What is Modest Tchaikovsky?
[[File:Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky.jpg|thumb|Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] '''Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky''' (13 May 1850 – 15 January 1916) was a Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/people/modest-tchaikovsky|title=Modest Tchaikovsky — People — Royal Opera House|website=www.roh.org.uk|access-date=2020-08-06}}</ref>Like his famous composer brother [[Tchaikovsky|Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], he was a [[homosexual]].<ref>Poznansky, Alexander. ''Tchaikovsky Through Others' Eyes''. Indiana University Press, 1999, p. 8</ref> In 1876, Modest tutored a deaf-mute boy and eventually helped him to talk, write, and read. Modest wrote three plays and the libretti for several operas, including his brother's ''The Queen of Spades'' and ''[[Iolanta]]''. He translated [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Sonnet]]s, and wrote his brother's biography. He died in Moscow in 1916. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tchaikovsky, Modest}} [[Category:1850 births]] [[Category:1916 deaths]] [[Category:Russian playwrights]] [[Category:Russian LGBT people]] [[Category:Gay men]]