About Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky
Lived 1817 – 1875 (aged 58). Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky was a Russian poet, lexicographer, writer, translator and ethnologist.
Alexander Stepanovich Afanasyev (, 12 March 1817 – 18 September 1875) was a Russian and Ukrainian poet, writer, editor, ethnographer and translator (from Polish and English). In 1853 he started using the pseudonym Чужбинский (Chuzhbinsky) and has been known mostly as Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky since.
Afanasyev was born in village Iskovtsy, Lubensky region, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire, now Ukraine. He made his debut as a published poet in 1837 ("The Ring", Кольцо, Sovremennik); his first Ukrainian poem came out in 1841 (Saint Petersburg almanac Ластівка, Swallow). His Ukrainian poems were collected in From My Heart (Що було на серці) and published in 1855.
He died in Saint Petersburg, aged 59.
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Russian poet
When was Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky born?
Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky was born on 28 February 1817 in Iskivtsi.
When did Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky die?
Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky died on 6 September 1875 in Saint Petersburg.
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Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky was a poet, lexicographer, writer, translator and ethnologist.
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Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky was Russian.
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