M Khraskov biography

Biography Russian writers and poets. Brief Biographical Dictionary of Kheraskov Mikhail Matveevich -, poet, prose writer. Born on October 25, November 5, BC. I received a good home education. Then he studied in the land gentry cadet corps in St. Petersburg, who graduated from the exit from the Hraskov corps was in military service for a short time, and then entered the newly opened Moscow University of Asssor.

From his youth, he was seriously passionate about creativity. In the “monthly works”, his “parables” and epigrams were placed, and in the next years he published a poem in three parts “Fruits of Sciences”, the tragedy “Venetian nun”. B - published at the university the magazine "Useful Amusement", in - "Free hours"; “Innocent exercise”, “good intention”. He was a member of the Russian Academy.

By the years, Khraskov becomes an active Mason and active assistant to Novikov. In particular, he gives Novikov a university printing house at the disposal. Masonic activity also affected his work, in that philosophy of moral self -improvement, which determines its lyrics. A talented literary youth was grouped around Kheraskov. In the 10ths, having left the university for several years and having married in St.

Petersburg, he, together with his wife, one of the first Russian poets, arranged a literary salon in his house, whose participants read their works there, placed in the journal "Evenings" in - was interrupted by the director, then the curator of Moscow University. The history of Russian literature entered as a major representative of Russian classicism, in whose work the movement towards sentimentalism was designated.

It is famous as the author of epic poems: “Fruits of sciences”, “Chesmensky battle”, “Russiada”, “Vladimir revived”, “king or saved Novgorod” in the dramaturgy of Heraskov acted as a follower of classicism. He wrote 20 plays, among which they were especially known: the tragedies of “Flamen”, “Borislav”, “Liberated Moscow”; Comedy “Atheist”, “Hatter” of the genre of the lyrics of Khraskov is characterized by a preaching of moderation, complainting about the corruption of modern society, which is anti -alesting life in the bosom of nature “true well -being”, “On the mind”, “To A.

Rzhevsky ”and others. At the age of 74, M. Kheraskov died in Moscow on September 27, October 9 BC. Site section:.