Anton Delvig
{{Short description|Russian poet and journalist (1798–1831)}}
{{infobox person
| name = Anton Antonovich Delvig
| image = PGRS 2 029 Delvig - crop.jpg
| birth_date = {{OldStyleDate|17 August|1798|6 August}}
| birth_place = Moscow, Russia
| death_date = {{OldStyleDate|26 January|1831|14 January}}
| death_place = St. Petersburg, Russia
| occupation = {{hlist|Poet|journalist}}
| education = Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum
}}
Baron Anton Antonovich Delvig{{efn|{{langx|ru|Анто́н Анто́нович Де́львиг}}, {{langx|ru|Антонъ Антоновичъ Дельвигъ|label=pre-reform spelling}}, {{IPA|ru|ɐnˈton ɐnˈtonəvʲɪtɕ ˈdelʲvʲɪk}}; {{langx|de|Anton Antonowitsch Freiherr{{efn|{{German title Freiherr}}}} von Delwig}}.}} ({{OldStyleDate|17 August|1798|6 August}} – {{OldStyleDate|26 January|1831|14 January}}) was a Russian poet and journalist of Baltic German descent.
Early life
Anton Delvig was born on {{OldStyleDate|17 August|1798|6 August}}.{{sfn|Cornwell|2013|p=17}} He was of Baltic German descent.{{sfn|Cornwell|2013|p=17}} He studied at the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum together with Alexander Pushkin and Wilhelm Küchelbecker, with whom he became close friends.{{sfn|Cornwell|2013|p=17}} Küchelbecker dedicated a poem ('O, Delvig') to him; this poem was later set to music by Dmitri Shostakovich in the ninth movement of his fourteenth symphony. As a teenager, Delvig began writing poetry.{{sfn|Cornwell|2013|p=17}} He became connected with a literary group established by Alexey Olenin and the Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and the Arts.{{sfn|Cornwell|2013|p=17}}
Career
Delvig is also mentioned in Pushkin's famous novel in verse Eugene Onegin, being compared to the young poet Lensky.{{cite book |last1=Pushkin |first1=Alexander |title=Eugene Onegin |date=1995 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0809316307 |page=141}} Delvig commissioned a portrait of Pushkin from Orest Kiprensky, which Pushkin bought from Delvig's widow after his friend's death.[http://www.litera.ru/stixiya/authors/delvig/articles.html Антон Дельвиг] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214224521/http://litera.ru/stixiya/authors/delvig/articles.html |date=2011-12-14 }} // Автор: Н. В. Банников In 1820, Delvig met Yevgeny Baratynsky and introduced him to the literary press.
In his poetry, Delvig upheld the waning traditions of Russian Neoclassicism. He became interested in Russian folklore and wrote numerous imitations of folk songs. Some of these were put to music by the composers Alexander Alyabyev and Mikhail Glinka.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fplib.ru/biografii/bio19v/delvig/ |title=Дельвиг А. А. |access-date=2016-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214912/http://www.fplib.ru/biografii/bio19v/delvig/ |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}
As a journalist, Delvig edited the periodical Northern Flowers (1825–1831), in which Pushkin was a regular contributor.{{sfn|Cornwell|2013|p=17}} In 1830–1831, he co-edited with Pushkin the Literaturnaya Gazeta, which was banned by the Tsarist government after information laid by Thaddeus Bulgarin.
Personal life
In 1825, Delvig married Sofya Saltykova; they had one daughter.{{sfn|Cornwell|2013|p=17}} He died on {{OldStyleDate|26 January|1831|14 January}}.{{sfn|Cornwell|2013|p=17}}
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Sources
- {{cite book |last1=Cornwell |first1=Neil |title=Reference Guide to Russian Literature |date=2 December 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-26070-6 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Reference_Guide_to_Russian_Literature/uXxEAgAAQBAJ |language=en |chapter=Anton Antonovich Del'vig, 1798–1831|page=17}}
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Category:People from Moskovsky Uyezd
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Category:19th-century poets from the Russian Empire
Category:19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire