Evgeny Petrovich Goslavsky (russian: Евгений Петрович Гославский, 30 April 1861 – 15 December 1917) was a Russian writer, playwright and poet.
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''. Later his stories, poems and plays started to appear in '' The Artist'', '' Russkaya Mysl'' and ''Teatral''. In 1890s Goslavsky became known as a dramatist. His play ''Rasplata'' (Price to Pay) received the Griboyedov Prize in 1893 and was successfully staged at the

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in Moscow. His 1894 comedy ''V razluke'' (Apart) was lauded by

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who expressed his delight in a personal letter. They became friends and continued to correspond until 1903. In early 1900s Goslavsky became a member of the literary group

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. His popular work of the early 1900s include ''Putyom-dorogoiu'' (Путем-дорогою, On the Road, 1902, short story collection), ''Svobodny khudozhnik'' (Свободный художник, Free Artist, 1903, comedy) and ''Sredi polei'' (Среди полей, In the Fields, 1905, short stories for children). Goslavsky died in the village of Staraya Maina, Simbirsk Governorate, on 15 December 1917.Тиме, Г.А. Гославский Евгений Петрович / Г.А. Тиме // Русские писатели : 1800 – 1917 : Биогр. словарь. – Москва, 1989. – Т.1. - С. 658 (E.P. Goslavsky at the 1800–1917 Russian Writers dictionary)

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