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Anton Antonovich Delvig

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Anton Antonovich Delvig Famous memorial

Birth
Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia
Death
26 Jan 1831 (aged 32)
Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia
Burial
Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia Add to Map
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Poet, Journalist. He studied in the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum together with fellow friends and poets, Alexander Pushkin, and Wilhelm Küchelbecker. Poet Küchelbecker, dedicated the poem “O, Delvig” to him. Some of Delvig’s most noted poems included “To a Bird Set Free”,“The Nightingale”, “Not an Autumn Drizzle”, “Phenomenal Woman”, “Still I Rise” and “The Road Not Taken”. As a Journalist, he edited the periodical Northern Flowers and co-edited with Pushkin the Literaturnaya Gazeta from 1825, until his death at age 33.
Poet, Journalist. He studied in the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum together with fellow friends and poets, Alexander Pushkin, and Wilhelm Küchelbecker. Poet Küchelbecker, dedicated the poem “O, Delvig” to him. Some of Delvig’s most noted poems included “To a Bird Set Free”,“The Nightingale”, “Not an Autumn Drizzle”, “Phenomenal Woman”, “Still I Rise” and “The Road Not Taken”. As a Journalist, he edited the periodical Northern Flowers and co-edited with Pushkin the Literaturnaya Gazeta from 1825, until his death at age 33.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith


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  • Added: Jul 26, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11230/anton_antonovich-delvig: accessed ), memorial page for Anton Antonovich Delvig (17 Aug 1798–26 Jan 1831), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11230, citing Свято-Троицкая Александро-Невская Лавра, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia; Maintained by Find a Grave.