# Anton Delvig

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Russian poet and journalist (1798–1831)

Anton Antonovich Delvig Lithograph by Pyotr Borel, 1864–1869 Born 17 August [O.S. 6 August] 1798 Moscow, Russia Died 26 January [O.S. 14 January] 1831 St. Petersburg, Russia Education Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum Occupations Poet journalist

[Baron](/source/Baron) **Anton Antonovich Delvig**[b] (17 August [[O.S.](/source/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates) 6 August] 1798 – 26 January [[O.S.](/source/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates) 14 January] 1831) was a Russian [poet](/source/Poet) and [journalist](/source/Journalist) of [Baltic German](/source/Baltic_German) descent.

## Early life

Anton Delvig was born on 17 August [[O.S.](/source/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates) 6 August] 1798.[1] He was of [Baltic German](/source/Baltic_German) descent.[1] He studied at the [Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum](/source/Tsarskoye_Selo_Lyceum) together with [Alexander Pushkin](/source/Alexander_Pushkin) and [Wilhelm Küchelbecker](/source/Wilhelm_K%C3%BCchelbecker), with whom he became close friends.[1] Küchelbecker dedicated a poem ('O, Delvig') to him; this poem was later set to music by [Dmitri Shostakovich](/source/Dmitri_Shostakovich) in the ninth movement of his [fourteenth symphony](/source/Symphony_No._14_(Shostakovich)). As a teenager, Delvig began writing poetry.[1] He became connected with a literary group established by [Alexey Olenin](/source/Alexey_Olenin) and the [Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and the Arts](/source/Free_Society_of_Lovers_of_Literature%2C_Science%2C_and_the_Arts).[1]

## Career

Delvig is also mentioned in Pushkin's famous [novel in verse](/source/Novel_in_verse) *[Eugene Onegin](/source/Eugene_Onegin)*, being compared to the young poet [Lensky](/source/Eugene_Onegin#Main_characters).[2] Delvig commissioned a portrait of Pushkin from [Orest Kiprensky](/source/Orest_Kiprensky), which Pushkin bought from Delvig's widow after his friend's death.[3] In 1820, Delvig met [Yevgeny Baratynsky](/source/Yevgeny_Baratynsky) and introduced him to the literary press.

In his poetry, Delvig upheld the waning traditions of Russian [Neoclassicism](/source/Neoclassicism). He became interested in Russian [folklore](/source/Folklore) and wrote numerous imitations of folk songs. Some of these were put to music by the composers [Alexander Alyabyev](/source/Alexander_Alyabyev) and [Mikhail Glinka](/source/Mikhail_Glinka).[4]

As a journalist, Delvig edited the periodical *[Northern Flowers](/source/Northern_Flowers)* (1825–1831), in which Pushkin was a regular contributor.[1] In 1830–1831, he co-edited with Pushkin the *[Literaturnaya Gazeta](/source/Literaturnaya_Gazeta)*, which was banned by the Tsarist government after information laid by [Thaddeus Bulgarin](/source/Thaddeus_Bulgarin).

## Personal life

Delvig's wife, Sofya Saltykova (1806–1888)

In 1825, Delvig married Sofya Saltykova; they had one daughter.[1] He died on 26 January [[O.S.](/source/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates) 14 January] 1831.[1]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Regarding personal names: **[Freiherr](/source/Freiherr)** was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as *[Baron](/source/Baron)*. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (*Graf Helmuth James von Moltke*). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (*von*, *zu*, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (*Helmuth James Graf von Moltke*). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine forms are *[Freifrau](/source/Freifrau)* and *[Freiin](/source/Freiin)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Анто́н Анто́нович Де́львиг, [pre-reform spelling](/source/Reforms_of_Russian_orthography): Антонъ Антоновичъ Дельвигъ, Russian pronunciation: [\[ɐnˈton ɐnˈtonəvʲɪtɕ ˈdelʲvʲɪk\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian); [German](/source/German_language): *Anton Antonowitsch Freiherr[a] von Delwig*.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECornwell201317_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECornwell201317_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECornwell201317_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECornwell201317_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECornwell201317_3-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECornwell201317_3-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECornwell201317_3-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECornwell201317_3-7) [Cornwell 2013](#CITEREFCornwell2013), p. 17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Pushkin, Alexander (1995). *Eugene Onegin*. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 141. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0809316307](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0809316307).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Антон Дельвиг](http://www.litera.ru/stixiya/authors/delvig/articles.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111214224521/http://litera.ru/stixiya/authors/delvig/articles.html) 2011-12-14 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) // Автор: Н. В. Банников

1. **[^](#cite_ref-autogenerated1_6-0)** ["Дельвиг А. А."](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214912/http://www.fplib.ru/biografii/bio19v/delvig/) Archived from [the original](http://www.fplib.ru/biografii/bio19v/delvig/) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-01-22.

## Sources

- ["Дельвиг, Антон Антонович"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/ru:%D0%AD%D0%A1%D0%91%D0%95/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B3,_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_). *[Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary](/source/Brockhaus_and_Efron_Encyclopedic_Dictionary)* (in Russian). 1906.

- Cornwell, Neil (2 December 2013). "Anton Antonovich Del'vig, 1798–1831". [*Reference Guide to Russian Literature*](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Reference_Guide_to_Russian_Literature/uXxEAgAAQBAJ). Routledge. p. 17. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-134-26070-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-134-26070-6).

## External links

- Media related to [Anton Delvig](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Anton_Delvig) at Wikimedia Commons

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