Lyubov Dostoevskaya

Lyubov Dostoevskaya
Lyubov Dostoevskaya as a child in the 1870s
Lyubov Dostoevskaya as a child in the 1870s
Native name
Любовь Достоевская
BornLyubov Fyodorovna Dostoevskaya
(1869-09-14)14 September 1869
Dresden, Germany
Died10 November 1926(1926-11-10) (aged 57)
Gries, Bolzano, Italy
OccupationWriter
NationalityRussian
Notable worksDostoyevsky According to His Daughter (1920)
Parents

Lyubov Fyodorovna Dostoevskaya (Russian: Любо́вь Фёдоровна Достое́вская; 14 September 1869 – 10 November 1926), also known by the name Aimée Dostoyevskaya, was a Russian writer,[1] memoirist, and the second daughter of famous writer Fyodor Dostoevsky and his wife Anna. Their first, Sonya, was born in 1868 and died the same year.

Lyubov never married. Later in her life she became estranged from her mother and moved out of their house.[2] In 1913, after a trip abroad for medical treatment, Lyubov decided to stay there, and she lived abroad until her death in 1926.[2] At that period she was also known by the name Aimée Dostoyevskaya (Russian: Эме Достоевская).[3] She died in Italy of pernicious anemia.[3]

The tomb in the Bolzano cemetery

Although Lyubov Dostoevskaya was Orthodox, the funeral rite was Catholic by mistake.[4] A simple wooden cross on her grave was soon replaced by a small porphyry tomb. In 1931 Italia Letteraria magazine suggested that since Dostoevskaya was buried in Italy, it was the Italian government that should establish a memorial.[4] In December 1931 a granite pedestal was constructed, with an epitaph written by the editor of Venezia Tridentina magazine.[4] Resting place of Fyodor Dostoevsky's daughter in Gries has been preserved after cemetery reconstruction.[3] Her tomb was moved to Bolzano city's cemetery in 1957.

  1. ^ Shadursky, Julia (1 June 2006). "Dostoevsky: Into the Depths of the Human Soul". NevaNews. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b Lantz, Kenneth (2004). The Dostoevsky Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 103. ISBN 0-313-30384-3.
  3. ^ a b c Kazakov, Alexey (31 August 2000). "Lyubov Dostoyevskaya: confessions album. A unique book about the daughter of the great Russian writer was published in Italy" [Любовь Достоевская: альбом признаний Уникальная книга о дочери великого русского писателя издана в Италии на трех языках] (in Russian). Chelyabinskiy Rabochiy. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  4. ^ a b c Scanta, Olivia. "From Bolzano with love. The fate of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's daughter in Italy" [С любовью из Больцано. О судьбе дочери Ф.М.Достоевского в Италии] (in Russian). Russkoye Voskreseniye. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2010.

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