Aleksandr Pushkin

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: ?????????? ?????????? ??????? {{Audio|ru-Pushkin.ogg|listen}}) (June 6 (May 26, O.S.), 1799 - February 10 (January 29, O.S.), 1837) was a Russian author whom many consider the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays, creating a style of storytelling—mixing drama, romance, and satire—associated with Russian literature ever since and greatly influencing later Russian writers.

Biography

T.J.Binyon has written a somewhat biased English biography:

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• Pushkin: a biography London: HarperCollins, 2002. ISBN 0-00-215084-0 (US edition: New York: Knopf, 2003 ISBN 1-4000-4110-4)