Ignaty Nikolayevich Potapenko (russian: Игна́тий Никола́евич Пота́пенко, December 30, 1856 – May 17, 1929), was a Russian writer and playwright.

Biography

Potapenko was born in the village of Fyodorovka,

Kherson Governorate The Kherson Governorate (1802–1922; russian: Херсонская губерния, translit.: ''Khersonskaya guberniya''; uk, Херсонська губернія, translit=Khersonska huberniia), was an administrative territorial unit (als ...

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

(now

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

) where his father was a priest. Potapenko studied at

Odessa University Odesa I. I. Mechnykov National University ( uk, Одеський національний університет Iмені І. І. Мечникова, translit=Odeskyi natsionalnyi universytet imeni I. I. Mechnykova), located in Odesa, Ukraine, i ...

, and at the

Saint Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...

. His first works were tales of

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

life. He's best known for his novel ''A Russian Priest (1890)'', published in ''

Vestnik Evropy ''Vestnik Evropy'' (russian: Вестник Европы) (''Herald of Europe'' or ''Messenger of Europe'') was the major liberal magazine of late-nineteenth-century Russia. It was published from 1866 to 1918. The magazine (named for an earlier ...

(Herald of Europe)''. His works include novels, plays, and short stories.''The Great Soviet Encyclopedia'', 3rd Edition (1970-1979). 2010, The Gale Group, Inc.

English translations

*''The General's Daughter'', (novel), T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. *''A Father of Six'', and ''An Occasional Holiday'', (short novels), T. Fisher Unwin, 1893
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*''A Thousand Talents'', (story), from ''Anthology of Russian Literature, Volume 2'', Leo Wiener, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903
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*''The Curse of Fame'', (story), from ''Short Story Classics (Foreign) Volume 1'', P.F. Collier, 1907
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*''What Dmitro Saw At the War'', (story), from ''The Soul of Russia'', W. Stephens, Macmillan and Co. LTD, London, 1916
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*''A Russian Priest'', (novel), T. Fisher Unwin, 1916
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*''Dethroned'', (story), from ''Best Russian Short Stories'', Boni and Liveright, 1917
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References

1856 births 1929 deaths Russian people of Ukrainian descent Russian male novelists Russian dramatists and playwrights Russian male dramatists and playwrights Russian male short story writers {{Russia-writer-stub