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Afanasy Fet
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Russian poet (1820-1892)
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Afanasy Fet, whose name in his native language is Афанасий Фет, was a male poet, translator, autobiographer, and writer. Born in 1820, he began his work period in 1839. He wrote in Russian and specialized in lyric poetry. His works include Стихотворения, Lirika, and Polnoe sobranīe stikhotvorenīĭ A.A. Feta.
Fet was a citizen of the Russian Empire, the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and Russia. He was of the Russian ethnic group. He died in Moscow on natural causes due to myocardial infarction. His death occurred in 1892. He is described by sources such as the Russian Biographical Dictionary and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 5 December 1820
- Died
- 3 December 1892
- Works
- 28
Top works
- בדור עתיד אמצא קורא
- Стихотворения
- Afanasi Fet
- Lirika
- Polnoe sobranīe stikhotvorenīĭ A.A. Feta
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Israel
- Active from
- 1820
- Active to
- 1892
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 7
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Afanasy+Fet">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Born
- 5 December [ O.S. 23 November ] 1820, Mtsensk , Russian Empire
- Died
- 3 December 1892 (1892-12-03) (aged 71), Moscow , Russian Empire
- Relatives
- Vladimir Semenkovich
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Afanasy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Field of work
- poetry
- Genre
- lyric poetry
- Image
- Fet by Repin.jpg
- Work location
- Russian Empire
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- Commons category
- Afanasy Fet
- date of birth
- 1820-11-23
- date of death
- 1892-11-21
- Commons Creator page
- Afanasy Fet
- start of work period
- 1839-00-00
- ethnic group
- Russians
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- Russian
- name in native language
- Афанасий Фет
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Afanasy Fet, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet (Russian: Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, IPA: [ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt] ), later known as Shenshin (Russian: Шенши́н, IPA: [ʂɨnˈʂɨn] ; 5 December [O.S. 23 November] 1820 – 3 December [O.S. 21 November] 1892), was a Russian poet regarded as the finest master of lyric verse in Russian literature.
Biography
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