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Kuprin (Êóïðèí) Aleksander Ivanovich
(1870–1938)
Aleksander Kuprin was a Russian writer, pilot, explorer and adventurer whose best known novellas include «Moloch» (1896), «Olesya» (1898), «The Duel» (1905), «Junior Captain Rybnikov» (1906), «Emerald» (1907), and «The Garnet Bracelet» (1911). Vladimir Nabokov styled him Russian Kipling for his stories about pathetic adventure-seekers.
A son of Tatar princess, he tried many jobs in his life, working as an officer, circus performer, church singer, doctor, hunter, fisher, etc. His early short stories, including several on horses and other animals, seethe with love of life in all its manifestations. Kuprin's popularity spread quickly after Leo Tolstoy had acclaimed him as a true successor to Chekhov. The spy story «Junior Captain Rybnikov» (1906) has been called the pinnacle of his art. Subsequently he paid less and less interest to literature, sharing his time between pubs and brothels. His novel about the life of prostitutes, «The Pit» (1915), was accused by Russian critics of excessive Naturalism.
After the Russian Revolution Kuprin emigrated to France, but eventually returned to Moscow on May 31, 1937, just a year before his death. His return paved the way for publication of his works within Soviet Union. Kuprin is interred next to his fellow writers at the Volkovo Cemetery of Leningrad.
Russia, 2010, 
Penza. Kuprin's Literature Holyday
Russia, 2010, 
Kuprin's museum in Narovchat
USSR, 1970, Aleksander Kuprin
Russia, 1995, 
125th Birth Anniv of Alexander Kuprin
Russia, 2010, Aleksander Kuprin
