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Apollon Maykov

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Russian poet and translator (1821-1897)

WritersLived 1821 to 1897 · aged 75
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Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov was a Russian poet, best known for his lyric verse showcasing images of Russian villages, nature, and history. His love for ancient Greece and Rome, which he studied for much of his life, is also reflected in his works.

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1882Pushkin Prize
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class
Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class
Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
Order of St. Vladimir
Order of Saint Stanislaus

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Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov was a Russian poet, best known for his lyric verse showcasing images of Russian villages, nature, and history. His love for ancient Greece and Rome, which he studied for much of his life, is also reflected in his works. Maykov spent four years translating the epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign (1870) into modern Russian. He translated the folklore of Belarus, Greece, Serbia and Spain, as well as works by Heine, Adam Mickiewicz and Goethe, among others. Several of Maykov's poems were set to music by Russian composers, among them Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky.

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Lived 1821 to 1897 · aged 75
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