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The first edition was not published until 1833, four years after his death. Only once did he see it on the stage, when it was performed by the officers of the garrison at Yerevan. Soured by disappointment, he returned to Georgia.
Although Griboyedov left an interesting correspondence and several plays, which include Molodye suprugi (1815; “Young Married People”) and Student (1817; “The Student”), his reputation rests on a single work—Gore ot uma (1822–24; Wit Works Woe, 1933), a satirical play in rhymed iambic lines of varying length. Production of the play ...
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Jan 15, 2015 · Alexander Griboyedov was a diplomat, composer and very talented pianist, but these days he is mainly remembered as a playwright and poet. Like many poets of his day, Griboyedov died young.
The first Russian comedy of manners, the play was written in 1823, but not published until 1833 because of censorship. Born in Moscow as the son of a military officer, Griboedov showed talent at an early age in a number of areas. He was admitted to Moscow University at the age of eleven.
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Woe from Wit (Russian: Горе от ума; also translated as "The Woes of Wit," "Wit Works Woe," etc.) is Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow." Its plot is slight; its merits are to be found in its accurate representation of certain social an...
Mirsky, D. P. A History of Russian Literature from its Beginnings to 1900. Edited by D. S. Mirsky and Francis J. Whitfield. New York: Vintage Books, 1958. ISBN 0810116790Terras, Victor. A History of Russian Literature. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1991. ISBN 0756761484This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.All links retrieved May 15, 2021. 1. Горе от ума– full text in Russian 2. Горе от ума– full text in Russian at Alexei Komarov's Internet Library 3. Woe from Wit– full text of English translation by A Vagapov, 1993 4. The Woes of Wit– Alan Shaw's translator's introduction
The play belongs to the classical school of comedy, with principal antecedents in Molière. Like Denis Fonvizin before him and like the founders of the Russian realistic tradition after him, Griboyedov lays far greater stress on the characters and their dialogue than on his plot.
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He commenced writing early and, in 1816, he introduced on stage at St. Petersburg the comedy in verse “The Young Spouses” (1815), followed by “One’s Own Family Or Married Bride” (1817) and other works of the same kind.
