Alexei Potekhin

Alexei Antipovitch Potekhin (1829–1908) () was a Russian dramatist and novelist.

Biography

He was born at Kineshma, in Kostroma, studied at Jaroslav, and settled in Saint Petersburg. As a novelist he is a realist of much the same school as Pisemsky and especially able in his portrayal of dismal village life. His earlier plays were slow in getting to the stage, as they were blocked by the censors for their attacks on present conditions.

Works

Plays

The Voice of the People Not the Voice of God (1853) Ill-Gotten Gains Do Not Prosper (1854) Tinsel (1858) The Severed Limb (1865) A Vacant Place (1870)

Novels and tales of peasant life

The Poor Nobles (1859) For Money, a story of factories The Sick Woman (1876) Under the Spell of Money (1876) Before the Community (1877) Young Inclinations (1879) Village Vampires (1880)

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1829 births

1908 deaths

Novelists from the Russian Empire

Male writers from the Russian Empire

Writers from Saint Petersburg

Russian dramatists and playwrights

Russian male dramatists and playwrights

Honorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences

Russian male novelists

19th-century novelists from the Russian Empire

19th-century dramatists and playwrights from the Russian Empire

19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire

Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery