Nikolay Yazykov

Nikolai Mikhailovich Yazykovs (Russian Николай Михайлович Языков; * 4 Märzjul / March 16 1803greg in Simbirsk, .. .. † December 26 1846jul / January 7 1847greg in Moscow) was a Russian poet.

Life

Yazykovs came in 1815 in the Mountain Institute in St. Petersburg and then entered the engineer corps, but from which he retired to literary employment of inclination after one year. He was a member of the Russian Baltic Corps Ruthenia Dorpat.

He lived in Dorpat thereto and since 1829 in Moscow, where he was employed from 1831 to 1833 in surveying firm. To restore his faltering health, he spent some time in his native city, then in Italy and in Switzerland.

After returning to Moscow in 1843, he died there on December 26, 1846. Having initially been a singer of wine and love (hence his nickname " Russian Anacreon " ), he suggested later under the influence of an incurable painful disease is a more serious direction and turned to religious materials to.

His highly valued by Pushkin poems are characterized by masterly versification and mastery over the language and by intimacy and impressive recovery. The first collection same appeared in St. Petersburg in 1833, the last ( Stichotworénija NM Jasýkowa, with biographical notes ) in Moscow in 1858 ( 2 vols ).