Alexander Pushkin
6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist widely considered the founder of modern Russian literature and Russia's greatest poet. His works, including the verse novel Eugene Onegin and the drama Boris Godunov, shaped the Russian literary language; he died at 37 from wounds suffered in a duel.
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Life events
Pushkin was born into Russian nobility; his maternal great-grandfather was Abram Gannibal, an African-born general of Peter the Great (26 May 1799 Old Style).
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPushkin was among the first class of the elite Lyceum near Saint Petersburg, where he began publishing poetry as a teenager.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe mock-epic fairy tale in verse established Pushkin's reputation as a major new voice in Russian poetry.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis liberal poems angered the government of Alexander I, and Pushkin was transferred out of the capital to postings in the south, including Kishinev and Odessa.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPushkin's verse novel, composed between 1823 and 1831 and published serially, became a cornerstone of Russian literature.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgUnder further exile at Mikhailovskoye, Pushkin wrote prolifically, including the historical drama Boris Godunov.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPushkin married the celebrated beauty Natalia Goncharova; the couple had four children (18 February 1831 Old Style).
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPushkin was shot in the abdomen in a duel outside Saint Petersburg with the French officer Georges d'Anthès, who had pursued his wife (27 January 1837 Old Style).
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPushkin died two days after the duel at the age of 37 (29 January 1837 Old Style).
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