Alexander Herzen
March 25, 1812 –January 9, 1870
Philosopher, Writer, Journalist, Autobiographer, Literary critic, Prose writer
Lived 57 years
- Born in
- Moscow
- Passed away in
- Paris
Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (Russian: Александр Иванович Герцен, romanized: Aleksandr Ivanovich Gertsen; 6 April [O.S. 25 March] 1812 – 21 January [O.S. 9 January] 1870) was a Russian writer and thinker known as the precursor of Russian socialism and one of the main precursors of agrarian populism (being an ideological ancestor of the Narodniki, Socialist-Revolutionaries, Trudoviks and the agrarian American Populist Party). With his writings, many composed while exiled in London, he attempted to influence the situation in Russia, contributing to a political climate that led to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. He published the important social novel Who is to Blame? (1845–46). His autobiography, My Past and Thoughts (written 1852–1870), is often considered one of the best examples of that genre in Russian literature.
Notable works: My Past and Thoughts Education: Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow Imperial University
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