Denis Fonvizin

Denis Fonvizin
Denis Fonvizin; portrait by O. V. Martynenko
BornDenis Ivanovich Fonvizin
(1745-04-14)14 April 1745
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died12 December 1792(1792-12-12) (aged 47)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Resting placeLazarevskoe Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
OccupationWriter, playwright, translator
NationalityRussian
Alma materImperial Moscow University
SpouseEkaterina Ivanovna Rogovikova (1774–1792)

Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin (Russian: Денис Иванович Фонвизин, IPA: [dʲɪˈnʲis ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ fɐnˈvʲizʲɪn]; 14 April [O.S. 3 April] 1745 – 12 December [O.S. 1 December] 1792) was a playwright and writer of the Russian Enlightenment, one of the founders of literary comedy in Russia. His main works are two satirical comedies—including Young ignoramus, which mocks contemporary Russian gentry—and are still staged today.