Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov

Michael Pursglove (Independent Scholar - Europe)

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.1.00: Slavic and Russian Writing and Culture: Old, Medieval and Tsarist, 700-1917.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

Born 15 Jan 1795
Died 11 Feb 1829
Activity 1814-1828

Places

Born in Russia
Active in Russia; Iran

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist
Poet

Other

Diplomat

Resources

Griboedov's Works

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Although he is often thought of as a

homo unius libri

, a one-book wonder, Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov did a great deal more in his short life than write his masterpiece

Gore ot uma

[

Woe from Wit

, also known as

The Misfortune of Being Clever

]. He was born on 4 (15) January 1795 (other sources give 1790 or 1794] in Moscow, the city with which he is always associated. His father, Sergei Ivanovich, was a retired army officer. A heavy gambler, he played little part in the upbringing of his children. Griboedov’s mother, on the other hand, Anastasiia Fedorovna, born a Griboedov, was a forceful, well-connected woman. One of her sisters was married to the Minister of Education, Count A. K. Razumovsky, and her brother, Aleksei Fedorovich, married an Odoevsky: they had as a son-in-law the…

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Citation: Pursglove, Michael. "Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 14 July 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11807, accessed 21 November 2024.]