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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.
Jan 15, 2015 · A faithful widow. Alongside several comedies and decent poetry, Griboyedov was also an accomplished travel writer who kept memoirs of his journeys in Persia and the Caucasus. He includes some of...
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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Woe from Wit (Russian: Горе от ума; also translated as "The Woes of Wit," "Wit Works Woe," etc.) is 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." Its plot is slight; its merits are to be found in its accurate representation of certain social an...
Mirsky, D. P. A History of Russian Literature from its Beginnings to 1900. Edited by D. S. Mirsky and Francis J. Whitfield. New York: Vintage Books, 1958. ISBN 0810116790Terras, Victor. A History of Russian Literature. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1991. ISBN 0756761484This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.All links retrieved May 15, 2021. 1. Горе от ума– full text in Russian 2. Горе от ума– full text in Russian at Alexei Komarov's Internet Library 3. Woe from Wit– full text of English translation by A Vagapov, 1993 4. The Woes of Wit– Alan Shaw's translator's introduction
Griboyedov, apparently unaware of the simmering resentment, played the role of conquerors’ envoy and thought only of leaving Tehran as soon as possible to rejoin his wife at a country house near Tiflis. He planned to depart on Jan. 31, 1829.
Jan 16, 2015 · Alexander Griboyedov was a diplomat, composer and very talented pianist, but these days he is mainly remembered as a playwright and poet. Like many poets of his day, Griboyedov died young.
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Dec 23, 2016 · In 1828, he assisted in signing Treaty of Turkmencha and was appointed as a Minister Plenipotentiary in April 1828 and sent to Persia. On the way to Tehran, he spent several months in Georgia, where he married Nina Chavchavadze, daughter of the Georgian poet and the major general Alexander Garsevanovicha Chavchavadze.
