Educated at St. Petersburg Educational Institute, Sologub began a career as a teacher in Northern Russia. In 1892, he returned to St. Petersburg and taught mathematics at a community college. Although he had published some verse as early as 1884, his true literary career began with the publication of his first novel, Heavy Dreams in 1895. His best work is undoubtedly The Little Demon, published in 1907 and featuring the evil and perverted schoolteacher Peredonov. Sologub was a leading proponent of the Symbolist school in Russian literature of the early twentieth century. Although Sologub remained in Russia after the Revolution, he was opposed to the Bolsheviks and contributed to various periodicals against the regime. He applied for a visa to leave Russia in 1919, but this was denied. Most of his work of the later years were translations. His best-known works include The Sting of Death (1904), The Decaying Guises (1907), The Fiery Circle (1908), The Created Legend (1908-12), Pearly Stars (1913), The White Dog (1915) and The Blind Butterfly (1918). Sologub also produced over a hundred short stories. |
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