twenty Six” (1924), “Semyon Proskakov” (1928), “Mayakovsky Begins” (1940), “Why and Who Needs Poetry” (1961 ).
ASTAFYEV Viktor Petrovich (1924-2001), Russian writer. Main works: “Starfall” (1960), “Theft” (1966), “The Shepherd and the Shepherdess” (1971), “The Fish King” (1976), “The Sad Detective” (1986), “Lyudochka” (1990), "Cursed and Killed" (1992-1993).
AKHMADULINA Bella Akhatovna (born 1937), Russian poetess. Main works: collections “String” (1962), “Music Lessons” (1970), “Garden” (1987), “Candle” (1977), “Mystery” (1983), “Dreams about Georgia” (1977).
AKHMATOVA Anna Andreevna (present, surname Gorenko) (1889-1966), Russian poetess. Main works: collections “The Running of Time” (1909-1965), “Evening” (1912), “Rosary” (1914), “White Flock” (1917), “Requiem” (1935-1940), “Poem without a Hero” (1940-1965).
BABEL Isaac Emmanuilovich (1894-1940), Russian writer. Main works: collections “Cavalry” (1926) and “Odessa Stories” (1931), plays “Sunset” (1928) and “Maria” (1935).
BAGRITSKY Eduard Georgievich (present, surname Dzyubin) (1895-1934), Russian poet. Main works: “The Birdcatcher” (1918), “Till Eulenspiegel” (1926), “The Tale of the Sea, Sailors and the Flying Dutchman” (1922), “The Thought of Opanas” (1926), “The Death of a Pioneer” (1932).
BAZHOV Pavel Petrovich (1879-1950), Russian writer. Main works: “The Ural Were” (1924), “ Malachite Box"(1939), "The Green Filly" (1939), "Far - Close" (1949).
BYRON George Noel Gordon (1788-1824), English romantic poet. Main works: “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” (1812), “The Bronze Age” (1823), “Manfred. (1817), "Cain" (1821), "Don Juan" (1819-1824, unfinished).
BALZAC Honore de (1799-1850), French writer. Main work: the epic “The Human Comedy”, consisting of 90 novels and short stories.
BALMONT Konstantin Dmitrievich (1867-1942), Russian poet, translator. Main works: collections “Burning Buildings” (1900), “Let’s Be Like the Sun” (1903), “Under the Northern Sky” (1894), “In the Vast” (1895), “Only Love” (1903), “Firebird” . Slav's pipe" (1907), "Green Vertograd, a kissing word" (1909), "Gift of the Earth" (1921), "Mine is His. Poem about Russia" (1923), "Northern Lights" (1923), "Blue Horseshoe" (1937).
BARATYNSKY (BORATYNSKY) Evgeny Abramovich (1800-1844), Russian poet. Main works: “Finland”, “Two Shares”, “Confession”, “Disbelief”, “Eda”, “Ball”, collection “Twilight”.
BARTO Agnia Lvovna (1906-1981), Russian poetess, writer. Main works: Poems for Children" (1949), "Find a Person" (1968), "For Flowers in the Winter Forest" (1970), "Notes of a Children's Poet" (1976).
BATYUSHKOV Konstantin Nikolaevich (1787-1855), Russian poet. Main works: “The Bacchante”, “The Merry Hour”, “My Penates”, Hope”, “To a Friend”, “Separation”, “My Genius”, “The Dying Tass”, “The Saying of Melchizedek”.
BEK Alexander Alfredovich (1902/1903-1972), Russian writer. Main works: the story “Volokolamsk Highway” (1943-1944), the novels “The Life of Berezhkov” and “New Appointment”.
BECKETT Samuel (1906-1989), Irish playwright. Major works: Waiting for Godot (1952), End Game (1957), Molloy (1951), Catastrophe (1982).
BELINSKY Vissarion Grigorievich (1811-1848), Russian literary critic, publicist, philosopher. He collaborated with the magazines “Telescope”, “Otechestvennye zapiski” and “Sovremennik”.
BELL Heinrich (1917-1985), German writer. Major works: “Where have you been, Adam?” (1951), “Billiards at half past nine” (1959), “Through the Eyes of a Clown” (1963), “Group Portrait with a Lady” (1971), “Women by the Rhine” (1985).
