Fyodor Dostoyevsky(1821-1881)was a Russian novelist,short story writer,essayist,journalist and philosopher.Dostoyevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political,social,and spiritual atmosphere of 19th-century Russia,and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes.
His output consists of 11 novels,three novellas,17 short novels and numerous other works including The Brothers Karamazov(1880).Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychologists in world literature.His books have been translated into more than 170 languages.Dostoyevsky influenced a multitude of writers and philosophers,from Anton Chekhov and Ernest Hemingway to Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre.
