Fjodor Dostojevskij (1821-1881), famous for his complex novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov, had a major impact on the art of writing novels. Literary critics all around the world have rated him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature. The conception and design behind our bookends stem from Swedish renowned industrial designer, Jan Landqvist and are made in the small town of Gnosjö in the south of Sweden.