Baratynsky is often mentioned (along with Delvig) among the people who surrounded Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. But he was a completely self-sufficient poet. We have the right to be proud that such a philosopher-lyricist as Evgeny Abramovich Baratynsky appears in the constellation of the great classics of Russian literature . Biography, a brief description of the work of this thinker - this article is devoted to these topics. I just want to note the special impression that his verses create: an extraordinary thought is felt, clothed in an aesthetically impeccable form. His works reject all inhuman, false, but are full of humanism and touching kindness.
Childhood and adolescence
Evgeny Baratynsky, whose biography has, unfortunately, not been sufficiently studied by researchers, was born in March 1800 in the Tambov province, in the village of Vyazhlya. His parents were rich and noble people. My father was a retired lieutenant general, my mother served as empress Marya Feodorovna maid of honor before marriage. From early childhood, the future poet mastered French and Italian, and learned German in a private boarding school in St. Petersburg. At age 12, he entered the Page Corps to pursue a military career, but in 1816 he was expelled from there for childish pranks. There was only one way left for him - a simple soldier for military service, and in 1819 he entered the Jaeger Regiment.
Acquaintance with Pushkin
Through a friend in the regiment, Baratynsky, whose biography from now on becomes more documented, converges with Delvig, and then with Pushkin. The “simple” soldier who has not completed his education becomes an entrant in literary salons, begins to be friends with Gnedich, Kuchelbeker, Zhukovsky. He writes poetry, hones his style, and soon begins to publish himself. His youthful works give out a very pessimistic outlook. In 1820, with the rank of non-commissioned officer, he was transferred to serve in Kumen (modern Finland).
Romantic
The harsh and wild beauty of northern nature forced Baratynsky to retreat from several archaic forms of the Russian ode. In his works “Waterfall”, “Finland”, “Eda”, elegiac moods of Western European romanticism are strengthened. It does not stop printing. In particular, his poems appear in the almanac "Polar Star", which was published by Ryleev and Besstuzhev. A.S. Pushkin highly praised Edu, and Vyazemsky noted the distinctiveness and insightful dialectic that characterizes Baratynsky. The biography mentions the poet's youthful love. Muse was the wife of General Zakrevsky, to whom he devoted many lyrical works ("Fairy", "Justification").
Poet
In 1926, Baratynsky, whose biography is reflected in his work, retires and marries Anastasia Lvovna Engelhardt. The measured life of a married civilian gives him the opportunity to surrender to literature without restrictions. In addition to small poetic forms, he writes his famous poems "Ball", "Feasts", "Concubine". He tried himself in prose. So, in 1831 in the magazine "European" came out his story "Ring". The death of Pushkin Baratynsky - the poet’s biography in this matter is categorical - survived hard. He hardly wrote poetry and only issued one collection - Twilight (1842). In 1843, he and his wife went on a trip abroad. In Paris, he met many French writers (Lamartine, Merimet, Nodier and others). But in Naples, A.L. Baratynsky suffered a nervous breakdown, which fatally affected the health of her husband. The next day, July 11, 1844, he died suddenly.