Pyotr Mikhaylovich Nevezhin (, 9 July 1841 — 25 May 1919) was a Russian dramatist and short story writer.

Biography

Nevezhin was born in

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to a local landlord. He graduated the First Moscow Cadet Corps, served for several years as an army officer and was briefly engaged in the

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. His first two comedies, comedy, ''Blazh'' (Блажь, A Whim, 1880), and ''Staroye po-novomu'' (Old Things in New Ways, 1882), both written in collaboration with

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, were successfully staged by the Moscow Maly Theatre and

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's Alexandrinka. Of about thirty of Nevezhin's own plays the most popular one was the drama ''Vtoraya molodost'' (Second Youth, 1888), for which he received his second

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. His first one went to ''Childhood Friend'', in 1886. The Complete Works by Pyotr Nevezhin in ten volumes came out in 1898-1901, via the Prosvescheniye Publishers. His acclaimed ''Memoires on Ostrovsky'' (Воспоминания об Островском) were published by ''Teatr i Iskusstvo'' (1906) and ''The Imperial Theatres Yearbook'' (1909 and 1910). Nevezhin died in 1919 in Petrograd and is interred in the

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.Невежин Петр Михайлович
at the Great Russian Encyclopedia / Большая энциклопедия русского народа, www.hrono.info

Legacy

Generally, Nevezhin's legacy is regarded as an attempt to continue the traditions set by Ostrovsky well into the 20th century, with total disregard for the new, modernist trends or the

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school of psychological drama. Both his plays and numerous short stories (most of which dealt with the everyday life of Russian army officers, which he knew well) have been described as didactic, naïve and overly sentimental, but his readership never waned, and his best plays enjoyed stable popularity during his lifetime.Pyotr Nevezhin
at the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nevezhin, Pyotr 1841 births 1919 deaths People from Smolensk 19th-century dramatists and playwrights from the Russian Empire Short story writers from the Russian Empire Russian male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire Burials at Volkovo Cemetery