Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in 1821. He became the second child in a large family (there were six in total).
Classes with teachers, moving to St. Petersburg
Since 1832, Dostoevsky began to study with his brother Michael. Teachers came to their home. But in 1833, the children were sent to the Sushara boarding house. However, they did not study there for long. Soon they moved to the Chermak guesthouse. From an early age, Dostoevsky fell in love with reading. In 1837, Fedor's mother died, and after a while his father took him and Mikhail to the northern capital, so that they would receive a good education there.
1838-1843: Engineering College
Dostoevsky considered admission to this educational institution to be a tragic mistake. Military orders were alien to him, in addition, it was difficult for Fedor to fulfill the requirements for him. Nothing aroused his interest, and he did not find friends at the school. And so F.M.Dostoevsky suffered in this institution, whose biography is full of such painful periods.
The beginning of the creative path
It is no secret that Dostoevsky loved Balzac’s works very much, therefore it is not surprising that he decided to translate his story under the title “Eugene Grande” into Russian. That was the beginning of his career. In parallel, Dostoevsky worked on translations of the works of George Sand, as well as Eugene Xu, but they were not printed.
Tremendous success
In 1844, the writer began to have ideas about “Poor People”, and then one day he sat down at the table and began to write enthusiastically. So, the novel completely took possession of his thoughts, and Dostoevsky did not calm down until he finished it. When the work was ready, the writer gave the handwritten version to Grigorovich (the person with whom he then lived in the same apartment), who carried it to Nekrasov, and they spent the whole night reading “Poor People”. At dawn they appeared to Dostoevsky. Both expressed genuine enthusiasm for him. How happy F. M. Dostoevsky was to hear this praise! His biography also contains joyful moments, as we see.
In the circle of writers
Soon the writer was accepted into the Belinsky circle, where he was warmly welcomed by Panaev, Odoevsky, Turgenev. After some time, Dostoevsky admitted that at that time he was fascinated by the critic and unconditionally accepted all his views, including socialist ideas. Dostoevsky’s biography indicates that he highly appreciated Belinsky’s opinion of his novels. At a meeting with him in 1845, the writer read several chapters of the work "The Double", which dealt with a split consciousness. Soon this theme will be reflected in his main novels.
Arrest and exile
At dawn on April 23, 1849, the writer, along with other members of the Petrashevsky circle, was captured and placed in the Peter and Paul Fortress. Dostoevsky’s biography is sometimes striking in its tragedy ...
There, the writer stayed for 8 months. He tried not to lose heart and even composed the novel “The Little Hero” (it was published in 1857). Soon, Dostoevsky was accused of planning a coup, and he was supposed to be shot. For many minutes, until the very execution, the writer was tormented by the painful expectation of death, but suddenly another punishment was imposed: four years of exile and deprivation of absolutely all rights. After serving his term, he was to become a soldier. The writer was exiled to Omsk, where he was imprisoned in the fortress. There he was forced to live among criminals. The suffered mental suffering, sadness and rejection, remorse, reassessment of values, a complex palette of feelings from despondency to hope for the speedy realization of one's life mission - all this baggage accumulated in the conclusion was the basis for the novel Notes from the Dead House. The biography of F. Dostoevsky is a real drama that cannot be read without empathizing with him.
Resuming Writing
Since the winter of 1854, the writer served in Semipalatinsk, where he was an ordinary soldier. However, after some 12 months he became a non-commissioned officer. And a year later he was appointed ensign. Soon Dostoevsky was returned the title of nobleman and the opportunity to publish his works. In 1857, the writer married Maria Isaeva, who had supported him earlier and did not allow her to lose heart. At the penal servitude, Dostoevsky wrote the works “Stepanchikovo Village and its inhabitants”, as well as “Uncle's Dream”. They were published in 1859. The stories received many admiring reviews. The biography of Dostoevsky and us motivates to never give up and be strong.
"Humiliated and offended"
The writer wanted his magazine Vremya to be perceived by people as a serious publication, and therefore he decided to publish his successful work in it. It was called "Humiliated and Offended." Critics of the 19th century considered it symbolic for the writer, and many perceived it as the personified humanistic pathos of Russian literature.
Family turmoil and wedding
In 1863, the writer traveled abroad, where he met Apollinaria Suslova, with whom he fell passionately in love. The biography of Dostoevsky, whose interesting facts amaze an ignorant reader, would be incomplete without mentioning this woman. Their difficult relationships and passion for roulette in the German city of Baden-Baden inspired the writer to create the work “The Player”.
In 1864, the wife of Dostoevsky died, and despite the fact that they often experienced dramas and conflicts, this was a serious blow for him. Soon after, brother Michael died. The writer once again traveled abroad, and in the summer of 1866 he was in the capital and in the country, located near the city. During this period, he worked on the work "Crime and Punishment." At the same time, work was underway on the “Player”, which Dostoevsky read to stenographer Anna Snitkina. When the work was ready (in the winter of 1867), the writer married her, and as N. N. Strakhov later told, this union was really harmonious and happy. So Dostoevsky’s dream of a good family came true. His wife was a wonderful woman who loved her husband very much. Dostoevsky’s biography is read as a fascinating book, where the main character is the writer himself, isn’t it?
"Crime and Punishment"
The idea of this work by the writer appeared a long time ago, still in exile. Although Dostoevsky was in a difficult financial situation, work on the novel was quite active, he was passionate about writing. The work was full of social motives and philosophy. They harmoniously woven into the plot and complemented the emotional experiences of Raskolnikov. He could be called a philosophizing killer, modern Bonaparte, whose story ends with the fact that he decides to confess his crime in order to at least reconcile with his conscience in exile. The great master of the word was Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, whose biography makes us admire his talent.
Great works
In 1867, the "Idiot" was completed, the appointment of which the writer considered the image of an impeccably beautiful man. Prince Myshkin, this ideal character who can be compared with Jesus, cannot reconcile himself with manifestations of bitterness, neglect, sin, and goes crazy. This was followed by the work “Demons”, the motivation for the creation of which was the activity of Nechaev and the society he created under the name “People's Reprisal”. In 1875, the novel "The Teenager" was written, which is a confession of a guy who grew up in a rotten world, in an atmosphere of widespread degradation. Then work began on the main work of the writer "The Brothers Karamazov", which tells about the tragedy of one family. Dostoevsky wanted to portray the intelligentsia of Russia in it. The writer also wished to make him a kind of life for the main character - Alexei Karamazov. Dostoevsky's biography is full of literary successes. By dates, you can trace how his talent developed, what thoughts took possession of him in a given period.
Death
At the end of his life, the writer gained undeniable authority, many considered him a mentor and a prophet. At that time, Dostoevsky nurtured numerous plans for future works and wanted to start work on the next part of the novel The Brothers Karamazov, but in the winter of 1881 he unexpectedly died.
Dostoevsky's biography: interesting facts
Do you know that in Crime and Punishment Dostoevsky depicted real houses, courtyards and landscapes located in the northern capital? Interesting enough fact, isn't it? The writer said that he compiled the description of the place where the killer hid the objects brought by him from the old woman’s apartment, based on the memories of the courtyard, which he once turned into while walking around St. Petersburg.
Do you know that the writer was a real jealous? He suspected his wife of dubious relationships, although she absolutely did not give a reason for this. Dostoevsky could suddenly return home and begin to examine the cabinets and inspect the space behind the furniture. Or he could suddenly be jealous of the decrepit old man, whose apartment was in the neighborhood.
So we examined in general terms how Dostoevsky lived. The biography is short, but informative.