Ivan Timofeevich Kokorev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetIvan Timofeevich Kokorev
Russian writer
Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1826
Place of Birth: Zaraysk, Russia
Date of Death: 26-Jun-1853
Profession: writer
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Ivan Timofeevich Kokorev
- Ivan Timofeevich Kokorev (Russian ???? ?????????? ???????) (September 6, 1825 - June 14, 1853) was a Russian writer. The son of a freed serf, Kokorev's stories and essays began appearing in the 1840s, but he did not become well known until he began his association with the journal Moskvityanin in 1849.
- His stories "Sibirka" (1847) and "Savvushka" (1852) were successful, but he is best remembered for his essays collected under the title Moskva sorokovykh godov ('Moscow of the [eighteen] forties'); the collection Ocherki i rasskazy ('Essays and stories') came out posthumously in 1857.
- He was considered one of the "Moscow patriots" and inveighed against the introduction of foreign words and customs.
- Apollon Grigoryev wrote in his memoirs of "the clearly-talented and likable sketches of the late I.
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- Kokorev."
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