Nikolay Ivanovich Gnedich | |
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 Portrait by Orest Kiprensky (1826–1828) | |
| Born | 13 February 1784 Poltava, Russian Empire |
| Died | 15 February 1833 (aged 49) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University (1802) |
Nikolay Ivanovich Gnedich (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Гне́дич, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡnʲedʲɪtɕ] ; 13 February [O.S. 2 February] 1784 – 15 February [O.S. 3 February] 1833) was a Ukrainian-born Russian poet and translator best known for his translation of the Iliad (1807–29), which is still the standard one. He also wrote Don Corrado de Gerrera (1803), which has been called the first Russian Gothic novel.