Anton Delvig

Anton Antonovich Delwig (Russian Антон Антонович Дельвиг; * 6.jul / August 17 1798greg in Moscow, .. .. † 14.jul / January 26 1831greg in Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian poet.

Anton came from the Delwig family, he received his education in the Lyceum at Tsarskoye Selo, at the same time with Alexander Pushkin, whose intimate friend he was, and revealed early poetic unusual gifts and great enthusiasm for poetry. After he had left the Lyceum in 1817, he obtained a position in the Mountain Department, then became library Argentinas Help at the Imperial Public Library in 1825 and an official for special assignments in the Ministry of the Interior. His house made ​​from now the rallying point of the literary world of St. Petersburg, and especially the promising younger generation (Pushkin, Glinka, Baratynski, Vyazemsky etc. ) grouped around him. In conjunction with the latter he gave the 1825-32 Almanac " Severnye zwety " ( " Nordic flowers " ) out. Under Delwigs are poetic productions are particularly highlight its held in the Russian Volksliederton poems, some of which are quite gone over to the people; his other poems lack the ease and consummate form of dexterity. Collections of his poems appeared in 1829 and 1839. The first volume of " Severnye zwety " has been reissued by Pyotr Bartenew (Moscow 1881).