Anna Barykova

Anna Pavlovna Barykova (1839–1893) was a Russian poet, satirist and translator.

Life Anna Pavlovna Kamenskaia was born on 22 December 1839 in Saint Petersburg, the daughter of the writer Maria Kamenskaia and the granddaughter of the artist Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy. She was educated at home, at a state boarding school and at the Catherine Institute in Saint Petersburg,

She married twice and had four children.

In later life she advocated Tolstoyan ideas, supporting non-violence and vegetarianism. She was a close friend and correspondent with the publisher Vladimir Chertkov, a disciple of Tolstoy.

Barykova died at Rostov on Don on 31 May 1893.

Works Стихотворенія [My Muse], 1878 (anon.) Сказка про то как царь Ахреян ходил Богу жаловаться [The Tale of How King Ahreyan Went to Complain to God], 1883. [A Votary of Aesthetics], 1884.