Dmitry Grigorovich
Russian writer (1822-1899) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 77
Dmitry Vasilyevich Grigorovich was a Russian writer, best known for his first two novels, The Village and Anton Goremyka. He was lauded as the first author to have realistically portrayed the life of the Russian rural community and openly condemn the system of serfdom.
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Self-portrait of the young Grigorovich.
Contributors to Sovremennik: Grigorovich (top center) next to Leo Tolstoy, Bottom row: (from left) Goncharov, Turgenev, Druzhinin, and Ostrovsky. Photograph by Sergey Levitsky, 1856.
Dmitry Grigorovich in the late 1850s; photograph by Andrey Denyer
Dmitry Grigorovich in the 1880s
Portrait of Grigorovich by Ivan Kramskoy, 1876
Grigorovich's grave. Volkovo Cemetery, Saint PetersburgAbout this person
Country
Russia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1822 to 1899 · aged 77
