Ivan Krylov
1769
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1844
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Russian Empire
native language: Russian
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
occupation: linguist, poet, writer, journalist, fabulist, dramaturge, publisher, translator, children's writer
award received: Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class
Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (Russian: Ива́н Андре́евич Крыло́в; 13 February 1769 – 21 November 1844) is Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors. Formerly a dramatist and journalist, he only discovered his true genre at the age of 40. While many of his earlier fables were loosely based on Aesop's and La Fontaine's, later fables were original work, often with a satirical bent. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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