About N. P. Osipov
Lived 1751 – 1799 (aged 47–48). N. P. Osipov was a Russian writer, translator and civil servant.
Nikolay Petrovich Osipov (1751 in Saint Petersburg – in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian writer, poet and translator. He is best known for his mock-heroic 1791 poem (; parts 5 and 6 were completed after his death by Aleksandr Kotelnitsky).
Osipov's Eneida is a parody of Virgil's Aeneid, where the Trojan heroes talk like 18th-century Russians.
Osipov's Eneida (1791) and Kotliarevsky's Eneida (1798)
Osipov's Eneida was a model for Ivan Kotliarevsky’s seminal 1798 Ukrainian-language version, although the latter used a different setting and adopted a new verse form.
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Who was N. P. Osipov?
Russian writer and translator
When was N. P. Osipov born?
N. P. Osipov was born in 1751 in Saint Petersburg.
When did N. P. Osipov die?
N. P. Osipov died on 19 May 1799 in Saint Petersburg.
What was N. P. Osipov's occupation?
N. P. Osipov was a writer, translator and civil servant.
What nationality was N. P. Osipov?
N. P. Osipov was Russian.
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