List of Russian-speaking writers
This list includes both writers and poets who wrote in Russian .
See also :
A.
- Çingiz Abdullayev (* 1959)
- Narine Abgarjan (* 1971)
- Fyodor Abramov (1920–1983)
- Bella Achmadulina (1937-2010)
- Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966)
- Alexander Adamowitsch (1927–1994)
- Georgi Adamowitsch (1892–1972)
- Alexander Afinogenow (1904–1941)
- Wassili Afonin (* 1939)
- Boris Agapov (1899–1973)
- Tschingis Aitmatow (1928-2008)
- Gennadi Ajgi (1934-2006)
- Sergei Aksakov (1791-1859)
- Vasily Aksjonow (1932-2009)
- Boris Akunin (* 1956)
- Mark Aldanow (1886–1957)
- Vladimir Alejnikow (* 1946)
- Vasily Alexandrowski (1897–1934)
- Gennady Alexeev (1932–1987)
- Gleb Alexejew (1892-1938)
- Margarita Aliger (1915-1992)
- Anna Altschuk (1955-2008)
- Daniil Andrejew (1906-1959)
- Leonid Andrejew (1871-1919)
- Innokenti Annenski (1855–1909)
- Olga Anstej (1912–1985)
- Pawel Antokolski (1896–1978)
- Alexandra Antonova (1932-2014)
- Alexei Apuchtin (1841-1893)
- Alexei Arbusow (1908–1986)
- Vladimir Aristov (* 1950)
- Vladimir Arsenyev (1872–1930)
- Mikhail Arzybaschew (1878–1927)
- Alexander Askoldow (1932-2018)
- Eduard Assadow (1923-2004)
- Nikolai Assejew (1889–1963)
- Viktor Astafjew (1924-2001)
- Alexej Achair (1896–1960)
- Lera Auerbach (* 1973)
- Arkady Awertschenko (1881-1925)
- Vasily Avsejenko (1842–1913)
- Gerassim Avscharyan (* 1972)
- Avwakum (1620–1682)
B.
- Isaac Babel (1894-1940)
- Konstantin Badigin (1910–1984)
- Eduard Bagrizki (1895–1934)
- Grigory Baklanov (1923-2009)
- Michail Bakunin (1814–1876)
- Konstantin Balmont (1867-1942)
- Natalja Baranskaya (1908-2004)
- Yevgeny Baratynski (1800–1844)
- Agnija Barto (1906-1981)
- Askold Baschanow (1934–2012)
- Demjan Bedny (1883-1945)
- Alexander Bek (1903–1972)
- Alexander Belyayev (1884–1942)
- Andrei Bely (1880-1934)
- Grigori Belych (1906–1938)
- Nina Berberova (1901-1993)
- Olga Bergholz (1910–1975)
- Georgi Berjosko (1905–1982)
- Alexander Bestuschew (1797–1837)
- Alexander Besymenski (1898–1973)
- Witali Bianki (1894–1959)
- Dmitri Bilenkin (1933–1987)
- Vladimir Bill-Belozerkowski (1885–1970)
- Sergej Biryukov (* 1950)
- Andrei Bitow (1937-2018)
- Alexander Blok (1880-1921)
- Pyotr Boborykin (1836-1921)
- Ossip Bodjanski (1808–1877)
- Alexander Bogdanov (1873-1928)
- Yuri Bondarew (1924-2020)
- Valeri Brainin-Passek (* 1948)
- Max Bremener (* 1926)
- Georgi Bryantsev (1904–1960)
- Valery Bryusov (1873-1924)
- Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996)
- Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940)
- Faddei Bulgarin (1789-1859)
- Kir Bulytschow (1934-2003)
- Ivan Bunin (1870-1953)
- Dawid Burljuk (1882–1967)
- Nikolaj Burljuk (1890-1920)
C.
- Juri Chanon (* 1965)
- Daniil Charms (1905-1942)
- Mikhail Cheraskov (1733–1807)
- Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922)
- Nikolai Khmelnitsky (1789–1845)
- Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939)
- Igor Cholin (1920–1999)
D.
- Wladimir Dal (also: Dahl) (1801–1871)
- Denis Davydov (1784–1839)
- Anton Delwig (1798–1831)
- Andrej Dementjew (1928-2018)
- Gawriil Derschawin (1743-1816)
- Alexander Dobrolyubov (1876–1945)
- Nikolai Dobrolyubov (1836–1861)
- Yevgeny Dolmatovsky (1915–1994)
- Darja Donzowa (* 1952)
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881)
- Sergei Dovlatov (1941–1990)
- Julia Drunina (1924–1991)
- Vladimir Dudinsev (1918–1998)
- Nadeschda Durowa (1783–1866)
E.
