Pushkin

Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin by Orest Kiprensky
Born	Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-06-06)6 June 1799 Moscow, Russian Empire
Died	10 February 1837(1837-02-10) (aged 37) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Occupation	Poet, novelist, playwright
Language	Russian, French
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum
Period	Golden Age of Russian Poetry
Genre	Novel, novel in verse, poem, drama, short story, fairytale
Literary movement	Romanticism, Realism
Notable works	Eugene Onegin, The Captain's Daughter, Boris Godunov, Ruslan and Ludmila
Spouse	Natalia Pushkina (1831–1837)
Children	Maria, Alexander Fremke, Grigory, Natalia
Relatives	Sergei Lvovich Pushkin, Nadezhda Ossipovna Gannibal
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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (/ˈpʊʃkɪn/;Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин, tr. Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr sʲɪˈrɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn]; 6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.

Pushkin was born into Russian nobility in Moscow. His matrilineal great-grandfather was Abram Petrovich Gannibal, who was kidnapped from equatorial Africa and raised in the household of Peter the Great. Pushkin published his first poem at the age of fifteen, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum.

While under the strict surveillance of the Tsar's political police and unable to publish, Pushkin wrote his most famous play, the drama Boris Godunov. His novel in verse, Eugene Onegin, was serialized between 1825 and 1832.