# Fyodor Miller

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{{short description|Russian poet, novelist and translator}}
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| birth_name   = Фёдор Богданович Миллер
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1818|2|3|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [Moscow](/source/Moscow), [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire)
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1881|2|1|1818|2|3|df=y}}
| death_place  = Moscow, Russian Empire
| occupation   = poet, writer, translator
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'''Fyodor Bogdanovich Miller''' ({{langx|ru|Фёдор Богданович Миллер}}, 3 February 1818 — 1 February 1881) was a [Russian poet](/source/Russian_literature), [novelist](/source/novelist) and [translator](/source/translator).

Fyodor Miller was born in Moscow, to a family of ethnic [Germans](/source/Germans). Originally a German (and later Russian) language and literature lecturer at the Moscow 1st Cadet Corps (where he taught in 1841-1869), Miller as a poet started out in the early 1850s with a series patriotic [Crimean War](/source/Crimean_War)-themed poems.

In 1859 Miller founded ''[Razvlechenye](/source/Razvlechenye)'', the first ever humorous illustrated weekly in Russia, which he remained the editor of up until his death.<ref>[http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enc_literature/3901 Развлечение]. The Soviet Literary Encyclopedia in 11 volumes // Литературная энциклопедия. 1929—1939. Под ред. В. М. Фриче, А. В. Луначарского. — В 11 т. Изд-во Коммунистической академии; Советская энциклопедия; Художественная литератураю</ref> Using the pseudonyms Giatsint Tyulpanov (Hyacinth Tulipman) and Zanoza (Splinter), he habitually criticized Russian nihilists and radical [raznochintsy](/source/raznochintsy).

Miller authored one novel, ''Tsyganka'' (Gypsy Woman, 1838—1839), and translated the works by, among others, [Friedrich Schiller](/source/Friedrich_Schiller), [Adam Mickiewicz](/source/Adam_Mickiewicz), [Heinrich Heine](/source/Heinrich_Heine), [Joseph von Zedlitz](/source/Joseph_Christian_Freiherr_von_Zedlitz), [Heinrich Kruse](/source/Heinrich_Kruse), [Samuel Coleridge](/source/Samuel_Coleridge) and [William Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare).

Several of his poems have been set to music by the composers like Vladimir Sokolov and [Alexander Dargomyzhsky](/source/Alexander_Dargomyzhsky). A six-volume edition of his selected works came out in Miller's lifetime (1872—1881).<ref>[http://www.rulex.ru/01130725.htm Федор Богданович] at the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary</ref><ref>[http://www.rusinst.ru/articletext.asp?rzd=1&id=4710&abc=1 Миллер, Федор Богданович] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821032332/http://www.rusinst.ru/articletext.asp?rzd=1&id=4710&abc=1 |date=2016-08-21 }} at the Great Encyclopedia of Russian People // Большая энциклопедия русского народа</ref>

Miller has left a large bulk of poetic legacy, but ironically, it was with the tiny  children's verse "Out Went the Hare for a Walk" (Раз, два, три, четыре, пять — вышел зайчик погулять..., 1851) that he entered the pantheon of Russian classics. It became immensely popular and is now considered part of Russian folklore.<ref>Fonyakov, Ilya. [http://az.lib.ru/m/miller_f_b/text_0020.shtml Бессмертный заяц] // Immortal Hare. The Moshkov Library</ref>

The philologist and folklorist [Vsevolod Miller](/source/Vsevolod_Miller) was his son.<ref>[http://www.rulex.ru/01130721.htm Миллер, Всеволод Федорович] at the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.</ref><ref>[http://www.poesis.ru/poeti-poezia/miller/biograph.htm Фёдор Миллер]. Biography at www.poesis.ru</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://az.lib.ru/m/miller_f_b/ The Works by F.B. Miller] at the [Moshkov Library](/source/lib.ru)

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