Aleksandr Fomich Vel'tman

Japanese: ベリトマン - べりとまん（英語表記）Александр　Фомич　Вельтман／Aleksandr Fomich Vel'tman

1800‐70
Russian novelist. Although he was originally from the military, he developed an interest in archaeology and history, and was appointed director of the Historical Art Museum in the Moscow Kremlin, a position he held for the rest of his life. His breakthrough novel, The Wanderer (1831-32), is a travelogue based on the author's imagination. He subsequently wrote a series of works that mixed bizarre events with everyday life and historical facts, consciously removing the barriers between reality and fantasy, and made full use of grotesque descriptions, wordplay, and stylized narrative style. His most famous work is the four-part masterpiece Strange Incidents Drawn from the Ocean of Life (1846-63).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1800‐70
ロシアの小説家。軍人の出であるが，考古学や歴史に関心を深め，モスクワのクレムリン内にある歴史美術館の館長に就任し，生涯その職にあった。出世作の長編小説《遍歴者》(1831‐32)は作者の空想に基づく旅行記である。以後，珍妙な事件と日常の生活や歴史的事実とをないまぜて現実と幻想との垣根を意識的に取り払い，グロテスクな描写，語呂合せ，様式化された語り口などを駆使した一連の作品を書いた。代表作は四部からなる大作《人生の海から汲みとられた珍奇な事件》(1846‐63)である。

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