Aleksandr Pushkin, the initiating poet of modern Russian literature

February 10, 2020 at 13:48 p.m.


Aleksandr Pushkin, the initiating poet of modern Russian literature


Importance and style

  Alexandr Pushkin was born in Moscow on June 6, 1799 in an aristocratic family. As usual, he received a privileged education in terms of language and literature. There he had a closer approach with French texts from which he learned greatly. He studied at the Imperial Lyceum where he found his vocation, later it would be called the Pushkin Lyceum in his honor. At the beginning of his verses he distinguished a sentimental tone that evolved over time, until he approached an interesting realism. He participated in magazines like Vestnik Evropy in which he began to publish his writings. His political stance was clearly in opposition to the Tsarist regime that prevailed at that time and linked to revolutionary groups. So he was forced into exile, first in Ukraine, then in Crimea and Pskov. One of his greatest successes was the launch and direction of the magazine The contemporary, one of the most influential in terms of letters. Among its production are lyric, epic poems, plays, novels and short stories. Pushkin died on February 10, 1837 in St. Petersburg due to injuries caused in a duel.   You may also like:

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