Boleslav Markevich [SEP] place of death
Boleslav Markevich
Boleslav Mikhailovich Markevich (; 1822 – November 18 (30) 1884) was a Russian writer, essayist, journalist, and literary critic of Polish origin; author of a number of popular novels, including: "Marina of the Aluy Rog" (1873), "A Quarter of a Century Ago" (1878), "The Turning Point" (1881) and "The Void" (1884, unfinished).
Biography.
Boleslav Markevich was born and died in Saint Petersburg, a member
to music; it is known as "Don Juan's Serenade".
Background.
The origins of the play trace back to the end of 1857, when Aleksey K. Tolstoy first got the initial idea. By the summer of 1858 he's written "Don Juan"s first rough version. On March 20, 1860, he informed his friend, author and translator Boleslav Markevich that he had written and re-written the drama, then read it to critic Vasily Botkin and writer Nikolai Kruze, who gave him their approval