Yevgeny Baratynsky
Yevgeny Baratynsky | |
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Portrait of Baratynsky by Francois Frederic Chevalier, 1830s | |
| Born | Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky 2 March 1800 Vyazhlya, Kirsanov Uyezd, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 11 July 1844 (aged 44) |
| Occupation | Poet |
Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (Russian: Евге́ний Абра́мович Бараты́нский, IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈtɨnskʲɪj] ⓘ; 2 March [O.S. 19 February] 1800 – 11 July 1844) was a Russian poet. He was lauded by Alexander Pushkin as the finest Russian elegiac poet. After a long period when his reputation was on the wane, Baratynsky was rediscovered by Russian Symbolism poets as a supreme poet of thought.