Nakrohin Prokofy Egorovich

(1850 - 1903). He studied at the gymnasium in Arkhangelsk, went out of sixth grade on poverty. After moving to St. Petersburg, was a reporter, wrote articles and notes on modern themes. Since 1868 placed the short stories in weekly magazines and newspapers. In the "Book Week", . from 1888 to 1899 published his most famous works: "Thief", . "Incoming and outgoing", . "Dreams", . "Talisman", . "Verses", . Tale and the truth ", . dedicated predominantly small world, . humble people, their suffering, . their everyday, . gray life, he describes simply, , . with full confidence of a man, . with faith in the moral rebirth of the, . who fell on the path of vice,
. Healthy eyes looking N. people's lives. Unflinching, deep love of humanity runs through the works of AN, alien sentimentality, warmed by a soulful mood. The good-natured humor brightens up some of the monotony. In 1899 he published a collection of his stories: "Idyll in prose". N. died in the hospital for the mentally ill. - Wed. V. Gribovskii "Soul of the crowd and the individual" ( "Week", 1899, April); Menshikov "Critical Essays" (St. Petersburg, 1900), K. Petrov (Kn. Medvedskij), "P. E. N. "(" Historical Journal ", 1903, December); VV. Brusyanin "P. N. "(" Journal for All ", 1903, November). P. Bykov.