Vladimir Korolenko
1853–1921
Biography
Vladimir Korolenko (1853–1921) was a Russian writer, journalist and public figure of Ukrainian origin. He was born in Zhytomyr, in what is now Ukraine, and he spent much of his working life in Russian literature and journalism, editing periodicals and speaking out on social questions. He died in Poltava in 1921, in the upheaval that followed the revolution.
His opposition to the authorities brought him arrest and exile in Siberia, and the years he spent there gave him material for many of his short stories. He criticised the tsarist regime throughout his career and, in his final years, the Bolsheviks as well. His writing is marked by a humane, observant attention to ordinary people and to the wrongs done to them.
The Blind Musician (Слепой музыкант, 1886) is the book on this site and his best-known short novel. It follows Pyotr, a blind boy born into a landowning family in Ukraine, who grows up cherished by his family and finds his own way through music. Korolenko writes about him with warmth and without sentimentality, and the book is a clear example of his humane manner.
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Books
Слепой музыкант
by автор В. Г. Короленко (1853—1921)
Pyotr, born blind into a Ukrainian landowner's family, grows up cherished by his mother and his uncle and finds his way through music. Korolenko's novel follows his struggle toward a life of his own, and toward other people's griefs.
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