Alexander Izmaylov Explained

Alexander Izmaylov
Birthname:Александр Ефимович Измайлов
Birth Date:25 April 1779
Birth Place:Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Occupation:fabulist • poet • novelist • publisher

Alexander Efimovich Izmaylov (Алекса′ндр Ефи′мович Изма′йлов; 25 April 1779, in Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire – 28 January 1831, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian fabulist, poet, novelist, publisher (Tsvetnik, Blagonamerenny magazines), pedagogue and one-time state official (a Tver and Arkhangelsk Governorates' vice-governor). Lauded for his satirical fables (by, among others, Vissarion Belinsky), Alexander Izmaylov is considered to be the last major literary figure of the Russian Enlightenment.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. http://slovari.yandex.ru/измайлов%20ефимович/БСЭ/Измайлов%20Александр%20Ефимович/ Aлександр Ефимович Измайлов
  2. http://az.lib.ru/i/izmajlow_a_e/text_0010.shtml Александр Ефимович Измайлов