- Boris Eichenbaum (1886–1959)
- Juliu Edlis (* 1929)
- Sergei Efron (1893-1941)
- Ilja Ehrenburg (1891–1967)
- Iwan Elagin (1918–1987)
- Lew Ellis (1874-1947)
- Nikolai Erdman (1900-1970)
F.
- Alexander Fadejew (1901–1956)
- Katerina Fein (* 1975)
- Boris Falkow (1946-2010)
- Konstantin Fedin (1892–1977)
- Afanassi Fet (1820-1892)
- Alexander Fitz (* 1948)
- Vasily Fyodorov (1918–1984)
- Konstantin Fofanow (1862–1911)
- Denis Fonwisin (1745–1792)
- Ruwim Frajerman (1891–1972)
- Dmitri Furmanov (1891-1926)
G
- Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928)
- Arkadi Gaidar (1904–1941)
- Vsevolod Garschin (1855–1888)
- Mikhail Gerasimov (1889–1939)
- Vladimir Gilyarovsky (1855-1935)
- Yevgenia Ginsburg (1904–1977)
- Sinaida Gippius (1869–1945)
- Fyodor Gladkow (1883–1958)
- Nikolai Glaskow (1919–1979)
- Fjodor Glinka (1786–1880)
- Dmitri Gluchowski (* 1979)
- Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
- Ivan Goncharov (1812-1891)
- Friedrich Gorenstein (1932-2002)
- Maxim Gorki (1868-1936)
- Sergei Gorodetsky (1884–1967)
- I. Grekowa (1907-2002)
- Alexander Gribojedow (1795-1829)
- Apollon Grigoryev (1822–1864)
- Dmitri Grigorowitsch (1822–1900)
- Isabella Grinewskaja (1864–1944)
- Yevgeny Grishkovets (* 1967)
- Wassili Grossman (1905–1964)
- Semjon Gudsenko (1922–1953)
- Nikolai Gumiljow (1886–1921)
- Georgi Gulia (1913-1989)
- Georgi Gurevich (1917–1998)
H
- Alexander Hearts (1812-1870)
- Sinaida Hippius (Gippius) (1869–1945)
I.
- Alexander Ikonnikow (* 1974)
- Ilja Ilf (1897–1937)
- Wera Inber (1890–1972)
- Fasil Iskander (1929-2016)
- Mikhail Issakovsky (1900–1973)
- Alexei Ivanov (* 1969)
- Georgi Ivanov (1894-1958)
- Yuri Ivanov (1928–1994)
- Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949)
- Vsevolod Ivanov (1895–1963)
- Ryurik Iwnjow (1891–1981)
J
- Nikolai Jakimtschuk (* 1961)
- Anatoli Janowski (1919–1990)
- Alexander Yashin (1913–1968)
- Nikolai Jasykow (1803-1847)
- Ivan Yefremov (1908–1972)
- Wenedikt Erofejew (1938–1990)
- Pyotr Yershov (1815–1869)
- Sergej Jessenin (1895–1925)
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1932-2017)
- Oleg Jurjew (1959-2018)
- Leonid Jusefowitsch (* 1947)
K
- Wassili Kapnist (1758–1823)
- Nikolai Karamsin (1766-1826)
- Alexander Karasjow (* 1971)
- Rimma Kasakowa (1932-2008)
- Ivan Katajew (1902–1937)
- Valentin Katajew (1897–1986)
- Weniamin Kawerin (1902–1989)
- Dmitri Kedrin (1907-1945)
- Juri Khanon (* 1965)
- Anatoli Kim (* 1939)
- Ivan Kirejewski (1806-1856)
- Semyon Kirssanov (1906–1972)
- Nikolai Klujew (1884–1937)
- Sergei Klychkov (1889–1937)
- Pawel Kogan (1918–1942)
- Alexei Kolzow (1809–1842)
- Michail Kolzow (1898–1940)
- Lev Kopelew (1912–1997)
- Vladimir Korolenko (1853-1921)
- Naum Korschawin (1925-2018)
- Ivan Koslow (1779-1840)
- Viktor Krivulin (1944-2001)
- Alexei Krutschonych (1886–1968)
- Ivan Krylov (1769-1844)
- Anatoli Kudrjawitzki (* 1954)
- Wilhelm Küchelbecker (1797–1846)
- Vladimir Kunin (1927-2011)
- Alexander Kuprin (1870–1938)
- Andrei Kurkow (* 1961)
- Dmitri Kuzmin (* 1968)
- Mikhail Kuzmin (1872–1936)
L.