BELY Andrei (present, first and last name Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev) (1880-1934), Russian writer, critic, literary critic. Main works: collections “Gold in Azure” (1904), “Urna” (1909), “Ashes” (1909), the novel “Petersburg” (1913-1914), books “The Tragedy of Creativity. Dostoevsky and Tolstoy" (1910-1911), "Symbolism" (1912), "Memories of Blok" (1922-1923), "Rhythm as dialectics and " Bronze Horseman"(1929), "Gogol's Mastery" (1934).
BELYAEV Alexander Romanovich (1884-1942), Russian science fiction writer. Main works: “The Head of Professor Dowell” (1925), “The Island of Lost Ships” (1927), “The Amphibian Man” (1928), “The Star of the KETS” (1936), “Dublve Laboratory” (1938).
BENNETT Arnold (1867-1931), English writer. Main works: “Anna of the Five Cities” (1902), “The Tale of Old Women” (1908), “Lord Raingo” (1926).
BERANGE Pierre Jean (1780-1857), French writer. Main works: “King Yveto” (1813), “Capuchins”, “Guardian Angel”, “Mad Men”.
Anthony BURGESS (1917-1993) English writer. Major works: “Right of Reply” (1960), “A Clockwork Orange” (1962), “Testament to a Clockwork World” (1974), “News for the End of the World” (1982).
Frances Eliza BURNETT (1849-1924), American writer. Main works: “Little Lord Fauntleroy” (1886), “The Little Princess” (1905).
BURNS Robert (1759-1796), Scottish poet. Main works: “The Two Shepherds” (1784), “The Prayer of Saint Willie” (1785).
BERNHARD Thomas (1931-1989), Austrian writer. Main works: “Cold” (1963), “Madness” (1967), “Proofreading” (1975), “Shutdown” (1986).
BIANCHI Vitaly Valentinovich (1894-1959), Russian writer. Main works: “Forest Newspaper for Every Year” (1928), “Forest There Were and Fables” (1957).
BLASCO IBAÑEZ Vicente (1867-1928), Spanish writer. Main works: “The Uninvited Guest” (1904), “The Horde” (1905), “The Naked Maha” (1906), “In Search of the Great Khan” (1928).
BLOK Alexander Alexandrovich (1880-1921), Russian poet. Main works: “Poems about a Beautiful Lady” (1904), “City” (1904-1908), “Showroom” (1906), “Iambics” (1907), “Motherland” (1907-1916), “Scary World” ( 1908-1916), “Retribution” (1910-1921), “Rose and Cross” (1912-1913), “The Twelve” (1918), “Russia and the Intelligentsia”.
Johan BOYER (1872-1959), Norwegian writer. Major works: The Great Hunger (1916), The Last Viking (1921), Men by the Sea (1929), The Young Man (1946).
BOCCACCIO Giovanni (1313-1375), Italian poet and writer. Main works: “Fiammetta” (1343), “Decameron” (1350-1353), “Life of Dante Alighieri” (c. 1360).
BEAUMARCHAIS Pierre Aupostin (1732-1799), French playwright. Main works: “The Barber of Seville” (1775), “The Marriage of Figaro” (1784).
BONDAREV Yuri Vasilievich (born 1924), Russian writer. Main works: “Battalions Ask for Fire” (1957), “Last Salvos” (1959), “Silence” (1962), “Hot Snow” (1969), “Shore” (1975), “Choice” (1980), “ Game" (1985).
Hristo BOTEV (1848-1876), Bulgarian poet, publicist, one of the founders of Bulgarian literary criticism. Main works: “Elegy” (1871), “Struggle” (1871).
BRAIN John (1922-1986), English writer. Major works: “The Way Up” (1957), “Life at the Top” (1962), “The Jealous God” (1964).
BRECHT Bertolt (1898-1956), German playwright and poet. Main works: “The Threepenny Opera” (1928), “Mother Courage and Her Children” (1939), “ a kind person from Szechwan" (1938-1940), "Caucasian chalk circle"(1949).
BRODSKY Joseph Alexandrovich (1940-1996), Russian poet. Main collections: “Poems and Poems” (1965), “Stop in the Desert” (1967), “The End of a Beautiful Era” (1972), “Part of Speech” (1972), “In England” (1977), “Roman Elegies” (1982), “New Stanzas for Augusta” (1983), “Urania” (1987).
BRONTE Charlotte (1816-1855) and Emily (1818-1848), English writers. Major works: “Jane Eyre” (1847), “Shirley” (1849), “Wuthering Heights” (1847).
BRADBURY Ray Douglas (b.)