Vasily Zhukovsky
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Vasily Zhukovsky was a Russian poet who lived from 1783 to 1852 and is considered one of the most important literary figures of his era. He played a key role in introducing Romanticism to Russian literature and influenced many later Russian writers, including the celebrated poet Alexander Pushkin.
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- Born
- 1783-01-29
- Died
- 1852-04-12
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- 2
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- Tale of the Armament of Igor
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Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (Russian: Василий Андреевич Жуковский; 9 February [O.S. 29 January] 1783 – 24 April [O.S. 12 April] 1852) was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century. He held a high position at the Romanov court as tutor to the Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna and later to her son, the future tsar Alexander II.
Zhukovsky is credited with introducing the Romantic movement into Russia. The main body of his literary output consists of free translations covering an impressively wide range of poets, from ancients like Ferdowsi and Homer to his contemporaries Goethe, Schiller, Byron, and others. Many of his translations have become classics of Russian literature, regarded by some to be better written and more enduring in Russian than in their original languages.
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