Fyodor Dostoevsky

About the Author

He was educated at home and then at a private school in Moscow with Mikhail, his older brother. In 1837, shortly following the death of his mother, Dostoevsky was sent to St. Petersburg, where he was admitted to the Army Engineering College. Dostoevsky’s father died in 1839 probably of apoplexy although there were strong rumors that he could have been murdered by his own serfs. In 1843, Dostoevsky graduated as a military engineer, although he resigned in 1844 so as to devote himself to writing. He preferred a writing career to being mired in-the bureaucratic Russian military. Poor Folk, his first original published work, appeared in 1846. It was a widely-acclaimed short novel that was championed by Vissarion Belinsky, the influential critic. This was then followed by The Double, a wo. Fyodor Dostoevsky is the author of over 41 books across 7 series. Their most famous work is the Publication Order of Writer's Diary Books series, which has garnered millions of readers worldwide. With such a prolific career, Fyodor Dostoevsky has established themselves as one of the most influential authors in contemporary fiction.