Viktor Sergeevich Mirolyubov (Ви′ктор Серге′евич Миролю′бов, January 22, 1860

1860 in literature

The year 1860 in literature involved some significant new books.-Events:*January - First issue of the Cornhill Magazine*June 9 ****- Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter becomes the first dime novel to be published....

, Moscow

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, Russian Empire

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, – October 26, 1939

1939 in literature

The year 1939 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*December 25 - A Christmas Carol is read before a radio audience for the first time....

, Leningrad

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, USSR) was a Russian

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 singer (who performed as V.Mirov), journalist, editor and publisher, best known for his work as a head of Zhurnal dlya vsekh (Journal for Everyone, 1898-1906) which he bought out and turned into one of the leading literary Russian magazines. He was also a co-founder (along with Dmitry Merezhkovsky

Dmitry Merezhkovsky

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, Zinaida Gippius

Zinaida Gippius

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 among others) of the Religious-Philosophic Meetings (1901-1903). After the 1917 Revolution Viktor Mirolyubov, much supported by Maxim Gorky

Maxim Gorky

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, remained in the Soviet Russia. He worked as an editor, later librarian, but eventually became virtually unemployed and died in poverty in 1939.