Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

MIKHAIL SALTYKOV-SHCHEDRIN (1826–1889), known during his life by his pen name, Nikolai Shchedrin, was a major Russian writer and satirist. Born to a noble family, he worked as a civil servant while writing for and editing radical journals, which led to a banishment of seven years. His most famous novels are the family saga The Golovlyov Family (1880) and the political satire The History of a Town (1870).