Anton Delvig
Anton Antonovich Delvig | |
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| Born | 17 August [O.S. 6 August] 1798 Moscow, Russia |
| Died | 26 January [O.S. 14 January] 1831 St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Education | Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum |
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Baron Anton Antonovich Delvig[b] (17 August [O.S. 6 August] 1798 – 26 January [O.S. 14 January] 1831) was a Russian poet and journalist of Baltic German descent.
Early life
[edit]Anton Delvig was born on 17 August [O.S. 6 August] 1798.[1] He was of Baltic German descent.[1] He studied at the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum together with Alexander Pushkin and Wilhelm Küchelbecker, with whom he became close friends.[1] Küchelbecker dedicated a poem ('O, Delvig') to him; this poem was later set to music by Dmitri Shostakovich in the ninth movement of his fourteenth symphony. As a teenager, Delvig began writing poetry.[1] He became connected with a literary group established by Alexey Olenin and the Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and the Arts.[1]
Career
[edit]Delvig is also mentioned in Pushkin's famous novel in verse Eugene Onegin, being compared to the young poet Lensky.[2] Delvig commissioned a portrait of Pushkin from Orest Kiprensky, which Pushkin bought from Delvig's widow after his friend's death.[3] In 1820, Delvig met Yevgeny Baratynsky and introduced him to the literary press.
In his poetry, Delvig upheld the waning traditions of Russian Neoclassicism. He became interested in Russian folklore and wrote numerous imitations of folk songs. Some of these were put to music by the composers Alexander Alyabyev and Mikhail Glinka.[4]
As a journalist, Delvig edited the periodical Northern Flowers (1825–1831), in which Pushkin was a regular contributor.[1] In 1830–1831, he co-edited with Pushkin the Literaturnaya Gazeta, which was banned by the Tsarist government after information laid by Thaddeus Bulgarin.
Personal life
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In 1825, Delvig married Sofya Saltykova; they had one daughter.[1] He died on 26 January [O.S. 14 January] 1831.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
- ^ Russian: Анто́н Анто́нович Де́львиг, pre-reform spelling: Антонъ Антоновичъ Дельвигъ, Russian pronunciation: [ɐnˈton ɐnˈtonəvʲɪtɕ ˈdelʲvʲɪk]; German: Anton Antonowitsch Freiherr[a] von Delwig.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Cornwell 2013, p. 17.
- ^ Pushkin, Alexander (1995). Eugene Onegin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 141. ISBN 0809316307.
- ^ Антон Дельвиг Archived 2011-12-14 at the Wayback Machine // Автор: Н. В. Банников
- ^ "Дельвиг А. А." Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
Sources
[edit]- Cornwell, Neil (2 December 2013). "Anton Antonovich Del'vig, 1798–1831". Reference Guide to Russian Literature. Routledge. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-134-26070-6.
External links
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Media related to Anton Delvig at Wikimedia Commons
- 1798 births
- 1831 deaths
- Writers from Moscow
- People from Moskovsky Uyezd
- Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire
- Barons of the Russian Empire
- Male poets from the Russian Empire
- Journalists from the Russian Empire
- Russian male journalists
- Romantic poets
- 19th-century writers from the Russian Empire
- 19th-century poets from the Russian Empire
- 19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire
- Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum alumni
- Deaths from typhus
- Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery