Varvara Annenkova

Varvara Nikolaevna Annenkova (Russian: Варвара Никола́евна Анненко́ва, IPA: [vɐrˈvarə nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvnə ɐnʲɪnˈkovə] ; 1795 in Nizhny Novgorod – 1866) was a Russian poet and member of the nobility of Nizhny Novgorod. Her work was influenced by close friend and mentor, poet Mikhail Lermontov.[1][2]

Family

Born into the wealthy Annenkov family, daughter of Colonel Nicholas Nikanorovich Annenkov (1764–1839), she was the sister of General Nicholas Annenkov and the poet Ivan Annenkov (1796–1829) and also a cousin of Ivan Annenkov, who was exiled to Siberia for his role in the Decembrist Uprising of 1825.

Selected works

  • For the Chosen Few, 1844
  • Poems, 1854–56
  • "Wonder-Yonder", 1866
  • "Charlotte Corday", 1866

References

  1. ^ Ledkovskaia-Astman et al., Dictionary of Russian Women Writers, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994, page 29
  2. ^ See also: Barker, Adele and Gheith, Jehanne. A History of Women's Writing in Russia, Cambridge University Press, 2002, page 62

 

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