Simeon Polotski
Simeon Polozki ( Russian Симеон Полоцкий ), Symeon von Polazk , born Samuel Piotrowski-Sitnianowicz , Russian Самуил Гаврилович Петровский-Ситнянович ; (* 1629 in Polatsk ; † August 25, 1680 in Moscow ) was a Russian, Belarusian and Polish monk and writer.
Life
Simeon was trained at the academy in Kiev and entered the Basilian monastery Polatsk in 1656 (" Simeonis Piotrowskj Sitnianowicz hieromonachi Polocens. [Is] Ord. [Inis] S. [ancti] Bas. [Ilii] M. [agni] ") . At first he wrote in Polish or in Ruthenian . At that time he mainly wrote so-called "declamations" , which were panegyric songs . In Pskov he met Tsar Alexei I , who was impressed by his literature and called him to Moscow in 1664. Here he worked as a teacher and translator at the convent school.
Simeon left an extensive work of tens of thousands of verses. He mastered all the genres popular in the Baroque era and had a broad knowledge of ancient mythology and literature. According to I. Erëmin, he was “the first to bring poetry as an artistic form to Russia”.
Works
- Treatise The government Scepter ( Zezl pravlenija ), 1667th
- Rhytmologion ( Rifmologion ), 1678.
- The flower-rich garden ( Vertograd mnogocvetnyj ), 1680.
- The Rhyming Psalter ( Psaltyr 'rifmotvornaja ), 1680.
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Web links
- Literature by and about Simeon Polozki in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Quote from the autograph 1
- ↑ Quotation of the autograph 2 ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Polotski, Simeon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Полоцкий, Симеон (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian monk and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1629 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Polatsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1680 |
| Place of death | Moscow |