Dmitriev, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (1796 – 1866). Nephew of the poet Ivan Dmitriev. He studied at Moscow University boarding school, then at the university. In his youth was fond of poetry Derzhavin, Zhukovsky, read French Delisle and Boys, German Wieland, Schiller. Literary creativity began with translations. In the early 1820's argued with Vyazemsky about his preface to "Fountain of Bakhchisarai" Pushkin, and in 1825 th criticized "Woe from Wit" Griboyedov. Dmitriev was neither a classicist nor archaic. Many of his polemical remarks were cut, but just what, in particular, wrote Slavophil AI Koshelev. Verse s mastered brilliantly. But his poetry had little success. But epigrams, parodies and satire passed around. In his works such as Gogol, "Juvenal's bile is connected with some special Slavic kindness." In 1840 Dmitriev – zealous officer Slavophile Moskvityanin. In the Soviet literary criticism has refuted look at Dmitrieva as reactionary. It is just the opposite – he accuser trader spirit of the age, hard for the people of government policy. "Everywhere the government – he wrote – is set for the people, and we have all the people live for the government. This is ugly, what is not a story … Truth in Russia do not exist. " In addition to poems and articles, he wrote a biography of the poet IM Dolgorukov memoir book "Trifles from a stock of my memory." In 1864 came the two volumes of his poetry.
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