Vladimir Kurochkin

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Vladimir Kurochkin
Born(1829-02-06)February 6, 1829
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
DiedApril 20, 1885(1885-04-20) (aged 56)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Occupation(s)Playwright, editor, translator, publisher

Vladimir Stepanovich Kurochkin (Владимир Степанович Курочкин; 6 February

publisher. Among the plays he authored were The Green Island (as Vlad K-n, with Innokenty Omulevsky; staged in 1873, published in 1883), Who Is to Blame? (1873), Two by Two is Five (1875) and A Modiste's Diary (1875). Vladimir Kurochkin compiled and published Nevsky Sbornik (the 1867 literary compilation). He edited Iskra magazine (1864–1867) and the Tatar-language Fayde (Virtue) newspaper (1866–1870). Poets Nikolai and Vasily Kurochkins were his brothers.[1]

References

  1. ^ Russian Writers. Biobibliographical dictionary. Ed. P. A. Nikolayev. Vol. 3. Moscow. 1994. Pp. 240—241.