Spelling?

[Allannah]

There are various ways of spelling his last name- which one do you use?

Dostoevsky/i
Dostoyevsky/i
Dostojewsky/i


I personally spell it Dostojewski =]

[Dr. Hill]

Dostoevsky.

[kandaurov]

It depends on your mother tongue, I suppose. In Portugal we say Dostoiévski, in Germany they say Dostojewskij. In English I say Dostoyevsky. But it's all the same, really, they're all equally (in)accurate.

[johann cruyff]

In my language, it's spelled Dostojevski - and I was under the impression that Dostoevsky is the usual spelling in English.

[Dr. Hill]

That or Dostoyevsky is the usual spelling, yes. Depends on the publisher. I think penguin spells it Dostoyevsky while the most recent translation by Pevear spells it Dostoevsky.

[bazarov]

Peunguin is lesser wrong...