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A handwritten copy of "Death of the Poet", presumably one of the many contemporary copies which were circulated. From the State Literary Museum, Moscow. "Death of the Poet" (Russian: Смерть Поэта) is an 1837 poem by Mikhail Lermontov, written in reaction to the death of Alexander Pushkin.
Shortly after Pushkin's death, contemporary Russian romantic poet Mikhail Lermontov wrote "Death of the Poet". The poem, which ended with a passage blaming the aristocracy being (as oppressors of freedom) the true culprits in Pushkin's death, [44] was not published (nor could have been) but was informally circulated in St. Petersburg. [45]
Russian poet, translator, painter, novelist, playwright and military officer: Date of birth/death: 15 October 1814: 27 July 1841: Location of birth/death: Moscow : Pyatigorsk / Пятигорск: Work period: 1828 – Work location
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov was born in Moscow into the Lermontov family, and he grew up in the village of Tarkhany (now Lermontovo in Penza Oblast). [2] His paternal family descended from the Scottish family of Learmonth, and can be traced to Yuri (George) Learmonth, a Scottish officer in the Polish–Lithuanian service who settled in Russia in the middle of the 17th century.
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An appreciation of Nicoll's character and his poetry was included in Charles Kingsley's article on Burns and his School in the North British Review for November 1851. In 1884, Peter Robert Drummond wrote a detailed autobiography entitled, Life of Robert Nicoll, Poet. The poem "We are Lowly" was set to music by Sophia Dobson Colett. [12]
1837 in poetry; A. Anhelli; B. Borodino (poem) D. Death of the Poet; E. Eastern poem on the death of Pushkin; J. Joan of Arc (poem) S. St. Agnes (poem) T. To a Wreath ...
Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (US: / ˈ dʒ ɑː k ə m oʊ ˌ l iː ə ˈ p ɑːr d i,-ˌ l eɪ ə-/ JAH-kə-moh LEE-ə-PAR-dee, - LAY-, [3] [4] Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo leoˈpardi]; 29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) was an Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist.