Nikolay Gnedich

Russian poet and translator · Russia · On the map · Writers · Lived 1784 to 1833 · aged 49

Nikolay Ivanovich Gnedich was a Ukrainian-born Russian poet and translator best known for his translation of the Iliad (1807-29), which is still the standard one. He also wrote Don Corrado de Gerrera (1803), which has been called the first Russian Gothic novel.

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