Yevgeny Baratynsky Writer

Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (Russian: Евге́ний Абра́мович Бараты́нский; IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈtɨnskʲɪj] (13px ); 2 March [O.S. 19 February] 1800 – July 11, 1844) was lauded by Alexander Pushkin as the finest Russian elegiac poet. After a long period when his reputation was on the wane, Baratynsky was rediscovered by Anna Akhmatova and Joseph Brodsky as a supreme poet of thought.