Osip Notovich

Осип Константинович Нотович Osip Konstantinovich Notovich
Born	1849 Taganrog, Russian Empire
Died	1914 Paris, France
Pen name	О’квич O'kvich
Occupation	writer, playwright
Nationality	Russian

Osip Notovich was born into a Jewish family in the city of Taganrog, studied at the Taganrog Boys' Gymnasium, graduated from the law faculty of the Saint Petersburg University. In 1873-1874, he was the publisher and editor of the newspaper Novoe Vremya. In 1876 acquired the newspaper Novosti (newspaper), which he transformed into a political tribune.

Notovich was the author of Historical review of Russian publishing legislature ("Исторический очерк русского законодательства о печати" (published in Saint Petersburg in 1873 and 1893. He published several philosophical essays "Some philosophy" ("Немножко философии", 1886), "Some more philosophy" ("Еще немножко философии" , 1886), "Love and beauty" ("Любовь и Красота", 1888) that were also translated into German and French.

In 1874, Notovich published the popular History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle. He also wrote several plays: Marriage and Divorce or Transitional Times ("Брак и развод" или "Переходное время"), Shady Business ("Темное дело"), Daughter ("Дочь"), No exit ("Без выхода"), Surprise ("Сюрприз"), The Rejected ("Отверженный"). Some of these plays were staged in theaters of Saint Petersburg and Moscow.

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• This article includes content derived from the Russian Biographical Dictionary, 1896–1918.

(Russian) *Biography

Persondata
Name	Notovich, Osip Konstantinovich
Alternative names	Осип Константинович Нотович (Russian)
Short description	writer, playwright
Date of birth	1849|}}
Place of birth	Taganrog, Russia
Date of death	1914|}}
Place of death	Paris, France