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Mikhail Prishvin

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Also known as Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin

Russian writer (1873–1954)

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Works
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  • The root of life
  • Kladovaya solntsa. Rasskazy o prirode
  • The Lake And The Woods
  • The lake and the woods, or Nature's calendar
  • Treasure Trove

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Instance of
human
Given name
Mikhail
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of death
Moscow
Languages spoken
Russian
Native language
Russian
Genre
diary
Image
1973 CPA 4215.jpg
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place of burial
Vvedenskoye Cemetery
date of birth
1873-02-04
date of death
1954-01-16
Commons category
Mikhail Prishvin
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
stomach cancer
start of work period
1905-00-00
end of work period
1954-00-00
writing language
Russian
pseudonym
М. Алпатов
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Russian stamp of Mikhail Prishvin Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович При́швин; 4 February 1873 – 16 January 1954) was a Russian and Soviet novelist, prose writer and publicist. Prishvin himself defined his place in literature this way: "Rozanov is the afterword of Russian literature, and I am a free supplement. And that's all..."

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