Ignaty Potapenko

{{Short description|Russian writer and playwright (1856–1929)}} {{Infobox writer  | image = Ignaty Nikolayevich Potapenko-cropped.jpg | imagesize = 200px | birth_date = {{birth date|1856|12|30}} | birth_place = Fyodorovka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) | death_date = {{death date and age|1929|5|17|1856|12|30}} | death_place = Leningrad, Soviet Union }} '''Ignaty Nikolayevich Potapenko''' ({{langx|ru|Игна́тий Никола́евич Пота́пенко}}, December 30, 1856 – May 17, 1929), was a Russian writer and playwright.

==Biography== Potapenko was born in the village of Fyodorovka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) where his father was a priest. Potapenko studied at Odessa University, and at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. His first works were tales of Ukrainian life. He's best known for his novel ''A Russian Priest (1890)'', published in ''Vestnik Evropy (Herald of Europe)''. His works include novels, plays, and short stories.<ref name="The Great Soviet Encyclopedia 1970-79">''The Great Soviet Encyclopedia'', 3rd Edition (1970-1979). 2010, The Gale Group, Inc.</ref>

== English translations == *''The General's Daughter'', (novel), T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. *''A Father of Six'', and ''An Occasional Holiday'', (short novels), T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. [https://archive.org/details/fatherofsixandoc00potaiala from Archive.org] *''A Thousand Talents'', (story), from ''Anthology of Russian Literature, Volume 2'', Leo Wiener, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. [https://archive.org/details/anthologyofrussi02wieniala from Archive.org] *''The Curse of Fame'', (story), from ''Short Story Classics (Foreign) Volume 1'', P.F. Collier, 1907. [https://archive.org/details/shortstoryclassi01pattrich from Archive.org] *''What Dmitro Saw At the War'', (story), from ''The Soul of Russia'', W. Stephens, Macmillan and Co. LTD, London, 1916. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=the%20soul%20of%20russia%20stephens from Archive.org] *''A Russian Priest'', (novel), T. Fisher Unwin, 1916. [https://archive.org/details/russianpriest00potauoft from Archive.org] *''Dethroned'', (story), from ''Best Russian Short Stories'', Boni and Liveright, 1917. [https://archive.org/details/bestrussianshor00seltgoog from Archive.org]

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