Fyodor Sologub

Fyodor Sologub (), born Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov (; – 5 December 1927), also known as Theodor Sologub, was a Russian Symbolist poet, novelist, translator, playwright and essayist. He was the first writer to introduce the morbid, pessimistic elements characteristic of European ''fin de siècle'' literature and philosophy into Russian prose. Provided by Wikipedia