Kazimir Stanislavovich Barantsevich (russian: Казимир Станиславович Баранцевич, 3 June 1851, — 26 July 1927) was a

Russian writer Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia and its émigrés and to Russian-language literature. The roots of Russian literature can be traced to the Middle Ages, when epics and chronicles in Old East Slavic were composed. By the Ag ...

and poet, who also used the pseudonym Sarmat.Баранцевич, Казимир Станиславович
at the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Biography

Barantsevich was born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

to Stanislav Martynovich Barantsevich, a descendant of the Polish aristocratic family belonging to the Order of Leliwa, and his French wife Julia Ivanovna, Lemann.Казимир Станиславович
at the Soviet Literary Encyclopedia He debuted in 1873 with the drama in verse ''Oprichnina'', a poetic remake of A.K. Tolstoy's '' Prince Serebryanny'' which was produced in October that year in Alexandrinsky Theatre. In 1878, writing under the pseudonym Sarmat, he started to publish humorous sketches and short stories in the magazines '' Strekoza'', ''

Oskolki ''Fragments'' (russian: Осколки) was a Russian humorous, literary and artistic weekly magazine published in St Petersburg from 1881 to 1916. History From 1881 to 1906 ''Fragments'' was published by the popular writer Nikolay Leykin. From 19 ...

'' and newspapers (''

Russkiye Vedomosti ''Russkiye Vedomosti'' (russian: Русские ведомости) was a Russian liberal daily newspaper, published in Moscow from 1863 till 1918. Founded in Moscow in 1863 by Nikolai Pavlov, it was edited by Nikolai Skvortsov (1866-1882) and ...

'', among others). More serious work by Barantsevich started to appear in journals like '' Severny Vestnik'', '' Russky Vestnik'', '' Nablyudatel'' and '' Otechestvennye Zapiski''. His first short story collection ''Pod gnyotom'' (Oppressed) which the writer

Nikolai Leykin Nikolai Alexandrovich Leykin (russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Ле́йкин; December 19, 1841 – January 19, 1906) was a Russian writer, artist, playwright, journalist and publisher. Biography Leykin was born in Saint ...

had been instrumental in the publication of, came out in 1883 to considerable critical acclaim. It was followed by several more, including ''Porvannye struny'' (Broken Strings, 1886), ''80 Stories by Sarmat'' (1891) and ''Kartinki zhizni'' (Life's Sketches, 1892), as well as three novels: ''Raba'' (Woman Slave, 1887), ''Semeyny ochag'' (Family Hearth, 1893), ''Bortsy'' (Wrestlers, 1896). The Works by K.S. Barantsevich in 9 volumes were published by the Marks Publishing House in 1908-1911. In his lifetime Barantsevich published more than one hundred books, only one of them, a one-act play ''Pod zemlyoi'' (Underground, 1918), after 1917. He died in Ulyanovka (former Sablino), Leningradskaya Oblast, in 1927 and is interred in the Volkovo Cemetery in Saint Petersburg.

Legacy

Barantsevich's novels, highlighting the life of people from Russian lower middle classes, leading unspeakably dreary, aimless and lonesome existence on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg, earned him the reputation of the leading purveyor of 'social pessimism' in the Russian literature of the late 19th century.

Nikolai Mikhaylovsky Nikolay Konstantinovich Mikhaylovsky () (, Meshchovsk–, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian literary critic, sociologist, writer on public affairs, and one of the theoreticians of the Narodniki movement. Biography The school of thinkers he belo ...

, though, praised Barantsevich as a true master for depicting human loneliness, quite able to "rise to the peaks of true art."

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

considered his worldview 'limited' but still, in 1900 suggested him as a candidate for the Honourable Academics.Kazimir Barantsevich at the Russian Writers Biographical Dictionary // Муратов А. Б. Баранцевич, Казимир Станиславович // Русские писатели. 1800-1917. Биографический словарь / Под ред. П. А. Николаева. — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1989. — Т. 1. — С. 155. — 672 с.

References

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