Dmitry Averkiyev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dmitry Averkiyev

Russian writer (1836-1905)

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1836

Place of Birth: Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai, Russia

Date of Death: 07-Jan-1905

Profession: writer, translator, theatre critic

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Dmitry Vasilyevich Averkiyev (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ????????, (October 12, 1836, Yekaterinodar, Russian Empire, — January 20, 1905, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian playwright, theatre critic, novelist, publicist and translator.
He is the author of the Russian libretto to Rogneda by Alexander Serov. Averkiyev's best known plays were Frol Skorbeyev (???? ????????, 1869) and Old Times in Kashira (????????? ???????, 1872); both continued to be produced into the Soviet times.
He was also an acclaimed theatre critic who contributed to Epokha, Moskovskiye Vedomosti, Novoye Vremya and Vsemirnaya Illyustratsiya (where he was the head of the literary section, in 1869-1871).
Averkiyev's magnum opus On Drama won him the Pushkin Prize in 1893.