Interesting facts about Baratynsky - this is a great opportunity to learn more about the work of the Russian poet. At one time, his elegies and epigrams were read in the highest literary circles. Today he is considered one of the brightest and most underestimated figures in the history of Russian literature.
So, here are the most interesting facts about Baratynsky.
- Evgeny Baratynsky (1800-1844) - poet and translator.
- Even as a teenager, Baratynsky spoke Russian, French, German and Italian.
- Baratynsky's father, Abram Andreevich, was a lieutenant general and was in the retinue of Paul 1 (see interesting facts about Paul 1).
- The poet's mother was a graduate of the Smolny Institute, after which she was the maid of honor of Empress Maria Feodorovna. An educated and somewhat despotic woman, she seriously influenced the formation of Eugene's personality. Later, the poet recalled that he suffered from the excessive love of his mother until his marriage.
- For frequent pranks, the leadership of the Corps of Pages - the most prestigious educational institution in Russia, decided to exclude Yevgeny Baratynsky from the corps.
- Did you know that Baratynsky was personally acquainted with Pushkin?
- In adulthood, the poet and his wife visited many European countries.
- An interesting fact is that for 5 years Baratynsky lived in Finland, serving as a non-commissioned officer.
- Evgeny Baratynsky wrote his works with many grammatical errors. Among all the punctuation marks, he used only a comma when writing, so all his texts had to be carefully edited.
- Curiously, at the age of 20, Baratynsky composed a poem about himself, in which he wrote that he would die in a foreign land.
- Evgeny Baratynsky died in Naples on July 11, 1844. Only in August his body was transported to St. Petersburg and buried at the Novo-Lazarevskoye cemetery.
- For a long time, due to his oppositional ideas, the poet was out of favor with the current emperor.
