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| Title (English with transliteration) | Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin, 1870-1938 |
| Title (Cyrillic) | Александр Иванович Куприн, 1870-1938 |
| Biography (English) | Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin, (1870-1938) - Russian novelist and short-story writer. Born 26.XIII (7.IX n.s.).1870 in Narovchat. Died in Leningrad 25.XIII.1938. |
| Biography (Cyrillic) | Александр Иванович Куприн, (1870-1938) - русский писатель. Родился 26.III (7.IX н.с.).1870 в селе Наровчат Пензенской губернии. Умер 25.XIII.1938 в Ленинграде. |
| Chronology (English) | 1880 - entered Moscow Military School, later transformed into Kadetskii Korpus; 1888-1890 - continued his military education in the Alexandrovskii Military School; 1889 - published his first work, the story "Poslednii Debut" (The Last Debut); 1890-1894 - served in the army; 1893-1894 - published a novella "Vpot'makh" (In the Dark) and stories "Lunnoi noch'iu" (On a Moonlit Night) and "Doznanie" (The Inquiry) in the Petersburg journal "Russkoe bogatstvo" (Russian Wealth); 1894 - retired from the army and moved to Kiev where he worked in local and provincial newspapers. He also studied dentistry, worked in technical offices, and was an actor - all of this was later reflected in his works; 1890s - published an essay "Iuzovskii zavod" (The Iuzov's Factory), the novella "Moloch", stories "Lesnaia glush'" (Thicket of the Woods), "Oboroten'" (The Shape Shifter), and the novel "Olesia";; 1897 - met with I.A. Bunin, later met with A.P. Chekhov; 1901 - moved to Petersburg where his works were published in the journals "Mir Bozhii" (God's World), "Zhupel" (Bugbear), "Signaly" (Signals) and in newspapers "Rus'" (Russia) and "Nasha zhizn'" (Our Life); 1901 - worked as a secretary in "Zhurnal dlia vsekh" (Journal for Everybody), married M. Davydova (with whom he had a daughter, Lidiia); 1902 - met with M. Gorky; 1902-04 - published the stories "Boloto" (The Swamp), "Konokrady" (The Horse Thieves), "Belyi Pudel'" (The White Poodle); 1905 - published "Poedinok" (The Duel) which was a big success; 1907 - got remarried to a nurse E. Geinrikh (with whom he had another daughter, Kseniia); 1907-1911 - published stories about animals and the novellas "Sulamif'" and "Granatovyi braslet" (The Garnet Bracelet);; 1909 - received the Academy's Pushkin Award along with I.A. Bunin for three volumes of his fictional prose; 1909-1915 - worked on the novella "Iama" (The Pit); 1914 - drafted to serve in the army; 1918 - worked in the publishing house "Vsemirnaia literatura" (World Literature) founded by Gorky; 1919 - immigrated to Paris; 1927 - published a collection "Novye povesti i rasskazy" (New Novellas and Stories) in Paris; 1928-1932 - worked on the autobiographical novel "Iunkera" (Junkers); 1928-1929 - published the books "Kupol sv. Isaakiia Dalmatskogo" (The Cupola of St. Isaakii Dalmatskii) and "Elan"; 1937 - returned to Russia where he published an essay "Moskva rodnaia" (My Native Moscow); 1938 - died in Leningrad after a long illness (tongue cancer). |
| Chronology (Cyrillic) | 1880 - поступил в Московскую военную гимназию, позже преобразованную в Кадетский корпус; 1888-1890 - продолжил военное образование в Александровском военном училище; 1889 - опубликовал первое произведение, рассказ "Последний дебют"; 1890-1894 - cлужил в армии; 1893—1894 опубликовал повесть "Впотьмах" и рассказы "Лунной ночью" и "Дознание" в петербургском журнале "Русское богатство"; 1894 - вышел в отставку и переехал в Киев, где стал работать в местных и провинциальных газетах; также изучал зубоврачебное дело, служил в технических конторах, был актером - все это впоследствии отразилось в его творчестве; 1890-е - опубликовал очерк "Юзовский завод" и повесть "Молох", рассказы "Лесная глушь" и "Оборотень", роман "Олеся";; 1897 - познакомился с И.А. Буниным, несколько позднее - с А.П. Чеховым; 1901 - переехал в Петербург, где печатался в журналах "Мир Божий", "Жупел", "Сигналы" и в газетах "Русь", "Наша жизнь"; 1901 - начал работать секретарем "Журнала для всех", женился на М. Давыдовой (родилась дочь Лидия); 1902 - познакомился с М. Горьким; 1902/03/04 - опубликовал рассказы "Болото", "Конокрады", "Белый пудель"; 1905 – опубликовал повесть "Поединок", имевшую большой успех; 1907 - женился вторым браком на сестре милосердия Е. Гейнрих (родилась дочь Ксения); 1907 – 1911 - опубликовал рассказы о животных, повести "Суламифь" и "Гранатовый браслет";; 1909 - получил академическую Пушкинскую премию, поделив её с И.А. Буниным, за три тома художественной прозы; 1909 - 1915 - работал над повестью "Яма"; 1914 - призван на военную службу; 1918 - работал в издательстве "Всемирная литература", основанном Горьким; 1919 - эмигрировал за границу в Париж; 1927 - опубликовал сборник "Новые повести и рассказы" в Париже; 1928-1932 - работал над автобиографическим произведением - романом "Юнкера"; 1928-1929 опубликовал книги "Купол св. Исаакия Далматского" и "Елань"; 1937 - вернулся в Россию, где oпубликовал очерк "Москва родная"; 1938 - умер в Ленинграде после тяжёлой болезни (рак языка). |
| References | electronic resource: "Kuprin, Aleksandr Ivanovich." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010. Web. 31 Mar. 2010 <http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9046457>.; electronic resource: http://www.rulex.ru/rpg/persons/177/177675.htm; electronic resource: http://www.encspb.ru/ru/article.php?kod=2804026618; electronic resource: http://kuprin.niv.ru/ |
| Subject (personal name) | Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin, 1870-1938 |
| Subject (personal name (Cyrillic)) | Александр Иванович Куприн, 1870-1938 |
| Subject (naf personal name) | Kuprin, A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich), 1870-1938 |
| Geographic subject (country) | Russia |
| Coverage date | 1870/1938 |
| Coverage era (English) | Revolution, 1905-1907 |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Legacy record ID | satjrnl-m1026 |
| Part of collection | Russian Satirical Journals Collection |
| Part of subcollection | People Collection |
| Type | images |
| Rights | Public Domain. Distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is attributed to IMRC, University of Southern California and source in the manner specified by the publisher. |
| Access conditions | To consult material in print, contact IMRC, POB 4353, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-4353; telephone (213) 740-2735, fax (213) 740-8550 or email imrc@usc.edu. |
| Repository name | Institute of Modern Russian Culture, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | IMRC, POB 4353, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-4353; telephone (213) 740-2735 |
| Repository email | imrc@usc.edu |
| Archival file | Volume29/18.url |
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