Ivan Andreevich Krylov

1769–1844

1 standalone book

Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (1769-1844) was Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors. Formerly a dramatist and journalist, he only discovered his true genre at the age of 40. While many of his earlier fables were loosely based on Aesop's and La Fontaine's, his later fables were original work, often with a satirical bent.

Born

1769