Dostoevsky

Otba
1 min readDec 10, 2024

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“Dostoevsky..

He lived poor and alone, and when he died, more than sixty thousand people walked into his funeral... Dostoevsky, the giant of Russian literature, lived in poverty, poverty, and debt leaving him no space to breathe. He was a man who faced the worst circumstances and nightmares: afflicted by epilepsy, the death of his eldest daughter as a child, the death of his beloved son Alyosha while he was young, the harm from his relatives, the lack of ethics from some of his fellow ‘writers,’ and the state’s disdain for him. In the face of this overwhelming tide, he had nothing but his sincere smile, good intentions, humanity, and his pen... How apt Dostoevsky was in his novel “Poor Folk” when he said: ‘Poverty makes simple events complicated and painful... Poverty robs a person of their dignity and respect... Poverty makes life unbearable..’ He also said: ‘I have lived the worst moments alone’... But when he died, more than sixty thousand people walked in his funeral, This is how it is when you write sincerely and deal sincerely, so your words live an eternal life after you.”

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Otba
Otba

Written by Otba

Writer, poet, translator, member of international literary associations and activist

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