17 Facts About Arkady Averchenko

Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko was a Russian playwright and satirist.

Arkady Averchenko published his stories in the journal Satirikon, of which he was an editor, in the series of New Satirikon, and other publications.

Arkady Averchenko was the son of a poor merchant, Timofey Petrovich Averchenko.

Arkady Averchenko's eye had been damaged by a childhood accident.

Arkady Averchenko started to work at the age of 15, employed by a private transport company.

Arkady Averchenko remained there for slightly over a year before pursuing other employment.

In 1897 Arkady Averchenko left for Donbas to work as a clerk in the Bryansk mine.

In 1908 Arkady Averchenko became secretary of the satirical magazine Dragonfly and in 1913 he became its editor.

For many years Arkady Averchenko worked successfully as a member of the magazine's staff together with many other notable people, including Nadezhda Teffi, Sasha Chorny, and Aleksey Remizov.

Arkady Averchenko's most lauded humorous stories were published in the magazine.

Arkady Averchenko struggled greatly in attempting to return to his own Sevastopol; in particular, he had to travel through Ukraine, which was being occupied by Germans.

Some days before Arkady Averchenko had had time to flee via steamer ship to Istanbul.

On 13 April 1922 Arkady Averchenko moved to Sofia and later moved to Belgrade.

Arkady Averchenko spent a brief time in both cities before moving again and taking up permanent residence in Prague on 17 June 1922.

Arkady Averchenko found life away from his homeland and from his native tongue very hard.

Arkady Averchenko's writings have been very successful and many of his stories have been translated into Czech.

In 1925 Arkady Averchenko fell sick after an operation to remove his eye.