Pyotr Stepanovich Pisarevsky ( Ukrainian: Petro Stepanovich Pisarevsky ; ( 1820 - 1871 ) - Ukrainian poet, author of burlesque poems and fables .
| Pyotr Stepanovich Pisarevsky | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1820 |
| Place of Birth | Two-Rivers , Russia |
| Date of death | 1871 |
| Place of death | Russian empire |
| Citizenship |  Russian empire |
| Occupation | poet, fabulist |
| Genre | Fable , poem |
| Language of Works | |
Biography
He was born in the Two - Rivers Sloboda-Ukrainian province in the family of the Ukrainian writer and playwright Stepan Pisarevsky .
He studied at the Kharkov Theological Seminary . Belonged to the middle bureaucracy. He served as a clerk in various institutions in Koroch and Kursk , later in 1866-1871 - head of the office of the Kazan governor .
Creativity
He wrote only in his youth, under the strong influence of G. Kvitka-Osnovyanenko and P. Gulak-Artemovsky .
Author of burlesque poems ("Stetsko", "Pan" (transcription of Krylovsky "Nobles"), "Panske the word is great dilo" and others), fables ("Tsutsenya", "Dog and that villain"), in which he sought to portray life phenomena in a realistic spirit. In his fables, although he was timid, he nevertheless revealed the shortcomings of serfdom and partly denounced the mores of bureaucracy.
The text of the fable “Dog and thieves” was edited by T. Shevchenko with his own hand for the almanac “Lastivka” (“Swallow”).
The poet’s works were published in the almanacs “Snіp” (“Sheaf”) by A. A. Korsun , “Lastivka” by E. P. Grebenki (1841) and “Collection of the Galician-Russian Matrix” (1869). He also wrote the story "Stetsko Mozhybylitsa".
Literature
- Pisarevsky, Peter // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. (Edited by M. Bazhan) - in 12 vol., 1978-1985