12 Facts About Mikhail Artsybashev

Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev was a Russian writer and playwright, and a major proponent of the literary style known as naturalism.

Mikhail Artsybashev was the great-grandson of Tadeusz Kosciuszko and father of Boris Artzybasheff, who emigrated to the United States and became famous as an illustrator.

Mikhail Artsybashev was born in khutor Dubroslavivka, Okhtyrka county, Kharkov Governorate.

Mikhail Artsybashev's father was a small landowner and a former officer.

Mikhail Artsybashev attended school in Okhtyrka until the age of 16.

Mikhail Artsybashev studied at the Kharkov School of Drawing and Art.

Mikhail Artsybashev wrote his first important work of fiction, the story Pasha Tumanov in 1901, but was unable to publish it until 1905 due to its being banned by the censor.

Mikhail Artsybashev considered his novel The Death of Ivan Lande to be his best work, but his major success was the novel Sanin, which scandalized his Russian readers and was prohibited in many countries.

Mikhail Artsybashev wrote Sanin in 1903, but was unable to publish it until 1907, again due to censorship.

Mikhail Artsybashev said the following in regard to his development as a writer:.

Mikhail Artsybashev was an irreconcilable enemy of the Bolshevik regime, and Soviet critics dubbed the novels of his followers saninstvo and artsybashevchina.

Mikhail Artsybashev died in Warsaw on March 3,1927, from tuberculosis and was buried at the Orthodox Cemetery in Warsaw.