Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Пушкин, Romanized: Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin; June 6, 1799 - February 10, 1837) was a Russian writer, linguist, historian, and political commentator who worked in the fields of poetry, drama, novels, literary criticism, and theory. He is an outstanding representative of Russian romantic literature and the founder of Russian realist literature. He is one of the most prestigious figures in the field of literature in the early nineteenth century. He is honored as the "Sun of Russian Poetry" and the "Father of Russian Literature". He is also the founder of modern standard Russian. Pushkin's poetic novel "Yevgeny Onegin" panoramically shows the whole picture of Russian society at that time and can be called "the encyclopedia of Russian life". He not only supported certain views of the Decembrists, but also raised the main social issues of that era in his works: the relationship between the autocracy and the people, the life path of the aristocracy, and the peasant issue; he created typical images with highly general significance: "superfluous people", "money knights", "little people", and leaders of the peasant movement. The raising of these questions and the creation of literary images have greatly promoted the advancement of Russian social thought, are conducive to awakening the people, and are conducive to the development of the Russian liberation movement. Pushkin's excellent works have achieved a high degree of unity in content and form. His lyric poems are rich in content, deep in emotion, flexible in form, exquisite in structure, and beautiful in rhythm. His prose and novels have concentrated plots, strict structures, and vivid and concise descriptions. Pushkin's creations had an important impact on the development of Russian realist literature and world literature. Gorky called it "the beginning of all beginnings." . His representative works include the poems "Ode to Freedom", "To the Sea", "To Chadayev", "I Remember That Wonderful Moment", "Ruslan and Lyudmila", "The Bronze Horseman", etc., the verse novel "Eugene Onegin", the short story "The Queen of Spades", the novella "The Captain's Daughter", etc.