Dmitri Narkissowitsch Mamin-Sibirjak

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Dmitri Mamin-Sibirjak
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Dmitri Narkissowitsch Mamin-Sibiryak ( Russian Дмитрий Наркисович Мамин-Сибиряк , originally Dmitri Narkissowitsch Mamin, born October 25 . Jul / 6. November  1852 greg. In trading simulation and strategy , Perm province , † November 2 jul. / 15. November  1912 greg. in Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian writer who was known as a representative of naturalism for novellas and short stories depicting rural life in the Urals .

Life

Mamin-Sibirjak was born in Wisim in the Verkhnotursky Ujesd in Perm Governorate as the son of a labor pastor . He was brought up first at home, then took lessons at the Wisim school, which was attended by working class children. 1866–1868 he attended the theological seminary in Yekaterinburg and until 1872 the theological seminary in Perm . After that he studied at the Veterinary Department of the Medical Academy of Saint Petersburg . In 1876 he switched to the law faculty of the State University of Saint Petersburg , where he studied for a year, only to drop out for health (incipient tuberculosis ) and financial reasons. In his autobiographical novel Čerty is žizni Pepko (1894, German features from the life of Pepko - not translated) he expresses the discouragement during this time.

In the summer of 1877 he returned to his family in the Urals. When his father died the following year, responsibility for the family rested on Mamin-Sibirjak. In order to find work he moved to Yekaterinburg with his siblings; there he married Maria Alexejewa, who also became his literary advisor. During this time he made numerous trips to the Ural region and examined its history, economy, folklore and everyday life in order to deal with his literary work from the beginning of the 1880s.

In 1890, he separated from his first wife and married the actress M. Abramova, who worked at the Dramatic Theater of Yekaterinburg, and moved to St. Petersburg. Abramova died the following year, leaving behind a sickly daughter, Alyona.

Act

Mamin-Sibirjak published a series of travel sketches (1881/82) that appeared in the Moscow newspaper Russkije Wedemosti , further stories appeared in the Delo magazine , mostly under the pseudonym D. Sibirjak (German: D. Sibirier ). This included Ot Urala do Moskwy (1882/83, German from Urals to Moscow , not translated). His first major literary work was Die Priwalowschen Million ( Priwalowskije milliony , Приваловские миллионы, 1883), which appeared in sequels in Delo . His novella Das Bergnest (Горное гнездо, 1884), which appeared in the journal Otetschestwennye Sapiski , cemented Mamin-Sibirjak's reputation as a realist .

On repeated trips to the Russian capital (1881/82, 1885/86) Mamin-Sibirjak intensified his literary contacts; he got to know Anton Chekhov , Gleb Uspensky , Vladimir Korolenko , Friedrich Fiedler and other writers. During this time he wrote numerous short stories and sketches. From 1899 until his death he belonged to the literary group Sreda and the publishing house Znanie , which was operated by the befriended Sreda member Maxim Gorki .

His last major literary works were the short stories Черты из жизни Пепко ( Traits from the Life of Pepko , 1894), Падающие звезды ( Falling Stars , 1899) and the short story Mumma (1907). In his novellas and stories he portrayed life in the Urals and Siberia during the reform years in tsarist Russia, he described the clash of the archaic past with the modern industrial future. Mamin-Sibirjak was a widely read author in his day, if not as highly esteemed as Dostoyevsky , Tolstoy and Chekhov. "Mamin describes his world as an analytically trained scientist and writer with a naturalistic character, without taking sides, let alone taking an ideological position." He also wrote some children's books.

“With Mamin-Sibirjak, the naturalistic approach was first shown in the extremely precise, almost painterly surface rendering, then in the tendency to biologically motivate the event. It offered an insight into business practices and defraudantism of entrepreneurs, but also into hopeful attempts to build modern forms of production and trade. "

- Reinhard Lauer : A short history of Russian literature

Publications (selection)

Chekhov, Dmitri Mamin-Sibirjak (center) and Ignati Potapenko, around 1894/96

Works

  • Priwalowskije milliony (Приваловские миллионы, 1883)
  • Boizy (Бойцы, 1883, German warrior - not translated)
  • Gornoje gnesdo (Горное гнездо, 1884, German title Das Bergnest )
  • Dikoje stschastje (Дикое счастье, 1884, German wild luck - not translated)
  • Na ulize (1886, German on the street - not translated)
  • Tri konza (Три конца, 1890, German three ends - not translated)
  • Uralskije rasskasy (Уральские рассказы, 1888/89, German title The Encounter - Tales from the Urals )
  • Soloto (Золото, 1892, German title gold )
  • Ochoniny browi (Охонины брови, 1892, dt. The Ochonin eyebrows - not translated)
  • Chleb (Хлеб, 1895, German title Korn )
  • Okolo gospod (1900, German around the gentlemen - not translated)

Translations

  • Grain . Hamburg - Berlin: Robert Mölich, 1946
  • The white mare and two other stories . Berlin: Publishing House Culture and Progress, Small Youth Series , 1956
  • Gold . Novel. German by Anne Bock. (Afterword: Kurt Friedlaender). Zurich: Manesse Verlag, 1956
  • The mountain nest . From d. Soot. trans. by Hertha von Schulz. Berlin: Rütten u. Loening, 1958
  • Stories from the Urals . Munich: Goldmann, 1959
  • Long-eared the brave hare . The Little Trumpeter Books Volume 35. Berlin: Kinderbuchverlag Berlin , 1962
  • Fairy tales for Alyonushka . Illustrations Maria Mackiewicz-Adamus. Berlin: Children's book publisher, 1968
  • The fairy tale of the brave rabbit . Illustrations by Kaisa Puustak. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1976
  • The encounter - tales from the Urals . Leipzig: Verlag Philipp Reclam jun., 1984
  • The Privalov Millions . Translation from Russian and afterword by Bruno Goetz. Zurich: Manesse, 1984. ISBN 978-3-7175-8034-8

Web links

Commons : Dmitri Mamin-Sibirjak  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Introduction to A Gold Nugget , Raduga Publishers, Moscow, 1987.
  2. ^ A b c d The Cambridge History of Russian Literature, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
  3. ^ A Writer Remembers, Nikolay Teleshov, Hutchinson, NY, 1943.
  4. ↑ http://blog.zvab.com/2009/11/23/dmitri-mamin-sibirjak-der-sibirer-und-pjotr-boborykin-der-vergessenste-schriftsteller-seiner-zeit/
  5. ↑ C. H. Beck , Munich 2005, p. 149 ( Der Naturalismus ).
personal data
SURNAME Mamin-Sibirjak, Dmitri Narkissowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mamin, Dmitri Narkissowitsch (maiden name); Мамин-Сибиряк, Дмитрий Наркисович
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Wisim , Perm Governorate
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1912
Place of death St. Petersburg