Alexander Sumarokov
1717
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1777
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: classicism
country of citizenship: Russian Empire
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
educated at: First Cadet Corps
occupation: playwright, poet, librettist, writer, literary critic, satirist, impressionist
award received: Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Сумаро́ков; 25 November 1717 [O.S. 14 November], Moscow – 12 October 1777 [O.S. 1 October], Moscow) was a Russian poet and playwright who single-handedly created classical theatre in Russia, thus assisting Mikhail Lomonosov to inaugurate the reign of classicism in Russian literature. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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