Nikolai Dmitryevich Teleshov (russian: Никола́й Дми́триевич Телешо́в) (November 10, 1867 - March 14, 1957) was a Russian/Soviet writer.

Biography

Teleshov was born in Moscow where his father was a merchant. His poems were first published in 1884. In the 1880s and 1890s he wrote short stories and novellas, including the story he's best known for, ''The Duel'' (1903), the stoty ''The Christmas Tree of Mitrich'' (1897). He also wrote sketches and stories portraying the disastrous fate of resettled peasants in Siberia.''The Great Soviet Encyclopedia'', 3rd Edition (1970-1979). 2010, The Gale Group, Inc. In 1899 Teleshov organized a literary circle in Moscow known as the

Sreda The Moscow Literary Sreda (russian: Моско́вская Литерату́рная Cреда, Moskovskaya Literaturnaya Sreda/Moskovskaja Literaturnaja Sreda) was a Moscow literary group founded in 1899 by Nikolai Teleshov. The name Sreda me ...

(Wednesday) literary gathering. Among its members were many of Russia's most popular writers, such as

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

and the future Nobel Laureate

Ivan Bunin Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( or ; rus, Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈbunʲɪn, a=Ivan Alyeksyeyevich Bunin.ru.vorb.oga; – 8 November 1953) was the first Russian writer awarded the ...

. Teleshov also participated in publishing the collections of the

Znanie Znanie (russian: Зна́ние, ; en, Knowledge) was a publishing company based in St. Petersburg, Russia founded by Konstantin Pyatnitsky and other members of the Committee for Literacy. It operated from 1898 to 1913. History Znanie initially ...

association, managed by Gorky.A Writer Remembers, Hutchinson, NY, 1943. After 1917 he worked for the People's Commissariat for Education and other Soviet institutions. During the Soviet years his most significant works included ''The Beginning of the End'' (1933), a novella of the Russian Revolution of 1905–07, the biographical story ''Maxim Gorky'' (1950s) and his creative memoirs ''A Writer Remembers'' (1925–43). He died in 1957 and was buried at the

Novodevichy Cemetery Novodevichy Cemetery ( rus, Новоде́вичье кла́дбище, Novodevichye kladbishche) is a cemetery in Moscow. It lies next to the southern wall of the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular tourist ...

English translations

*''The Duel'', Short Story Classics (Foreign) Vol 1, Patten, Collier, NY, 1907
from Archive.org
*''A Writer Remembers'', Hutchinson, NY, 1943.

References

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