Vasily Maykov
Vasily Ivanovich Maykov (1728 – 28 June 1778) was a Russian poet, fabulist, playwright and translator. He was an exponent of the mock-heroic poetry genre in Russia. What Maykov really excelled at, though, was ironic verse, and it was the comedy The Ombre Player (Игрок ломбера) that made him famous in 1763.
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Vasily Maykov
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- Name
- Vasily Maykov
- Born
- 1728
- Birthplace
- Yaroslavl, Russian Empire
- Died
- 26 June 1778
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russian Empire
- Occupation
- Poet, playwright, fabulist
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Fields
- poetry · drama · fable
- Languages
- Russian
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The Works by Maykov were first compiled in 1809, to be revised and re-issued by Pyotr Yefremov in 1867. In the Soviet Union, The Selected Works by V. Maykov were published in 1966 by Sovetsky Pisatel.
The book «Gallery of Russian writers», printed in Moscow, 1901. Page 35.
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Vasily Ivanovich Maykov, from the book «Gallery of Russian writers», 1901, page 35.
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• Name — Vasily Maykov • Born — 1728 • Birthplace — Yaroslavl, Russian Empire • Died — 26 June 1778 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian Empire • Occupation — Poet, playwright, fabulist
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- 1.Stennik, Y.V. Майков Василий Иванович Russian Writers of the 18th Century. Biographical dictionary // Словарь русских писателей XVIII века / Vol. 2 (К-П). Saint Petersburg. Nauka Publishers, 1999
- 2.Избранные произведения. — М. — Л.: Советский писатель, 1966.
- 3.Timofeev, L.I. Майков В. И. in the Soviet Literary Encyclopedia in 11 Volumes. Vol. 6, 1932. Pp. 700-701 // Литературная энциклопедия: В 11 т. — [М.], 1929—1939. Т. 6. «Сов. Энцикл.», 1932. — Стр. 700—701.
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