and early 20th century. Russian singer and literature student Pavel Lion (now Ph.D.) adopted his stage name Psoy Korolenko due to his admiration of Korolenko's work. A minor planet 3835 Korolenko, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1977 is named for him. Selected works Son Makara (1885) translated as Makar's Dream (1891); Slepoi Muzykant (1886) translated as The Blind Musician (1896–1898); V durnom obshchestve (1885) translated as In Bad Company (1916); Les Shumit translated as The Murmuring Forest (1916); Reka igraet (1892) The River Sparkles; Za Ikonoi After the Icon Bez Yazyka (1895) or Without Language; Mgnovenie (1900) or Blink of an Eye; Siberian Tales 1901; Istoria moego sovremmenika or The History of My Contemporary an autobiography (1905–1921) Тени (1890) or The Shades, translated by Thomas Seltzer, available through Project Gutenberg Quotes "Человек создан для счастья, как птица для полета, только счастье не всегда создано для него." (Human beings are to happiness like birds are to flight, but happiness is not always for them.) (Paradox) "Насилие питается покорностью, как огонь соломой." (Violence feeds on submission like fire feeds on dry grass.) (Story about Flora, Agrippina and Menachem) "Лучше даже злоупотребления свободой, чем ее отсутствие." (It is better to abuse freedom than to have none.) Footnotes Korolenko's articles and Call to the Russian People in regard to the Beilis Trial References External links Answers.com resources on Korolenko Student Encyclopedia article The 2-Hryvnia coin dedicated to Korolenko (National Bank of Ukraine) Life of Korolenko by Rosa Luxemburg Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko, 1853-1921 Published in Reference Guide to Russian Literature (1998) In Russian Live Consciousness of the Russian People Bio 1853 births 1921 deaths Writers from Zhytomyr People from Zhitomirsky Uyezd Novelists from the Russian Empire Short story writers from the Russian Empire Literary critics from the Russian Empire Memoirists from the Russian Empire Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology alumni Honorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Honorary Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925) Humanitarians from the Russian Empire Internal exiles from the Russian Empire