Vladimir Zotov

Vladimir Zotov
Born (1821-07-04)July 4, 1821
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died February 18, 1896(1896-02-18) (aged 74)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Occupation writer, playwright, journalist, editor

Vladimir Rafailovich Zotov (Russian: Владимир Рафаилович Зотов, July 4, 1821, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, — February 18, 1896, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian writer, playwright, journalist and editor. The writer and critic Rafail Zotov was his father.[1]

Of the 41 plays he authored the best known were Novgorodsy (Новгородцы, People of Novgorod, 1844), Zhizn Molyera (Жизнь Мольера, The Life of Moliere, 1843) and Syn stepei (Сын степей, The Son of the Steppes, 1844). Zotov wrote several novels, including Voltigeur (Вольтижёрка, 1849) and Stary dom (Старый дом, Old House, 1851). With Vladimir Sollogub he co-wrote a libretto for Anton Rubinstein's Dmitry Donskoy.[2]

Zotov edited Teatralnaya Letopis (1843) and Literaturnaya Gazeta (1847) as well as Illyustratsiya (1858—1862) and Illyustrirovanny Listok (1862), the two publications he in 1863 was instrumental in merging into Illyustrirovannaya Gazeta. Zotov was an encyclopedist who compiled and edited a History of World Literature (1876—1882). His Memoirs came out in 1890, published by Istorichesky Vestnik, Nos. 1-6.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Зотов, Владимир Рафаилович". Brockhaus & Efron Dictionary. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Куликовская битва at classic-music.ru
  3. ↑ Moskovskiye Vedomosti, 1896, No.40. The Obituary
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