Konstantin Nikolaevich Batyushkov

A Russian poet. Born into an old aristocratic family. He participated in the war against Napoleon, and was later stationed in Italy as a diplomat. He wrote light-hearted, Anacreon-esque poetry from an early age, and became a member of the Arzamas Society (1815-18), which supported Karamzin's reform of literary language. Many of his works delicately sing of the joys and sorrows of life, and his representative poems include the elegies "Shadow of a Friend" (1814) and "The Dying Tasso" (1817). His collected works include "An Experiment in Poetry and Prose" (1817). He is also known for his contributions to introducing classical Greek poetry and Byron, and is known as Pushkin's direct predecessor. He ceased activities in 1822 due to a hereditary mental illness.

[Nakamura Yoshikazu]

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ロシアの詩人。古い家柄の貴族の家に生まれる。対ナポレオン戦争に参加、のち外交官としてイタリアに駐在。早くからアナクレオン風の軽妙な詩風の作品を書き、カラムジンの文章語改革を支持する「アルザマス会」（1815～18）の一員となる。生の悦(よろこ)びと悲哀を繊細に歌い上げた作品が多く、代表的な詩に悲歌(エレジー)『友の影』（1814）、『瀕死(ひんし)のタッソー』（1817）などがある。作品集に『詩と散文の試み』（1817）がある。ギリシア古典詩やバイロンの紹介にも功績があり、プーシキンの直接の先行者として知られる。1822年遺伝性の精神病のため活動を停止。

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