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Gavrila Derzhavin. Gavriil (Gavrila) Romanovich Derzhavin (Russian: Гаврии́л (Гаври́ла) Рома́нович Держа́вин, IPA: [ɡɐˈvrilə rɐˈmanəvʲɪtɕ dʲɪrˈʐavʲɪn] ⓘ; 14 July 1743 – 20 July 1816) was one of the most highly esteemed Russian poets before Alexander Pushkin, as well as a statesman.
- Poet, statesman
Jul 20, 1998 · Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (born July 3 [July 14, New Style], 1743, Kazan province, Russia—died July 8 [July 20], 1816, Zvanka, Novgorod province, Russia) was Russia’s greatest and most original 18th-century poet, whose finest achievements lie in his lyrics and odes.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin. 1743-1816. Poet, born in Kazan, Russia. In 1762 he entered the army as a private. He became Secretary of State (1791), Imperial Treasurer (1800), and Minister of Justice (1802). He published much lyric poetry, and is considered one of Russia's greatest poets.
Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (Гаври́ла Рома́нович Держа́вин, July 14, 1743 – July 20, 1816) was Russia's finest eighteenth century poet, and generally considered the greatest Russian poet before Alexander Pushkin. Due to Pushkin's role as the founder of modern Russian poetry and the Russian literary language ...
Gavrila (Gabriel) Romanovitch Derzhavin was born in 1743, in a village near the city of Kazan. His father was a low-ranking army officer whose income was a modest pension. His mother belonged to the lower Russian nobility, who owned a small estate, which was more of .a liability than an asset.
This article seeks to demonstrate, through an analysis of three poems by Gavrila Derzhavin, Russia’s leading poet of the second half of the eighteenth century, the vistas which open up when we focus our attention not on sincerity in poetry per se but on the sincere voice in poetry.
Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816) is generally considered to be one of the founders of modern Russian literature, ushering Russia into the greater European tradition. The so-called slate ode was the last poem he completed. (updated 10/2021)
