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Also Known As	Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoevsky • Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky
Born	November 11, 1821 • Moscow • Russia
Died	February 9, 1881 (aged 59) • St. Petersburg • Russia
Notable Works	“A Raw Youth” • “Crime and Punishment” • “Not by Bread Alone” • “Notes from the Underground” • “Poor Folk” • “The Brothers Karamazov” • “The Diary of a Writer” • “The Double” • “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man” • “The Gambler” • “The House of the Dead” • “The Idiot” • “The Possessed”
Movement / Style	realism