Avdotya Panaeva
Avdotya Panaeva 1841 watercolor portrait by Konstantin Gorbunov | |
| Born | August 12, 1820
Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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| Died | April 11, 1893 (aged 72)
Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, memoirist, literary salon holder |
| Notable works | The Talnikov Family (1848), A Woman's Lot (1862), Memories (1889) |
Avdotya Yakovlevna Panaeva (Russian: Авдо́тья Я́ковлевна Пана́ева), née Bryanskaya (August 12 [O.S. July 31] 1820 – April 11 [O.S. March 30] 1893), was a Russian novelist, short story writer, memoirist and literary salon holder. She worked closely with writers Ivan Panaev, Nikolay Nekrasov, and Vissarion Belinsky to run the literary journal Sovremennik. She was a frequent contributor to The Contemporary (Sovremennik) and published much of her work under the male pseudonym N. Stanitsky. Her fiction sheds light on social injustice and the emancipation of women. Her best known work is her novel The Talnikov Family (1848), published in English in 2024 by Colombia University Press.