biography
| name: |
Pushkin, Alexander Sergeyevich
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pronunciation:
[pushkin]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1799–1837)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Moscow, Russia. In 1817 he entered government service, but his liberalism caused his exile to S Russia (1820) until after the accession of Nicholas I (1826). Hailed in Russia as its greatest poet, his first success was the romantic poem ‘Ruslan and Lyudmila’ (1820), followed by the verse novel Eugene Onegin (1828), the historical tragedy Boris Godunov (1831), and several other large-scale works. He also wrote many lyrical poems, tales, and essays, and was appointed Russian historiographer. His marriage (1831) to Nikolayevna Goncharova proved unhappy and led to his early death, defending his wife's honour in a duel with her brother-in-law, brought about by his enemies at court. |
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