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Fyodor DostoyevskyBiographical SketchNovember 11, 1821: born in Moscow, son of a staff doctor at acharity hospital.1838: entered Military Engineering Institute in St. Petersburg.1839: his father died, allegedly murdered by his own serfs.1844: gave up army commission to pursue a literary career. Firstnovel, Poor Folk, published in April 1845, was an immediatesuccess.1849: his participation in a revolutionary group was punished byfour years in a Siberian prison.1850s: developed epilepsy.1854–1858: wrote “Uncle’s Dream” and “Friend of the Family” inSiberia.1857: first marriage to Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva.1859: returned to St. Petersburg. Published a monthly periodicalcalled Time.1866: Crime and Punishment put Dostoyevsky in the front rankof Russian writers.1867: after his first wife’s death, married Anna GrigoryevnaSnitkina.1868–69: The Idiot, published in a period of revolutionary agitation,was not considered timely.1874–75: the reception of The Adolescent (or The Raw Youth) wasunfriendly.239