Interesting facts about Nikolai Gnedich - this is a great opportunity to learn more about the work of the Russian poet. One of the most famous works of Gnedich is the idyll "Fishermen". In addition, he gained great popularity after he published a translation of the world famous Iliad by Homer.
So, here are the most interesting facts about Nikolai Gnedich.
- Nikolai Gnedich (1784-1833) - poet and translator.
- The Gnedich family came from an old noble family.
- Nikolai's parents died when he was still a child.
- Did you know that as a child Nikolai was seriously ill with smallpox, which disfigured his face and deprived one of his eyes?
- Due to his unattractive appearance, Gnedich avoided communicating with people, preferring loneliness to them. Nevertheless, this did not prevent him from graduating from seminary and entering the philosophy department of Moscow University.
- As a student, Nikolai Gnedich maintained friendly relations with many famous writers, including Ivan Turgenev (see interesting facts about Turgenev).
- Nikolai paid great attention not only to writing, but also to theater.
- It took Gnedich about 20 years to translate the Iliad.
- An interesting fact is that after the publication of the Iliad, Nikolai Gnedich received many flattering reviews from the authoritative literary critic Vissarion Belinsky.
- But Alexander Pushkin spoke about the same translation of the Iliad in the following way: "Kriv was a Gnedich-poet, transformer of blind Homer, his translation is similar to the model."
- At the age of 27, Gnedich became a member of the Russian Academy, having received the position of librarian of the Imperial Public Library. This improved his financial situation and allowed him to devote more time to creativity.
- In the personal collection of Nikolai Gnedich, there were over 1200 books, among which there were many rare and valuable copies.
