Belin biography briefly

About the author of Vissarion Belinsky - the famous Russian writer, literary critic, philosopher and publicist. Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky was born on May 30 in the Sveaborg fortress in Finland, where his father, the naval doctor Grigory Belinsky served. Soon the family moved to Chebar, and the boy entered the district school, and later - to the Penza gymnasium. Already in childhood, his great love for reading was manifested, the first attempts to compose stories and ballads belong to the same time.

Upon reaching the eighteen years, Vissarion became a student of the Faculty of Word of Moscow University, where he got down with Herzen, Ogarev and Stankevich. In the third year of Belinsky’s training, they excluded from the university for the creation and distribution of seditious drama in Dmitry Kalinin prose. To earn a living, the young man took up translations from French, began to give lessons.

The beginning of this literary activity of the future critic was the article “Literary Dreams. Elegy in prose ”, printed in the year in the magazine" Rumor ". The article made a strong impression on readers-according to Belinsky’s random writers, it was a smart, thorough historical review of Russian literature. At this time, Vissarion Grigoryevich tirelessly worked in the magazines “Telescope” and “Moscow Observer”, where he placed a number of large critical articles and reviews: “About the Russian story and the novels of Gogol”, “Nothing of nothing”, finally convinced of his vocation.

However, material hardships and large mental stress were shaken by the writer’s health, forcing him to go for treatment to the Caucasus. In the year, Belinsky returned to work in St. Petersburg "domestic notes." An exhausting, passionate work in the magazine finally undermined the poor health of the writer. The strongest consumption forced Belinsky to leave his post again and spend several months in the south, where he became friends with the artist Shchepkin.

Upon returning to St. Petersburg, Vissarion Grigoryevich prints a large article “Review of the Literature of the Year” in “Contemporary” and leaves again to be treated, this time in Germany, where he creates the famous “Letter to Gogol”. However, German doctors were powerless. The brilliant critic and publicist died on May 26 at the age of thirty-six and was buried in the Volkovsky cemetery in St.

Petersburg.

The influence of Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky on classical and modern Russian literature is huge. His works were highly appreciated by Plekhanov and Dostoevsky, and Pirogov and Ushinsky used the theoretical conclusions of the “father of the Russian intelligentsia” in their pedagogical activity. In our store you can not only purchase and download the electronic books of Vissarion of Belinsky, but also read them online.

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