Alexander Afanasyev (Author of Russian Fairy Tales)

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Alexander Afanasyev

Born

in Boguchar, Russian Federation

July 11, 1826

Died

October 23, 1871

Genre

Folklore

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Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (Russian: 袗谢械泻褋邪薪写褉袧懈泻芯谢邪械胁懈褔袗褎邪薪邪褋褜械胁) was a Russian folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world. His first collection was published in eight volumes from 1855-67, earning him the reputation of a Russian counterpart to the Brothers Grimm.

Born in 1826 in Boguchar, in Voronezh Governate, he grew up in Bobrov, becoming an early reader thanks to the library of his grandfather, a member of the Russian Bible Society. He was educated at the Voronezh gymnasium and from 1844-48 he studied law at the University of Moscow. Despite being a promising student, he did not become a professor, due largely to attacks upo ...more

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	Russian Fairy Tales by Alexander Afanasyev, Roman Jakobson (Folkloristic Commentary), Norbert Guterman (Translator), Alexander Alexeieff (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 4,640 ratings — published 1855	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vasilisa the Beautiful and Baba Yaga by Alexander Afanasyev, Ivan Bilibin (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 2011 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	袪褍褋褋泻懈械薪邪褉芯写薪褘械褋泻邪蟹泻懈 by Alexander Afanasyev, 袗谢械泻褋邪薪写褉袧懈泻芯谢邪械胁懈褔袗褎邪薪邪褋褜械胁, 袠胁邪薪携泻芯胁谢械胁懈褔袘懈谢懈斜懈薪 (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 2011 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	亘丕亘丕賷丕噩丕: 丨賰丕賷丕鬲卮毓亘賷丞乇賵爻賷丞 by Alexander Afanasyev, 乇賵賱丕毓丕丿賱 (欧宝娱乐 Author) (鬲乇噩賲丞), 賲乇賷賲丕賱賲賷乇 (欧宝娱乐 Author) (鬲丿賯賷賯賱睾賵賷) 3.84 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El P谩jaro de Fuego y otros cuentos populares rusos by Alexander Afanasyev, Isabel Vicente (罢谤补诲耻肠肠颈贸苍) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1899 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Erotic Tales of Old Russia by Alexander Afanasyev, Yury Perkov (Translator), Alek Rapoport (Illustrator) 3.55 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1872 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Myths and Legends of Russia by Alexander Afanasyev, Norbert Guterman (Translator), Niroot Puttapipat (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 115 ratings — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tale of Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird, and the Grey Wolf by Alexander Afanasyev, Ivan Bilibin (Illustrator), Post Wheeler (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vassilisa the Beautiful by Alexander Afanasyev, Ivan Bilibin (Illustrator), Irina Zheleznova (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Basilisa la Bella y otros cuentos populares rusos by Alexander Afanasyev, Ivan Bilibin (Illustrator), Luis Alberto de Cuenca (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 64 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is well-known what an orphan's life is: although he is little and has not yet a man's wisdom, he will follow every trail, try every task.”
― Alexander Afanasyev

tags: carpe-diem, life, orphans

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