Pyotr Andreevich Vyazemsky
Prince Pyotr Vyazemsky ( Russian Пётр Андреевич Вяземский , scientific. Transliteration Pëtr Andreevič Vjazemskij * July 12 . Jul / 23. July 1792 greg. In Moscow , † November 10 jul. / 22. November 1878 greg. In Baden-Baden ) was one of the leading figures of the Golden Age of Russian literature .
Life
His parents were a Russian prince from the Rurikid dynasty and an Irish noblewoman. As a young man he took part in the Battle of Borodino as well as other battles of the Napoleonic Wars . Many years later, Tolstoy's description of the Battle of Borodino seemed inauthentic and brought him into a literary dispute with the great writer.
In the 1820s, Vyazemsky was one of the greatest exponents of the romantic literary movement in Russia. Both he and his wife, Princess Vera, née Gagarin, were close friends with Alexander Pushkin , who was often a guest at their country estate near Ostafjewo near Moscow (now a literature museum). It is therefore not very surprising that Vyazemsky is mentioned in the works of Pushkin, including the famous Eugene Onegin .
From the 1830s it became increasingly difficult for Vyazemsky, like most representatives of the “literary aristocracy”, to keep up with the younger generation. By outliving all of his contemporaries and friends, he became increasingly moody. Although from today's point of view his talent developed most in his later works, he was forgotten by critics and readership long before his death during his lifetime. He himself became a bitter reactionary who despised all those born after the Napoleonic era.
At the same time he found recognition at the Russian court, partly through his daughter's marriage to Pyotr Valuev , the chairman of the Council of Ministers. In the 1850s, Vyazemsky served as minister of education and directed censorship in Russia. From 1873 he lived abroad due to poor health. Prince Vyazemsky died in Baden-Baden in 1878 , his body was brought to Saint Petersburg and buried.
Literary work
Vyazemsky is best known as Pushkin's best friend. Their correspondence is now regarded as a literary legacy of wit, apt criticism and fine Russian. In the early 1820s, Pushkin named Vyazemsky the best prose writer in the country. Vjasemsky's works are sometimes a little too ironic, but at the same time original and captivating. His anecdotes from the “Old Notebook”, which represent a rich source of knowledge from the life of the big and small man of the early 19th century, are best known. A great prose work of his late years was the biography of Denis Fonwisin .
Although Vyazemsky was the journalistic leader of Russian romanticism, his earliest poetry was utterly unromantic and did not show any of the basic features of romantic poetry. Only over time did Vyazemsky approach the classic romantic style.
bibliography
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- Венгеров С. А. Источники словаря русских писателей, т. I, СПб. 1900.
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| SURNAME | Vyazemsky, Pyotr Andreevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Вяземский, Пётр Андреевич (Russian); Vjazemski, Pëtr Andreevič (scientific transliteration) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1878 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |