Ivan Panaev
Born	(1812-03-27)March 27, 1812 St Petersburg, Russia
Died	March 2, 1862(1862-03-02) (aged 49) St Petersburg, Russia
Spouse	Avdotya Panaeva

Ivan Ivanovich Panaev (Russian:Ива́н Ива́нович Пана́ев; March 27, 1812 – March 2, 1862) was a Russian writer, literary critic, journalist and magazine publisher.

Panaev was born into a gentry family in St Petersburg.^[1] He graduated from the Boarding School for the Nobility atSaint Petersburg State University in 1830. He began publishing his works in 1834. His first romantic novellas includedThe Bedroom of a Society Woman (1834, published 1835) andShe Will Be Happy (1836).^[2] He married Avdotya Bryanskaya in 1837. Avdotya became a well-known writer and memoirist.^[1]

Panaev became acquainted withVissarion Belinsky in 1839; their friendship significantly influenced Panaev's literary career. Between 1839 and 1846 his works were published inOtechestvennye Zapiski. They included the novellasThe Onager (1841) andActaeon (1842), the novelMama's Boy (1845), essays, satires, and short stories. Panaev's satireThe Literary Aphid (1843) was highly praised by Belinsky.^[2] He abandoned his civil service career in 1844, in order devote his full attention to literature.^[1] Panaev was introduced toFyodor Dostoyevsky byNikolay Nekrasov andDmitry Grigorovich, and often met Dostoyevsky at meetings of the Belinsky circle. In 1845 Dostoyevsky read his first novelPoor Folk to a literary gathering organized by Panaev and his wife. Dostoyevsky was a frequent visitor to the important literary salon run by Avdotya Panaeva. Dostoyevsky stopped attending the salon after quarreling withIvan Turgenev, a fellow visitor.^[3]

In 1847, together with Nekrasov, Panaev took overSovremennik, making it into a popular literary magazine and a financial success.^[1] Between 1851 and 1861, under the pseudonym "The New Poet", he published his monthly surveys of journalism and of life in St Petersburg inSovremennik. Other works by Panaev include the novelLions in the Provinces (1852), the novellaRelatives (1847), and the essay cycleKnowledge of Fops (1854–57).^[2] In the 1850s Panaev was one of the leading supporters of the emancipation of women.^[1] HisLiterary Reminiscences, written during the last years of his life, were published in 1861. This work contains portraits of literary figures, artists, musicians, and actors of the period from the 1820ss to the 1850s. Panaev's literary parodies, some written in collaboration with Nekrasov, were widely read.^[2]

• 1812 births
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• 19th-century short story writers from the Russian Empire
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