Mikhail Zoshchenko

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Mikhail Zoshchenko was a Soviet satirical writer known for his humorous, colloquial short stories that sharply critiqued everyday life under early Soviet rule.

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instanceOf person
satirist
short story writer
burialPlace Literatorskie Mostki, Volkovo Cemetery, Leningrad NERFINISHED
causeOfNotability critique of petty-bourgeois behavior in early Soviet society
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
Soviet Union
dateOfBirth 1894-08-10
dateOfDeath 1958-07-22
educatedAt Saint Petersburg University NERFINISHED
employer Krokodil magazine NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Russian
familyName Zoshchenko NERFINISHED
fullName Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko NERFINISHED
gender male
genre satire
short story
givenName Mikhail NERFINISHED
hasRole children's writer
playwright
influenced Soviet satirical prose
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
militaryBranch Imperial Russian Army NERFINISHED
movement Russian literature
Soviet literature
notableEvent public denunciation in 1946 Zhdanov decree
notableFor colloquial narrative style
humorous short stories
satire of everyday Soviet life
notableWork Sentimental Tales NERFINISHED
Stories about Lenin
The Galosh NERFINISHED
occupation satirist
writer
participantIn World War I
placeOfBirth Russian Empire
Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Leningrad NERFINISHED
Soviet Union
residence Leningrad NERFINISHED
subjectOf Soviet literary criticism
workPeriod 1920s
1930s
1940s
writingStyle colloquial language
first-person narration
use of skaz technique

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Zhdanovshchina cultural campaign criticized Mikhail Zoshchenko
Union of Soviet Writers hasMember Mikhail Zoshchenko
First Congress of Soviet Writers attendee Mikhail Zoshchenko