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The Grasshopper (short Story)
"The Grasshopper" () is an 1892 short story by Anton Chekhov. Background and publication history On 12 September 1891 Viktor Tikhonov, who had just become the editor-in-chief of ''Sever'', asked Chekhov in a letter to write a story for his magazine. Chekhov agreed but in an 11 October letter informed Tikhonov that he had not yet decided on either story's title or even what it would be about, telling him, "you can [promise the subscribers] something that will be called either 'A Story' or 'Ordinary People', both would be spot on." Chekhov set out to work on it on 21 November. James N. Loehlin writes that the story was influenced by Chekhov's earlier story "A Misfortune", which likewise told a tale of adultery. On 30 November he sent Tikhonov the manuscript of the story, originally titled "The Great Man" (Великий человек, Velikiy chelovek). In an accompanying note he wrote: "Hereby I send you a little touching novel for a family reading. That's the promised 'Ordinary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is an affinity group for contributors with shared goals within the Wikimedia movement. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within Wikimedia project, sibling projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by ''Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osip Dymov
Osip Dymov (Russian: Осип Дымов) is the central fictional character in the classic Russian story " The Grasshopper" (''Poprygunya''; 1892) by Anton Chekhov.Loehlin, James N. (2010). The Cambridge introduction to Chekhov'. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. . p. 80-83 (on "The Grasshopper "); here: p. 80. For generations this character has served to inspire medical professionals as to the standards of dedication expected from them. About the character Dymov is an unassuming doctor married to Olga Ivanovna, a beautiful and wealthy socialite, and amateur artist, who allows her moral values, as well as sense of beauty, to become distorted by her restless search for great men."Anton Pavlovich Chekhov." ''Encyclopedia of World Biography''. Detroit: Gale, 1998; updated 2004. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, 2017-04-26. They soon grow apart, due to her preference for the "fast life", on the one hand, and his total dedication to his profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker of Ukrainian origin who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his sweeping period dramas, including '' War and Peace'' (1966-67), his internationally acclaimed four-part film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, and for '' Waterloo'' (1970), a Napoleonic War epic. Bondarchuk's work won him numerous international accolades. ''War and Peace'' won Bondarchuk, who both directed and acted in the leading role of Pierre Bezukhov, the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1968), and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1968. He was made both a Hero of Socialist Labour and a People's Artist of the USSR. Early life and education Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk was born in the village of Bilozerka (now in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine) on September 25, 1920, in the family of Orthodox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Druzhnikov
Vladimir Vasilievich Druzhnikov (; 30 May 1922 – 20 February 1994) was a Soviet actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1945 and 1992. He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974) and the winner of two Stalin Prizes (1948, 1950). Partial filmography * ''Bez viny vinovatye'' (1945) - Grigoriy Neznamov * ''The Stone Flower'' (1946) - Danilo - master * ''The Great Glinka'' (1946) - Rileyev * ''Nashe serdtse'' (1947) - Sergey Kazakov * '' Ballad of Siberia'' (1948) - Andrei Nikolayevich Balashov * ''Konstantin Zaslonov'' (1949) - Konstantin Zaslonov * ''Zagovor obrechyonnykh'' (1950) - Mark Pino * '' Zhukovsky'' (1950) - Nesterov * ''The Miners of Donetsk'' (1951) - Trofimenko * ''Admiral Ushakov'' (1953) - Midshipman Vasilyev * ''Attack from the Sea'' (1953) - Capt. Vasilyev * ''Chest tovarishcha'' (1953) - mayor Sergey Bokunov * ''Opasnye tropy'' (1955) - Vasiliy Zholudev * ''The Grasshopper'' (1955) - Ryabovsky * ''Neobyknovennoye leto'' (1957) * ''Pervye Radosti' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
Lyudmila Vasilyevna Tselikovskaya (, 8 September 1919 – 4 July 1992) was a Russian actress, best remembered for her leading parts in films like ''Hearts of the Four'' (1941–1944), ''Anton Ivanovich Gets Angry'' (1941), ''The Aerial Cabman'' (1943), ''Ivan the Terrible (1944 film), Ivan the Terrible'' (1944), ''Twins'' (1945) and ''The Busy Estate'' (1946). She was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1963. Ignored by the officialdom, Tselikovskaya was admired by the general public and is revered as a true legend of the Soviet War time cinema. Biography Lyudmila Vasilyevna Tselikovskaya was born in Astrakhan to a family of musicians. Her father, a theatre musical producer, later went on to conduct the Bolshoi Theatre orchestra. Her mother, an opera singer, also performed in the Bolshoi in the late 1920s. In 1925 the family moved to Moscow where the girl, who had the perfect pitch, joined the piano class at the prestigious Gnessin State Musical College. Despite her parents' di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samson Samsonov
