Gewohnheit pushkin biography

BORN: 1799, Moscow, Russia

DIED: 1837, St. Petersburg, Russia

NATIONALITY: Russian

GENRE: Poetry, fiction, drama, nonfiction

MAJOR WORKS:
Ruslan and Lyudmila (1820)
The Gypsies (1827)
Boris Godunoff (1831)
Eugene Onegin: A Romance of Russian Life in Verse (1833)
The Captain's Daughter; or, The Generosity of the Russian Usurper Pugatscheff (1836)

Overview

Many extol Alexander Pushkin not only as Russia's greatest poet, but also as one of the most important writers in history to have influenced Russian culture and literature.

During a time when most literature was being written in English and French, Pushkin accentuated the simplicity and beauty of the Russian language, capturing the hearts of his compatriots.

In addition, he served as Russia's historiographer under Tsar Nicholas I. While he was inspired by the structural and stylistic characteristics of European authors, such as Voltaire, Lord Byron, and Shakespeare, Pushkin recast them i