Author: Fyodor Sologub
Alternate names: Fedor Kuz'mich Teternikov; Fydor Sologub; Fedor Kuzʹmich Sologub; Fëdor Sologub; Fedor Sologub
Born: 1 March 1863
Died: 5 December 1927
Bio: Fyodor Sologub (Russian: Фёдор Сологу́б, born Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov, Russian: Фёдор Кузьми́ч Тете́рников, also known as Theodor Sologub) was a Russian Symbolist poet, novelist, translator, playwright and essayist. He was the first writer to introduce the morbid, pessimistic elements characteristic of European fin de siècle literature and philosophy into Russian prose.