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Mikhail Lermontov


Born
in Moscow, Russian Empire
October 15, 1814

Died
July 27, 1841

Genre
Fiction, Poetry

Influences
Alexander Pushkin, James Macpherson, Lord Byron. Walter Scott ...more


Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов), a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", was the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death. His influence on later Russian literature is still felt in modern times, not only through his poetry, but also by his prose.

Lermontov died in a duel like his great predecessor poet, Aleksander Pushkin.

Even more so tragically strange (if not to say fatalistic) that both poets described in their major works fatal duel outcomes, in which the main characters (Onegin and Pechorin) were coming out victorious.
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Demon
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Мцыри
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Бородино
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Маскарад
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Герой нашего времени: Стихо...
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Лирика
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4.34 avg rating — 575 ratings — published 1836 — 16 editions
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Поэмы / Герой нашего времени
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Стихотворения и поэмы
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“Love, like fire, goes out without fuel.”
― Mikhail Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time
tags: fire, love
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“In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.”
― Lermontov a, Un Héros de notre temps. (précédé de) La Princesse Ligovskoï
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“I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.”
― Mikhail Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time
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