Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911) - the latter made into a 1965 movie.
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Kuprin in the early 1890s![Petersburg, Kuprin (right) with friend, opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin. Photo by K. Bulla (1911)[17]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD.JPG/500px-%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD.JPG)
Petersburg, Kuprin (right) with friend, opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin. Photo by K. Bulla (1911)[17]
Aleksander I. Kuprin, The Duel, Frontispiece (1905), 1st edition, Saint Petersburg, Russia![Aleksandr I. Kuprin's In Honour's Name [The Duel] (1907), 1st edition in English, London, trans. W. F. Harvey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/1907_Aleksandr_Kuprin_the_Duel_In_Honours_Name.jpg/330px-1907_Aleksandr_Kuprin_the_Duel_In_Honours_Name.jpg)
Aleksandr I. Kuprin's In Honour's Name [The Duel] (1907), 1st edition in English, London, trans. W. F. Harvey
Kuprin in Gatchina (cartoon from the 1910s)
Kuprin and his wife during World War I
Kuprin in the 1910sAwards 1
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1870 to 1938 · aged 67
Written about in
31 languages
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