Samson Iosifovich Samsonov (; 23 February 1921 – 31 August 2002) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1991. Samson Samsonov graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1951, where he studied under Sergei Gerasimov (film director), Sergei Gerasimov. Filmography *''Poprygunya (Попрыгунья) / The Grasshopper (1955 film), The Grasshopper'' (1955) *''Za vitrinnoy univermaga (За витриной универмага) / Behind Show Windows'' (1956) *''Ognennye versty (Огненные вёрсты) / Miles of Fire'' (1957) *''Rovesnik veka (Ровесник века) /Contemporary of the Century'' (1960) *''Optimisticheskaya tragediya (Оптимистическая трагедия) / Optimistic Tragedy (film), Optimistic Tragedy'' (1963) *''Tri sestry (Три сестры) / The Three Sisters'' (1964) *''Arena (Арена) / Arena'' (1967) *''Kazhdyy vecher v odinnadtsat ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grasshopper (1955 Film)
''The Grasshopper'' () is a 1955 Soviet drama film directed by Samson Samsonov based on the 1892 short story of the same title by Anton Chekhov. It was nominated for a BAFTA award for Best Film in 1957. The lead character is said to be based on Sofia Kuvshinnikova who although married to another man was until 1890 living with the painter Isaac Levitan in the town of Plyos where Sofia was improving her painting skills.Biographical notes and works from the Museum of Landscape, Plyos. Chekhov wrote '' The Grasshopper'' shortly after this time when the couple had returned. Chekhov was a close friend of Sofia's and may have had strong affections for her. The story was a way of criticizing her betrayal, both of him and her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constance Garnett
Constance Clara Garnett (; 19 December 1861 – 17 December 1946) was an English translator of nineteenth-century Russian literature. She was the first English translator to render numerous volumes of Anton Chekhov's work into English and the first to translate almost all of Fyodor Dostoevsky's fiction into English. She also rendered works by Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, Nikolai Gogol, Ivan Goncharov, Alexander Ostrovsky, and Alexander Herzen into English. Altogether, she translated 71 volumes of Russian literature, many of which are still in print today. Life Garnett was born in Brighton, England, the sixth of the eight children of the solicitor David Black (1817–1892), afterwards town clerk and coroner, and his wife, Clara Maria Patten (1825–1875), daughter of painter George Patten. Her brother was the mathematician Arthur Black, and her sister was the labour organiser and novelist Clementina Black. Her father became paralysed in 1873, and two years later her mother di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Chekhov (writer)
Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: Михаил Павлович Чехов; 6 October 1865 in Taganrog – 14 November 1936 in Yalta) was a Russian writer and theater critic; the youngest brother and biographer of Anton Chekhov. Biography He graduated at the top of his class at the Chekhov Gymnasium, Taganrog Gymnasium, then attended the , where he began contributing articles to humorous newspapers and magazines. From 1885 to 1890, he studied law at Moscow University.Mikhail Chekhov @ the Chekhov website. From 1890 to 1898, he was stationed as a tax collector at several locations in the Moscow region. In 1891, his translation of the short story "A Rainy June" by Ouida appeared in the ''Bulletin of Foreign Literature''. His first full book was a dictionary for farmers, published in 1894. While stationed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik
Tatiana Lvovna Shchepkina-Kupernik (, , in Moscow, Russian Empire – July 27, 1952, in Moscow, USSR) was a Russian and Soviet writer, dramatist, poet and translator. Biography Born in the family of Kiev advocate Lev Kupernik, Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik was a granddaughter of famous Russian actor Mikhail Shchepkin and Elena Dmitrievna who was a Turkish captive during the Siege of Anapa. She graduated from the Kiev Gymnasium. In her twelfth year Shchepkina wrote a poem in honour of her grandfather. In 1892 the Moscow Maly Theater staged her play called ''Summer Picture''. In the 1892–1893 theatrical season Shchepkina played in the Korsh Theater. Shchepkina worked with several Russian periodicals - ''Artist'', ''Russian Vedomosti'', ''Russian Idea'', ''Northern Courier'', ''New Time'', using different literary styles. In 1895-1915 she wrote a number of prose and poetry collections. Her poem ''At Homeland'' - ''From the fallen strongholds of Port-Arthur...'' («На роди ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Bunin
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( or ; rus, Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbunʲɪn, a=Ivan Alyeksyeyevich Bunin.ru.vorb.oga; – 8 November 1953)"Ivan Bunin" ''''. was the first Russian writer awarded the , in . He was noted for the strict artistry with which he carried on the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lev Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; ,Throughout Tolstoy's whole life, his name was written as using pre-reform Russian orthography. ; ), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. Born to an aristocratic family, Tolstoy achieved acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, ''Childhood'', '' Boyhood'' and ''Youth'' (1852–1856), and with ''Sevastopol Sketches'' (1855), based on his experiences in the Crimean War. His ''War and Peace'' (1869), ''Anna Karenina'' (1878), and ''Resurrection'' (1899), which is based on his youthful sins, are often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction and three of the greatest novels ever written. His ''oeuvre'' includes short stories such as " Alyosha the Pot" (1911) and " After the Ball" (1911) and novellas such as '' Family Happine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
