Find out more about the greatest Russian Playwrights, including Maxim Gorky, Daniil Kharms, Vladimir Sorokin, Alexander Ostrovsky and Eldar Ryazanov.

Famous Russian Playwrights

Maxim GorkyMaxim Gorky
28 March 1868
Writer & Dramatist
Alexander PushkinAlexander Pushkin
06 June 1799
Poet

Nikolai GogolNikolai Gogol
31 March 1809
Playwright

Vladimir MayakovskyVladimir Mayakovsky
19 July 1893
Poet

Daniil KharmsDaniil Kharms
17 December 1905
writer, playwright, children's writer, poet

Eldar RyazanovEldar Ryazanov
18 November 1927
Film director, Screenwriter, Actor, Writer, Poet,
Vladimir SorokinVladimir Sorokin
07 August 1955
Playwright, Writer, Screenwriter, Librettist,

Alexander OstrovskyAlexander Ostrovsky
31 March 1823
writer, librettist, playwright, journalist

Velimir KhlebnikovVelimir Khlebnikov
09 November 1885
Poet