Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin (; 4 February 1873 – 16 January 1954) was a Russian and

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novelist, prose writer and publicist. Prishvin himself defined his place in literature this way: " Rozanov is the afterword of Russian literature, and I am a free supplement. And that's all..."

Biography

Mikhail Prishvin was born in the family mansion of Krutschevo in Oryol Governorate (now in Stanovlyansky District,

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) into the family of a merchant. In 1893-1897, he studied at a

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school in

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and was once arrested for his involvement with

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circles. In 1902, Prishvin graduated from the

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with a degree in

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. During

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, he worked as a military journalist. After the war, Prishvin was employed as a publicist and then a rural teacher. He began writing for magazines in 1898, but his first short story, "Sashok," was published in 1906. Prishvin's works are full of poetics, exceptional keenness of observation, and descriptions of nature. Many of his works were translated into different languages and became part of the gold fund of the Soviet

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Selected works

*In the Land of Unfrightened Birds / В краю непуганых птиц (1907) *The Bun / За волшебным колобком (1908) *У стен града невидимого (1909) - selected works *Чёрный араб (1910) *Славны бубны (1913) *Башмаки (1923) *Родники Берендея (1925–26) - Enlarged and published as Nature's Diary / Календарь природы (1935).Russia-Info Centre http://russia-ic.com/people/general/p/294; and Mikhail Prishvin, Nature's Diary. Trans. L. Navrozov. Penguin, 1987. Introduction by John Updike *Jen Sheng: The Root of Life / Женьшень (1933) * Nature's Calendar / Календарь природы (1935) *Фацелия (1940) *Drops from the Forest / Лесная капель (1943) - selected works *Кладовая Солнца (1945) *The Chain of Kashchey / Кащеева цепь (1923–1954; published in 1960) *Осударева дорога (1957) *Корабельная чаща (1954)

Awards and honors

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(1939) *

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(1943)

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