Portrait: Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, national poet and founder of modern Russian literature
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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, born on 26 May 1799, was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern
Russian literature .
Pushkin was born into Russian nobility in Moscow. His matrilineal great grandfather was Abram Gannibal , who was brought over as a slave from what is now Cameroon. Pushkin published his first poem at the age of fifteen, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum .
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg © Ghirlandajo/cc-by-sa-3.0
While under the strict surveillance of the
Tsar’s political police and unable to publish, Pushkin wrote his most famous play, the drama
Boris Godunov . His
novel in verse ,
Eugene Onegin , was serialized between 1825 and 1832.
Notoriously touchy about his honour, Pushkin fought as many as twenty-nine duels, and was fatally wounded in such an encounter with
Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d’Anthès . Pushkin had accused D’Anthès, a French officer serving with the
Chevalier Guard Regiment of attempting to seduce the poet’s wife,
Natalya Pushkina .
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