Konstantin Batyushkov

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Konstantin Batyushkov
Portrait by unknown artist, 1810s
Born	Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov (1787-05-29)29 May 1787 Vologda, Russian Empire
Died	19 July 1855(1855-07-19) (aged 68) Vologda, Russian Empire
Occupation	Poet essayist translator diplomat

Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov (Russian: Константи́н Никола́евич Ба́тюшков, IPA: [kənstɐnʲˈtʲin nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbatʲʊʂkəf] ^ⓘ; 29 May [O.S. 18 May] 1787 – 19 July [O.S. 7 July] 1855) was a Russian poet, essayist and translator of the Romantic era. He also served in the diplomatic corps, spending an extended period in 1818 and 1819 as a secretary to the Russian diplomatic mission at Naples.^[1]