Aleksandr Yablonovsky

Alexander Alexandrovich Yablonovsky (, born Снадский, Snadsky, 15 November 1870, Kitrosanovka village, Kherson Governorate, Imperial Russia, - 3 July 1934, Paris, France) was a Russian writer, journalist and publicist. He was a prominent figure of the Russian literary emigration in Paris.

Career A Saint Petersburg University alumnus, Yablonovsky debuted as a published author in 1893, in Russkoye Bogatstvo, with the short story Posledyshi (Youngest Children) and went on to contribute to Mir Bozhy, Syn Otechestva, Rech, Nasha Zhyzn, as well as Obrazovaniye magazine where he edited the satirical Common Images (Родные картинки) section. In 1905-1916, he worked for Kiyevskaya Mysl where his political feuilletons appeared regularly, before moving to Russkoye Slovo in 1916. In 1912-1913, the complete collection of Yablonovsky's sketches and feuilletons came out as a separate edition, in three volumes. Widely discussed was his autobiographical novel Iz gimnazicheskoy zhizni (Из гимназической жизни, A Life in Gymnasium) originally published by Mir Bozhy in 1901.