- Jakow Landa (1948-2005)
- Boris Lavrenev (1891-1959)
- Pyotr Lavrov (1823-1900)
- Wassili Lebedew-Kumatsch (1898–1949)
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841)
- Nikolai Leskow (1831–1895)
- Yuri Levitansky (1922–1996)
- Juri Libedinski (1898–1959)
- Eduard Limonow (1943-2020)
- Leonid Lipawski (1904–1941)
- Benedikt Liwschiz (1887–1938)
- Mirra Lochwitskaja (1869–1905)
- Nadeschda Lochwizkaja (1872–1952), called Teffi
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765)
- Vladimir Lugowskoi (1901–1957)
- Sergei Lukjanenko (* 1968)
M.
- Apollon Maikow (1821-1897)
- Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930)
- Anton Makarenko (1888-1939)
- Sergei Malaschkin (1888–1988)
- Alexander Malyshkin (1892–1938)
- Ossip Mandelstam (1891–1938)
- Anatoli Marienhof (1897–1962)
- Gregori Margowski (* 1963)
- Samuil Marschak (1887–1964)
- Olga Martynowa (* 1962)
- Leonid Martynow (1905–1980)
- Nowella Matwejewa (* 1934)
- Vladimir Maximov (1930–1995)
- Lev Mei (1822–1862)
- Dmitri Mereschkowski (1865–1941)
- Alexander Meshirov (1923-2009)
- Arvo Mets (1937-1997)
- Sergei Michalkow (1913-2009)
- Nikolai Minski (1855-1937)
- Ivan Myatlev (1796–1844)
- Leonid Montschinski (1935-2016)
- Junna Moriz (* 1937)
- Boris Moshayev (1932-1996)
N
- Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
- Semjon Nadson (1862-1887)
- Vladimir Narbut (1888–1938)
- Wassili Nareschny (1780-1825)
- Sergej Narovchatow (1919–1981)
- Nikolai Nekrasov (1821-1878)
- Viktor Nekrasov (1911–1987)
- Ivan Nikitin (1824–1861)
- Valery Nikolayevsky (* 1939)
- Alexei Novikow-Priboi (1877–1944)
- Nikolai Nossow (1908–1976)
O
- Sergei Obradowitsch (1892-1956)
- Alexander Odojewski (1802–1839)
- Vladimir Odojewski (1803–1869)
- Irina Odojewzewa (1901–1990)
- Nikolai Ogaryov (1813–1877)
- Bulat Okudschawa (1924–1997)
- Nikolai Oleinikow (1898–1942)
- Juri Olescha (1899–1960)
- Pyotr Oreschin (1887–1938)
- Lev Oschanin (1912–1996)
- Lev Oserow (1914–1996)
- Wladislaw Oserow (1769-1816)
- Michail Ossorgin (1878–1942)
- Alexander Ostrowski (1823-1886)
- Nikolai Ostrowski (1904–1936)
P
- Vera Panowa (1905–1973)
- Leonid Panteleev (1908–1987)
- Valentin Parnach (1891–1951)
- Sofia Parnok (1885-1933)
- Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)
- Konstantin Paustowski (1892–1968)
- Karolina Pavlova (1807-1893)
- Wiktor Pelewin (* 1962)
- Nik Perumov (* 1963)
- Yevgeny Petrov (1903-1942)
- Maria Petrowych (1908–1979)
- Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (* 1938)
- Boris Pilnjak (1894–1938)
- Dmitri Pissaryev (1840–1868)
- Andrei Platonow (1899–1951)
- Alexei Pleschcheev (1825-1893)
- German Plissezki (* 1931)
- Alexander Poleschajew (1804-1838)
- Yuri Polyakov (* 1954)
- Jakow Polonski (1819–1898)
- Simeon Polotski (1629-1680)
- Boris Poplawski (1903-1935)
- Yevgeny Popov (* 1946)
- Oleg Postnow (* 1962)
- Anatoly Pristavkin (1931-2008)
- Alexander Prokhanov (* 1938)
- Kosma Prutkov
- Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837)
R.
- Alexander Radishchev (1749–1802)
- Vladimir Rajewski (1795–1872)
- Lev Rasgon (1908-1999)
- Valentin Rasputin (1937-2015)
- Irina Ratuschinskaja (1954-2017)
- Alexei Remisow (1877–1957)
- Konstantin Romanow ("KR") (1858–1915)
- Panteleimon Romanov (1884–1938)
- Vsevolod Roshdestvensky (1895–1977)
- Evdokija Rostoptschina (1812-1858)
- Robert Roschdestwenski (1932–1994)
- Felix Rosiner (1936–1997)
- Wiktor Rosow (1913-2004)
- Nikolai Rubzow (1936–1971)
- Anatoly Rybakov (1911–1998)
- Mikhail Ryklin (* 1948)
- Kondrati Rylejew (1795-1826)
- Juri Rytcheu (1930-2008)
S.
