Konstantin Batyushkov
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Russian poet, essayist and translator
Key facts
- Born
- Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov , ( 1787-05-29 ) 29 May 1787, Vologda , Russian Empire
- Died
- 19 July 1855 (1855-07-19) (aged 68), Vologda, Russian Empire
- Occupation
- Poet essayist translator diplomat
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Vologda
- Place of death
- Vologda
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- National Library of Russia
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Image
- Orest Kiprensky, Konstantin Batyushkov, 1815, State Literature Museum ГЛМ КП 2177 Р-4031.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1787-05-29
- date of death
- 1855-07-19
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- typhus
- medical condition
- schizophrenia
- writing language
- Russian
- end of work period
- 1822-00-00
- start of work period
- 1810-00-00
- member of
- Arzamas Society
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Encyclopedic overview
Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov (Russian: Константи́н Никола́евич Ба́тюшков, IPA: [kənstɐnʲˈtʲin nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbatʲʊʂkəf] ; 29 May [O.S. 18 May] 1787 – 19 July [O.S. 7 July] 1855) was a Russian poet, essayist and translator of the Romantic era. He also served in the diplomatic corps, spending an extended period in 1818 and 1819 as a secretary to the Russian diplomatic mission at Naples.
Portrait by Orest Kiprensky (1815)
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