Nemirovich-Danchenko, V.I.

Keywords

List of most relevant works associated with Africa

Prazdnik v Alzhire [A Holiday in Algeria], “Vokrug sveta”, 1887, 45

Khizhiny afrikanskikh negrov [The Huts of African Negroes], “Vokrug sveta”, 1890, 8

Korolevstvo Shoa [The Kingdom of Shewa], “Vokrug sveta”, 1890, 40

Dagomeia [Dahomey], “Vokrug sveta”, 1893, 7-8

Frantsuzy v Sudane [The French in Sudan], “Vokrug sveta”, 1894, 10

Prikliucheniia frantsuzy na Madagaskare [The Adventures of the French in Madagascar], “Vokrug sveta”, 1895, 14

Pod afrikanskim nebom [Under the African Sun], Sankt-Peterburg 1896 (first published in “Vsemirnaia illiustratsiia” in 1886)

V l’vinom tsarstve. Iz marokkanskikh vpechatlenii [In the Lion’s Kingdom. Moroccan Impressions], “Vokrug sveta”, 1909, 27-30

Ugolok vostochnoi skazki [An Oriental Fairytale Corner], “Vokrug sveta”, 1909, 34-39

V tridesiatom tsarstve. Ocherki tainstvennogo Magriba [In a Faraway Kingdom. Essays on the Mysterious Maghreb], “Vsemirnaia illiustratsiia”, 1910, 1-7

V kraiu zolotogo zakata [In the Land of the Golden Sunset], Moskva 1912

Overview

Vasilii Nemirovich-Danchenko was a Russian writer and journalist, brother of the renowned theatre director and playwright Vladimir. A dedicated traveller (and a member of the Russian Geographical Society), he published many books, travelogues and essays, drawing inspiration from his experiences around Russia and abroad. Well acquainted with North Africa, he wrote memoirs, fiction and essays on the whole African continent, which he mainly published in journals. His collaboration with “Vokrug sveta” stands out, in this regard, for its consistency. Many of his works were signed with pseudonyms (N. D-ko, N. D., among others). He is considered one of the first war correspondents in Russian history, having covered the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878 for “Novoe vremia”.

References

T. Musatova, Rossiia-Marokko: dalekoe i blizkoe proshloe, Moskva 1990, p. 142-147;

V. Baskakov, V. Khalizev, “Nemirovich-Danchenko Vasilii Ivanovich”, in Russkie pisateli. 1800-1917. Biograficheskii slovar’, t. 4, ed. by P. Nikolaev, Moskva 1999, p. 282-285;

Iu. Glebov, “Nemirovch-Danchenko Vasilii Ivanovich”, in Bol’shaia rossiiskaia entsiklopediia, t. 22, Moskva 2013, p. 363.

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