Russian dramatist. April 12, 1823 was born in Moscow. On middle school age have a strong interest in drama. 1840 into the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University, three years after the school-leavers into the work of the Court, often come into contact with the business litigation, which makes him familiar with the business world, and for his future creative drama provides the material. Ostrovsky began in the Court of creation. Published in 1850 comedy "自家好 Scores" ," Ironically, businessmen ignorance about profits, the patriarchal style of business ethics crisis. Readers responded enthusiastically, but by the business community to oppose and check the authority to suppress, writers being monitored. "Non-crime of poverty" (1854) represented by the Slavic impact Chernyshevsky criticized it. "Fat" (1856), especially the "Great Storm" (1859), marks the creation Ostrovsky sophisticated drama. 60's diverse subject matter of his plays, has history, but also have the reality, in which comedy "Wise One must have lost thousands of worry" (1868) created for the promotion of market skills make a fortune by fair means or foul, as well as the image of home to oppose the reform of serf owners and the rhetoric about freedom is typical. 70's works have "forest" (1870), "A wolf with the sheep" (1875), "there is no dowry of a woman" (1878), etc., mainly reflecting the decline of moral nobility, the bourgeoisie of the real looting. He also wrote poetry based on oral folk fairy tale opera "雪女" (1873). Dramatists later years paid great attention to society's attitude towards the arts, wrote the performance of the actors of life "and want to famous actress Corner " (1881) and "innocent person" (1884) and so on. Ostrovsky script plot to carry out the slow, steady, concise language that can reflect the personalities.