Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) was a prolific writer born in Moscow, Russia. Dostoyevsky’s difficult childhood experiences and early epilepsy diagnosis influenced many of his later works. After writing his first novel, he was arrested and sent to a Siberian labor camp for four years. He wrote several highly influential literary works about politics, spirituality, and the human condition, including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, and The Brothers Karamazov.