Ivan Goncharov

Ivan Goncharov (1812-1891) was born in Simbirsk, the son of a wealthy grain merchant, and studied at Moscow University. Employed from 1835 as a translator at the Ministry of Finance, he later became a censor. From 1852 to 1855, as secretary to Admiral Putyatin, he made the voyage of the frigate Pallada to Japan, and drew an account from it. He published three novels in twenty-two years. He never married and died in Saint Petersburg; it was learned after his death that he had burned many of his manuscripts.

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• NovelOblomovОбломовIvan Goncharov · 1859LiteraturePublic domain