Fyodor Sologub (real name Fyodor Teternikov) – Russian writer and poet of the Silver Age, author of The Petty Demon and many symbolist poems. His works combined grim realism, grotesque, and fantasy, earning him the reputation of one of the darkest voices of early 20th-century symbolism.
📖 The Petty Demon is regarded as the first Russian grotesque novel. 🖋 Worked as a schoolteacher while writing. 🌑 His poetry was described as “the sad music of life.” 💔 His wife’s suicide cast a shadow over his later years. 🎭 Also wrote plays and translated French literature. 📚 Known among peers as “the darkest of the Symbolists.” 🌍 His works were translated and read across Europe. 😂 Curiosity: fellow writers joked that even at parties he “spoke in a minor key.” 😄 Amusing fact: often told his students imaginative tales in class that eclipsed the actual lessons.