Ignaty Nikolayevich Potapenko (, December 30, 1856 – May 17, 1929), was a Russian writer and playwright.

Biography

Potapenko was born in the village of Fyodorovka,

Kherson Governorate Kherson Governorate, known until 1803 as Nikolayev Governorate, was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Kherson. It encompassed in area and had a population of 2,733,612 inhabitants. At t ...

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(now

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

) where his father was a priest. Potapenko studied at

Odessa University The Odesa I.I.Mechnykov National University (), often referred to as Odesa National University ( ONU, ), located in Odesa, Ukraine, is one of that country's major state-sponsored universities, named after the scientist Élie Metchnikoff (1845- ...

, and at the

Saint Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory () (formerly known as the Petrograd Conservatory and Leningrad Conservatory) is a school of music in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty member ...

. His first works were tales of Ukrainian life. He's best known for his novel ''A Russian Priest (1890)'', published in ''

Vestnik Evropy ''Vestnik Evropy'' () (''Herald of Europe'' or ''Messenger of Europe'') was the major liberal magazine of late-nineteenth-century Russia. It was published from 1866 to 1918. The magazine (named for an earlier publication edited by Nikolay Kara ...

(Herald of Europe)''. His works include novels, plays, and short stories.''The Great Soviet Encyclopedia'', 3rd Edition (1970-1979). 2010, The Gale Group, Inc.

English translations

*''The General's Daughter'', (novel), T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. *''A Father of Six'', and ''An Occasional Holiday'', (short novels), T. Fisher Unwin, 1893
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*''A Thousand Talents'', (story), from ''Anthology of Russian Literature, Volume 2'', Leo Wiener, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903
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*''The Curse of Fame'', (story), from ''Short Story Classics (Foreign) Volume 1'', P.F. Collier, 1907
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*''What Dmitro Saw At the War'', (story), from ''The Soul of Russia'', W. Stephens, Macmillan and Co. LTD, London, 1916
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*''A Russian Priest'', (novel), T. Fisher Unwin, 1916
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*''Dethroned'', (story), from ''Best Russian Short Stories'', Boni and Liveright, 1917
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References

1856 births 1929 deaths Russian people of Ukrainian descent Russian male novelists Russian dramatists and playwrights Russian male dramatists and playwrights Russian male short story writers Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni {{Russia-writer-stub