Yevgeny Baratynsky

Yevgeny Baratynsky
Portrait of Baratynsky by Francois Frederic Chevalier, 1830s
Portrait of Baratynsky by Francois Frederic Chevalier, 1830s
BornYevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky
(1800-03-02)2 March 1800
Vyazhlya, Kirsanov Uyezd, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died11 July 1844(1844-07-11) (aged 44)
Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
OccupationPoet

Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky[1] (Russian: Евге́ний Абра́мович Бараты́нский; 2 March [O.S. 19 February]  1800 – 11 July 1844) was lauded by Alexander Pushkin as the finest Russian elegiac poet.[citation needed] After a long period when his reputation was on the wane, Baratynsky was rediscovered by Russian Symbolism poets as a supreme poet of thought.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Surname also spelled Boratynsky (Russian: Бораты́нский).