Alexander Pushkin
By: Danielle Harris
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Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin was born
May 26, 1799 in Moscow.
Great grandson of Peter The Great Abram
Hannibal.
Famous classical Russian writer/poet.
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Read French poets and writers easily in life.
One of the best students at Tsarskoe Selo
Lyceum.
Knew French literature and had an insight
into the problems of politics.
First poem was published in 1814.
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Became a member of the literary circle
“Arzamas” where he met a lot of prominent
men of letters.
Appointed a State Foreign Affairs College
official.
Wrote several sharp epigrams and poems to
social and political subjects.
Family and Friends:
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Father was Sergey Lvovich.
His uncle was Vasily Lvovich.
They were ardent adepts of the French
culture.
His nanny was Arina Rodionovna whom he
immortalized in his works.
Childhood:
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Brought up by French tutors.
Grew up influenced by French and Russian
cultures.
French poets and writers were in abundance
in his father’s extensive library.
Favorite French & Italian Poets:
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Parnee
Voltaire
Lebrain
De Lil
Ariosto
Tasso
Favorite Russian Poets:
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Derzhavin
Zhukovsky
Karamzin
Works of Art:
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Romantic lyrical-epic poem called “Ruslan
and Ludmila”.
“Byronic” poems called “Caucasian Captive”.
“Fountain of Bakhchisarai”.
“Eugene Onegin”.
“Mozart and Salieri”.
After Life:
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Served in Kishinev and Odessa.
Led a life of gambler and duelmaker.
Had affairs with Amalia Riznich, wife of
Dalmation negotiator.
Oral:
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