Mikhail Alexandrowitsch Weikone

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Mikhail Alexandrovich Weikone ( Russian Михаил Александрович Вейконе ; born October 7 . Jul / 19th October  1871 greg. In Saint Petersburg , † 1921 or 1922) was a Russian journalist, translator, theater critic and author.

Life

In Russia, Weikone was mainly active as a journalist. He wrote for Русская жизнь , was co-editor and theater critic of the newspaper Северный Курьер , later he published magazines such as Театр . He was also one of the editors of the second edition (1905/07) of the Russian encyclopedia ( Энциклопедический словарь Ф. Павленкова ) published by Florenti Pavlenkow in Petersburg , for which he also edited the entries for the letters from «Л» .

Even then he was writing for the theater, for example with Mawriki Girschman under the common pseudonym “Gione” . From 1910 he also appeared as a co-author of libretti for the German and Austrian stages. He wrote texts for the popular operettas Alt-Wien and Der lila Domino and the successful farce Große Raisinen! .

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SURNAME Weikone, Michail Alexandrowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Вейконе, Михаил Александрович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian journalist, translator, theater critic and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH 1921 or 1922