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Сочинения Козьмы Пруткова
В книгу вошли все "сочинения" Козьмы Пруткова, под коллективным псевдонимом которого в 1850-1860-е годы выступала группа русских писателей: Алексей Константинович Толстой и братья Алексей, Владимир и Александр Михайловичи Жемчужниковы. Сатирические и юмористические произведения К.Пруткова сыграли заметную роль в литературной жизни России.
336 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1987
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K. Prutkov
11 booksKozma Petrovich Prutkov (Russian: Козьма́ Петро́вич Прутко́в) is a fictional author invented by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) and his cousins, the brothers Alexei Zhemchuzhnikov (1821-1908), Vladimir Zhemchuzhnikov [ru] (1830-1884) and Alexander Zhemchuzhnikov [ru] (1826-1896), during the later part of the rule (1825-1855) of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia.
The four distinguished satirical poets used this pseudonym as a collective pen-name to publish parody aphorisms, fables, and epigrams, as well as satiric, humorous and nonsense verses in the 1850s and 1860s, most notably in the literary magazine Sovremennik (The Contemporary).
According to the (fictional) Biographical data on Kozma Prutkov,] Prutkov, allegedly born on April 11, 1803, died on January 13, 1863. He worked for the government of the Russian Empire his entire adult life, and in 1820 entered military service as a hussar only for the uniform. He worked at the Assay Office (Пробирная Палата]) from 1823 until his death, ending up as its director.
The four distinguished satirical poets used this pseudonym as a collective pen-name to publish parody aphorisms, fables, and epigrams, as well as satiric, humorous and nonsense verses in the 1850s and 1860s, most notably in the literary magazine Sovremennik (The Contemporary).
According to the (fictional) Biographical data on Kozma Prutkov,] Prutkov, allegedly born on April 11, 1803, died on January 13, 1863. He worked for the government of the Russian Empire his entire adult life, and in 1820 entered military service as a hussar only for the uniform. He worked at the Assay Office (Пробирная Палата]) from 1823 until his death, ending up as its director.
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