Aleksander Pushkin
Russian poet who is considered the founder of modern Russian literature. Eugene Onegin, written in verse, is the supreme work of Russian Romanticism, and his lyric poetry set the standard for all subsequent Russian verse.
Works
- Eugene OneginPoetic novel in verse about a disillusioned aristocrat and lost love
- Boris GodunovHistorical drama depicting the rise and fall of a Russian false tsar
- The Bronze HorsemanPoem about a statue of Peter the Great and the flood of Saint Petersburg
- Ruslan and LyudmilaFantastic poem in verse about adventure, sorcery, and Russian folk themes
- Collected PoemsSelected poems from Russia's greatest Romantic and realist poet