Гончаров Иван
Ivan Goncharov (1812-1891) — Russian writer, author of the famous novel "Oblomov" (1859) — the portrait of the "superfluous man" paralyzed by inertia. Also "A Common Story" and "The Precipice". His travelogue "The Frigate Pallada" describes a round-the-world voyage. "Oblomovism" became a byword for inertia.Больше