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Alexander Griboyedov. 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. His one notable work ...
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. Griboyedov was a graduate of Moscow University, and he led an active and eventful life; he joined ...
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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
Jan 15, 2015 · The Griboyedov Canal that runs through center of St. Petersburg past the famous Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood was named in honor of the writer. He lived in a house by the canal, which was ...
The comedy Gore ot uma ( Woe from Wit) by Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov is regarded as one of the finest in Russian literature. During Griboedov’s lifetime, however, production of the play was prohibited and only fragments of it were published because of his political leanings. Born on Jan. 15 (Jan. 4 on the calendar in use at the time ...
1. Alexander Griboedov – diplomat. Ivan Kramskoy. Portrait of Alexander Griboedov, 1873. Many noblemen of the 18th and 19th centuries, especially the capital’s aristocrats, were able to write ...
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Dec 15, 2002 · GRIBOEDOV, ALEXANDER SERGEEVICH (b. Moscow, 15 January 1794; killed in Tehran, 11 February 1829; Figure 1), Russian writer, poet, and playwright, whose most famous work is the play Gore ot uma (Woe from wit). After graduating from Moscow University with a degree in literature and law, Griboedov first joined the military and then the diplomatic ...
