Georg von Rosen (poet)

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Karl Georg Woldemar Freiherr von Rosen ( Russian Егор Фёдорович Розен ; * 28 November July / 10 December  1800 greg. In Rickholz ; † 11 February July / 23 February  1860 greg. In St. Petersburg ) was a Russian poet .

Life

Gravestone Georg von Rosen

Georg was a member of the noble family von Rosen . His parents were the Russian Rittmeister and heir to the Estonian estates Lückholm , Schottanäs and Kedenpäh Friedrich Gottlieb Freiherr von Rosen (1771–1847) and Helena, nee Freiin von Taube from the Rickholz family (1780–1851).

With his housekeeper he had three children Paul (* 1842), Anna (* 1844) and Vera (* 1850). The latter married the Russian staff captain Josikowski in 1874 .

Rosen initially pursued an officer career in the Imperial Russian Army . From 1819 to 1829 he was in the Elisavetgrad Hussar Regiment. In 1831 he moved to the main staff and in 1834 received his departure as a major .

From 1835 to 1840 he was secretary to the heir to the throne , accompanying Alexander on his trip abroad in 1838 and 1839. As a councilor he was dismissed from this employment in 1840.

From then on he worked as a Russian-speaking writer and poet. For a time he was co-editor of the magazine "Сыне отечества" and in the years 1830 and 1831 to 1833 editor of almanacs . He was a critic and opponent of Gogol and Belinski .

Rosen was buried in the artist cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St. Petersburg.

Works

Rosen published his poems in magazines and almanacs since 1825. He wrote various dramas , in 1835 the tragedy Peter Basmanow , in 1836 the libretto for Glinka's famous opera A Life for the Tsar . Scattered printed correspondence with Bulgarin , Zhukovsky and Shevyrev Pushkin are known , along with other items . He published an autobiography as a foreword in his work The Daughter of Joann's III. (St. Petersburg 1841) and in: AE Rosen: Очерк семейной истории роды баронов Розен (St. Petersburg 1876), pp. 77–80.

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personal data
SURNAME Rosen, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Розен, Егор Фёдорович (Russian); Rosen, Karl Georg Woldemar von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian poet
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Rickholz
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1860
Place of death St. Petersburg