Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays, creating a style of storytelling—mixing drama, romance, and satire—associated with Russian literature ever since and greatly influencing later Russian writers. He also wrote historical fiction. His Marie: A Story of Russian Love provides insight into Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great.
Born in Moscow, Russia, Pushkin published his first poem at the age of fifteen, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo. Pushkin gradually became committed to social reform and emerged as a spokesman for literary radicals; in the early 1820s he clashed with the government, which sent him into exile in southern Russia. While under the strict surveillance of government censors and unable to travel or publish at will, he wrote his most famous play, the drama Boris Godunov, but could not publish it until years later. His novel in verse, Eugene Onegin, was published serially from 1825 to 1832.
Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova, whom he married in 1831, later became regulars of court society. In 1837, while falling into greater and greater debt amidst rumors that his wife had started conducting a scandalous affair, Pushkin challenged her alleged lover, Georges d'Anthès, to a duel. Pushkin was mortally wounded and died two days later.1
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
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Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
| Born | 6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 |
| Died | 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837 |
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![Cover of: The talisman, from the Russ. With other pieces [tr. by E.H. Borrow. In verse].](http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6177751-M.jpg "Cover of: The talisman, from the Russ. With other pieces [tr. by E.H. Borrow. In verse].")
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
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Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
| Born | 6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 |
| Died | 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837 |
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Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837), Emelʹi︠a︡n Ivanovich Pugachev (d. 1775), A. S. Pushkin (1799-1837), Abram Petrovich Hannibal (ca. 1696-1781), Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837- , translations into English Pushkin, Alonso, Antonio, Antonio Salieri, Ariel, Armand Aubigny, Boris Fyodorovich Godunov Czar of Russia (1551 or 2-1605), Boris Fyodorovich Godunov Czar of Russia (1551?-1605), Brently Mallard, Caliban, Ceres, Désirée, Elizaveta Mikhaĭlovna Khitrovo (1783-1839), Emelʹi︠a︡n Ivanovich Pugachev (1775), Ferdinand, Gonzalo, Iris, Josephine, Juno, La Blanche, Louise MallardTime
19th century, Rebellion of Pugachev, 1773-1775, 1801-1917, 20th century, Antebellum era, Boris Fyodorovich Godunov, 1598-1605, Catherine II, 1762-1796ID Numbers
- OLID: OL47908A
- ISNI: 0000000121372055
- VIAF: 66477450
- Wikidata: Q7200
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- Александр Сергеевич Пушкин
- А.С.Пушкин
- Александр Пушкин
- Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin
- A.S. Pushkin
- A. S. Pushkin
- Alexander Pushkin
- Alexandre Pouchkine
- Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
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