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Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов, Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov or Griboyedov; 15 January 1795 – 11 February 1829), formerly romanized as Alexander Sergueevich Griboyedoff, [2] was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer.
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Griboyedov (born Jan. 4 [Jan. 15, New Style], 1795, Moscow, Russia—died Jan. 30 [Feb. 11], 1829, Tehrān, Iran) was a Russian playwright whose comedy Gore ot uma (Wit Works Woe) is one of the finest in Russian literature.
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Jan 15, 2015 · Alexander Griboyedov was one of the writers who began using living, spoken Russian, a phenomenon that only began in the 19th century. In this regard he shares a philosophy with Alexander...
Woe from Wit (Russian: Го́ре от ума́, romanized: Gore ot uma, also translated as "The Woes of Wit", "Wit Works Woe", Wit's End, [1] [2] and so forth) is Alexander Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow."
Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов) (January 15, 1795 – February 11, 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, and composer. As a writer, he is recognized as a homo unius libri, a writer of one book, whose fame rests on the brilliant verse comedy Woe from Wit, still one of the ...
Alexander Griboedov’s Woe from Wit is one of the masterpieces of Russian drama. A verse comedy set in Moscow high society after the Napoleonic wars, it offers sharply drawn characters and clever repartee, mixing meticulously crafted banter and biting social critique.
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Russian: Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов. Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer. He is recognized as homo unius libri, a writer of one book, whose fame rests on the verse comedy Woe from Wit or The Woes of Wit.
