Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky Fyodor Dostoevsky was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist whose literary works explore themes of human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual context of 19th-century Russia. His major works—Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880)—are recognized masterpieces of world literature for their psychological depth and philosophical complexity. He is considered one of the greatest novelists in world literature and a foundational figure in existentialist thought.