Известные русские писатели

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

1799-1837

Ography

• Alexander Pushkin began writing his first works at the age of seven. During his studies at the Lyceum, he became famous when he read his poem to Gabriel Derzhavin. Pushkin was the first Russian writer to earn money by literary work. He created not only lyrical poems, but also fairy tales , historical prose and works in support of revolutionaries — the poet was even sent into exile for his free-thinking.

• His most famous fairy tale is the tale of Tsar Saltan

Who was he

• Russian poet, playwright and novelist, who laid the foundations of the Russian realist movement, literary critic and literary theorist, historian, publicist, journalist, editor and publisher.