Background

Viktor Pavlovich Gayevsky was born on January 22, 1826 in Saint Petersburg City, Russian Federation into a noble family. His father was a translator, journalist and censor of the Petersburg Censorship Committee.

Education

Viktor Pavlovich graduated from the Imperial Lyceum in 1845.

Career

Viktor Pavlovich served on the Commission of Petitions and the Ministry of Public Education. Since 1846, combined with the post of official of the Archaeological Commission. In 1855 Viktor Pavlovich was transferred to the office of the Secretary of State. In January 1863, he resigned as senior assistant director of the office.

In 1854-1855, Viktor Pavlovich headed the fiction department. He led a journal feuilleton. In the late 1840s and early 1850s, he came close to writers who worked in the journals "Library for Reading," Domestic Notes" and "Contemporary." Since 1849 Viktor Pavlovich has published a number of articles dedicated to the history of Russian literature of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Membership

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  The idea of ​​the foundation in Russia a society of assistance to writers, was first expressed in the "Library for Reading" by writer Alexander Druzhinin and met with great sympathy by his colleagues in the workshop. The draft charter of the society, drawn up by Andrei Zlyotsky-Tepovski and Constantine Cavelin, was approved on August 7, 1859, on November 8 of the same year the first general meeting of founders took place. The purpose of the foundation was to provide assistance to the needy orphaned families of writers and scientists, as well as to those writers and scientists who, for old years or other reasons, could not support themselves with their own works. According to his creators, he could also contribute to the publication of useful literary and academic works, which could not be published by the authors and translators themselves on the lack of funds, as well as to deliver to poor giving young people ways to finish their education and prepare themselves for literary and academic activities, and insufficient scholars and writers - ways to travel necessary for self-improvement or to complete the work they have adopted. The Literary Foundation in some ways served as a writing union, but its monetary assistance was not planned, but for the most part was an occasional "hole-closing."

  Society for benefits to needy writers and scientists , Russian Federation

  1850 - 1855

Connections

Father:

Pavel Gayevsky

Friend:

Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

Party member:

Nikolay Nekrasov

Party member:

Alexander Druzhinin

References

• Russian writers. 1800-1917. Biographical Dictionary. Volume 1
  1989