Vladimir Kurochkin

Vladimir Kurochkin
Born	February 6, 1829 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	April 20, 1885 (aged 56) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Occupation	Playwright, editor, translator, publisher

Vladimir Stepanovich Kurochkin (Владимир Степанович Курочкин; 6 February 1829, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, - 20 April 1885, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian dramatist, translator, editor and publisher. Among the plays he authored were The Green Island (as Vlad K-n, with Innokenty Omulevsky; staged in 1873, published in 1883), Who Is to Blame? (1873), Two by Two is Five (1875) and A Modiste's Diary (1875). Vladimir Kurochkin compiled and published Nevsky Sbornik (the 1867 literary compilation). He edited Iskra magazine (1864–1867) and the Tatar-language Fayde (Virtue) newspaper (1866–1870). Poets Nikolai and Vasily Kurochkins were his brothers.^[1]

References

1. Russian Writers. Biobibliographical dictionary. Ed. P. A. Nikolayev. Vol. 3. Moscow. 1994. Pp. 240—241.