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Afanasy Fet

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Afanasy Fet

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Also known as Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet, Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet, Shenshin, Athanasy Foeth

Russian poet (1820-1892)

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Afanasy Fet (1820–1892) was a Russian poet, translator, and writer. He was born on 23 November 1820 and died in Moscow on 21 November 1892 from a myocardial infarction. His work period began in 1839, and he wrote in Russian. Fet held citizenship in the Russian Empire, the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and Russia.

His literary output included lyric poetry, with notable works such as *Stikhotvoreniya* and *Polnoe sobranīe stikhotvorenīĭ A.A. Feta*. He is described in sources including the Russian Biographical Dictionary and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
5 December 1820
Died
3 December 1892
Works
28

Top works

  • בדור עתיד אמצא קורא
  • Стихотворения
  • Afanasi Fet
  • Lirika
  • Polnoe sobranīe stikhotvorenīĭ A.A. Feta

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Israel
Active from
1820
Active to
1892
englishheavyisraelisraelirhythmicstoner doom

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3
Total plays
7

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Afanasy+Fet">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
5 December [ O.S. 23 November ] 1820, Mtsensk , Russian Empire
Died
3 December 1892 (1892-12-03) (aged 71), Moscow , Russian Empire
Relatives
Vladimir Semenkovich

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Afanasy
Gender
male
Citizenship
Russia
Place of death
Moscow
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
Russian
Field of work
poetry
Image
Fet by Repin.jpg
Work location
Russian Empire
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Commons category
Afanasy Fet
date of birth
1820-11-23
date of death
1892-11-21
Commons Creator page
Afanasy Fet
start of work period
1839-00-00
ethnic group
Russians
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
writing language
Russian
name in native language
Афанасий Фет
Sources (2)

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Works in European collections

5 objects attributed to Afanasy Fet, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet (Russian: Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, IPA: [ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt] ), later known as Shenshin (Russian: Шенши́н, IPA: [ʂɨnˈʂɨn] ; 5 December [O.S. 23 November] 1820 – 3 December [O.S. 21 November] 1892), was a Russian poet regarded as the finest master of lyric verse in Russian literature.

Biography

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