Interesting facts about Mamin-Sibiryak - this is a great opportunity to learn more about the work of the Russian writer. The first popularity came to him after the publication of the famous essays "From the Urals to Moscow". In addition, he wrote many children's works.
So, here are the most interesting facts about Mamin-Sibiryak.
- Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak (1852-1912) - writer, prose writer and playwright.
- Do you know that the real surname of the prose writer is Mamin? The word "Siberian" was added to his name later.
- Mamin-Sibiryak's father was a clergyman. He dreamed that his son would also follow in his footsteps.
- In his youth, Mamin-Sibiryak managed to graduate from theological seminary, for some time he studied to be a veterinarian and a lawyer, and then became interested in natural science.
- When the future writer was studying at the seminary, he often went hungry, due to serious material difficulties. According to Mamin-Sibiryak, this segment of his life became the most useless for him, not bringing him any practical knowledge.
- An interesting fact is that Mamin-Sibiryak wrote his first works when he was still a seminarian.
- In his student years, the prose writer worked as a tutor after studying in order to somehow make ends meet.
- Mamin-Sibiryak did not manage to get a higher education diploma, because due to pleurisy he was forced to quit his studies.
- When the father of Mamin-Sibiryak died, he had to support the whole family. For 9 years he collaborated with various publications, earning a living from writing.
- Mamin-Sibiryak traveled around the Urals for a long time, collecting various material about this region. He will share his impressions in the book "From the Urals to Moscow", which will bring him his first popularity and recognition.
- The writer maintained friendly relations with Anton Chekhov (see interesting facts about Chekhov).
- Before Dmitry Narkisovich took the pseudonym "Mamin-Sibiryak", he signed his works as "D. Siberian".
- It took Mamin-Sibiryak about 10 years to write the novel "Privalov Millions".
- After a divorce from his wife, Mamin-Sibiryak lived in a civil marriage with Maria Abramova, who died in childbirth. In the arms of the writer, the sick daughter Alena remained, for whom he actually wrote the collection "Anushka's Tales".
- Mamin-Sibiryak is depicted on a banknote of 20 Ural francs.
