Varvara Annenkova
Varvara Nikolaevna Annenkova (Russian: Варвара Никола́евна Анненко́ва, IPA: [vɐrˈvarə nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvnə ɐnʲɪnˈkovə] (listen); 1795 in Nizhny Novgorod – 1866) was a prominent Russian poet and member of the nobility of Nizhny Novgorod. Her work was influenced by close friend and mentor, poet Mikhail Lermontov.[1][2]
Selected works[]
- For the Chosen Few 1844
- Poems 1854-56
- "Wonder-Yonder" 1866
- "Charlotte Corday" 1866
Family[]
Born into the wealthy Annenkov family, daughter of Colonel (1764–1839), she was the sister of General Nicholas Annenkov and the poet Ivan Annenkov (1796–1829) and also a cousin of , who was exiled to Siberia for his role in the Decembrist Uprising of 1825.
Footnotes[]
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Categories:
- 1795 births
- 1866 deaths
- Russian nobility
- Poets of the Russian Empire
- Annenkov family
- Russian women poets
- Women writers of the Russian Empire
- 19th-century Russian women writers
- 19th-century Russian writers
- 19th-century Russian poets
- Russian poet stubs