1790 in literature

• September 4 - Alexander Radishchev sentenced to death (replaced by a 10-year exile to the Ilim prison ) for the book " Travel from St. Petersburg to Moscow ."

• “The Universe, the Spiritual World” is an epic poem by Mikhail Kheraskov .
• “ Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow ” - a book by Alexander Radishchev .
• "Torquato Tasso" (Torquato Tasso) - drama by I.V. Goethe .

Journalism

• " Reflections on the French Revolution " - a treatise by Edmund Burke .

• January 4 (15) - Alexander Sergeyevich Griboedov , Russian playwright, poet, composer, diplomat (died 1829 ) ^[1] .
• October 21 - Alphonse de Lamartine , French writer, poet and politician (died 1869 ).

• April 3 - Moses-Efraim Ku , German poet and translator (born 1731 ).
• May 21 - Thomas Wharton , English poet and historian of literature (born 1728 ).
• Mikhail Vasilievich Popov , Russian writer (born in 1742 ).