Aleksandr Kuprin

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1870-09-07

Deathday 1938-08-25 (67 years old)

Place of Birth Narovchat, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Also Known As Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin, Александр Иванович Куприн, Александр Куприн, Alexandr Kuprin, Alexander Kuprin

Aleksandr Kuprin

Biography

Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870–1938) was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911). Kuprin was highly praised by fellow writers including Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Leonid Andreyev, Ivan Bunin and Leo Tolstoy, the latter proclaiming him a true successor to Chekhov. Vladimir Nabokov called him "the Russian Kipling" for his stories about pathetic adventure-seekers, who are often 'neurotic and vulnerable'. All through the 20th century Alexander Kuprin remained one of the widest read classics in Russian literature, with many films based on his works.

Known For

Writer

1993
1990
The Hole

as Novel

1985
The Favorite

as Story

1982
Shurochka

as Novel

1971
Olesya

as Original Story

1965
1960
Anathema

as Story

1957
Duel

as Writer

1956
1955
1954
Asylum

as Short Story

1936
1914
Coward

as Screenplay

1910
The Duel

as Book