- Nikolai Sabolozki (1903-1958)
- Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889)
- Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884–1937)
- Dawid Samoilow (1920–1990)
- Genrich Sapgir (1928–1999)
- Nikolai Sarudin (1899–1937)
- Vladimir Sasubrin (1895–1937)
- Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982)
- Sergei Shargunov (* 1980)
- Vladimir Sharov (1952-2018)
- Mikhail Shatrow (1932-2010)
- Wadim Schefner (1915-2002)
- Alexej Schemchuschnikow (1821–1908)
- Vadim Scherschenewitsch (1893–1942)
- Anatoly Schigulin (1930-2000)
- Stepan Schipachev (1899–1980)
- Alexej Schipenko (* 1961)
- Michail Schischkin (* 1961)
- Vyacheslav Shishkov (1873–1945)
- Wiktor Schklowski (1893–1984)
- Ivan Schmeljow (1873–1950)
- Asja Schneidermann (* 1968)
- Alexander Scholkowski (* 1937)
- Michail Scholochow (1905-1984)
- Gennady Shpalikov (1937–1974)
- Mikhail Shcherbakov (* 1963)
- Nikolai Shcherbina (1821–1869)
- Maxime Schubert (1945–1987)
- Vasily Zhukovsky (1783-1852)
- Vasily Schukschin (1929–1974)
- Yevgeny Schwarz (1896–1958)
- Lidija Seifullina (1889–1954)
- Ilja Selwinski (1899–1968)
- Mikhail Senkevich (1891–1973)
- Jelena Serebrovskaya (1915-2003)
- Igor Severyanin (1887–1941)
- Viktor Sidorow (1927–1987)
- Konstantin Simonow (1915–1979)
- Andrei Sinjawski (1925–1997)
- Nikolai Slatowratsky (1845-1911)
- Konstantin Sluchewski (1837–1904)
- Boris Sluzki (1919–1986)
- Yaroslav Smelyakov (1913–1972)
- Sasha Sokolov (* 1943)
- Fyodor Sologub (1863-1927)
- Vladimir Solouchin (1924–1997)
- Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900)
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
- Vladimir Sorokin (* 1955)
- Mikhail Soschtschenko (1894-1958)
- Nikolai Starikow (* 1970)
- Anatolij Steiger (1907-1944)
- Dmitri Strelnikoff (* 1969)
- Arkadi Strugazki (1925–1991)
- Boris Strugazki (1933-2012)
- Dmitri Sukharev (* 1930)
- Sergei Sukhinov (* 1950)
- Alexander Sumarokov (1717–1777)
- Alexej Surkov (1899-1983)
- Viktor Suvorov (* 1947)
- Mikhail Swetlow (1903–1964)
T
- Jelisaveta Tarachowskaya (1891–1968)
- Alexander Tarasow-Rodionow (1885–1938)
- Arseni Tarkowski (1907–1989)
- Nadeschda Alexandrovna Teffi (1872–1952)
- Vladimir Tendryakov (1923–1984)
- Nikolai Tikhonov (1896–1979)
- Fyodor Tjuttschew (1803–1873)
- Tatjana Tolstaja (* 1951)
- Alexei Konstantinowitsch Tolstoy (1817–1875)
- Alexei Nikolajewitsch Tolstoy (1883–1945)
- Lev Tolstoy (1828-1910)
- Wassili Trediakowski (1703–1769)
- Yuri Trifonov (1925–1981)
- Alexander Tschakowski (1913–1994)
- Vladimir Tscharnoluski (1894–1969)
- Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
- Nikolai Tschernyshevsky (1828–1889)
- Lev Tschorny (1890-1921)
- Lydia Tschukowskaja (1907-1996)
- Kornej Tschukowski (1882–1969)
- Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883)
- Weronika Tuschnowa (1915–1965)
- Alexander Twardowski (1910–1971)
- Yuri Tynyanow (1894–1943)
U
- Lyudmila Ulitskaja (* 1943)
- Eduard Uspenski (1937-2018)
- Pyotr Uspensky (1878–1947)
- Iossif Utkin (1903-1944)
W.
- Konstantin Waginow (1899–1934)
- Alexander Wampilow (1937–1972)
- Konstantin Wanschenkin (1925–2012)
- Boris Wassiljew (1924-2013)
- Dmitri Wenevitinow (1805-1827)
- Wikenti Veressajew (1867–1945)
- Anatoly Vinogradov (1888–1946)
- Yevgeny Vinokurov (1925–1993)
- Alina Wituchnowskaja (* 1973)
- Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792-1878)
- Vladimir Voinowitsch (1932-2018)
- Alexander Volkov (1891–1977)
- Alexander Wolodin (1919-2001)
- Maximilian Voloshin (1877-1932)
- Andrei Vosnesensky (1933-2010)
- Alexander Vwedensky (1904–1941)
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980)
Z
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941)
- Leonid Zypkin (1926–1982)
See also
- Writer (international)
- List of authors (international)
- List of biographies (international)
- Russia
- Russian language
- Russian literature