RUSSIAN MASTER NOVELIST DOSTOEVSKY!

This is 200th Birth Anniversary year of great Russian author/journalist.. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky!

Maria Schell & Marcello Mastroianni in this film!

He first wrote social novel 'Poor Folk' (1845). His literary works includes novels, short stories & other journalistic writings. He explored human psychology in... spiritual, social & political atmospheres through it!

Some of his great novels are...mature period writing 'Crime and Punishment' (1866), socio-political satire 'Demons' (1872) & philosophical 'The Brothers - Karamazov' (1880). 

 

Dostoevsky's numerous books translated into more than 170 languages.

Sonam Kapoor &  Ranbir Kapoor in film 'Saawariya' (2007)

Apart from that, many acclaimed films were made on his famous literary works like...Kurosawa's Japanese film 'Hakuchi' (1951), Visconti's Italian 'Le notti bianche' (1957), Borisov's Soviet 'The - Gentle Creature' (1960), Godard's French 'La Chinoise' (1967) then Sarquis' Argentine 'The Under - ground Man' (1981), Wajda's.. Polish 'Nastasja' (1994) and some of our Indian Hindi films like.. Mani Kaul's offbeat 'Nazar' (1991) & Bhansali's popular romantic.. 'Saawariya' (2007).

 

This legend was honoured in different ways, like Soviet Union released postage stamp dedicated to him in 1956 and formed 'A Dostoevsky Museum' in 1971.

Humble Homage to this genius writer!!

- Manoj Kulkarni