Konstantin Batyushkov | |
Birth Name: | Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov |
Birth Date: | 29 May 1787 |
Birth Place: | Vologda, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Vologda, Russian Empire |
Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov (Russian: Константи́н Никола́евич Ба́тюшков|p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbatʲʊʂkəf|a=Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov.ru.vorb.oga;) was a Russian poet, essayist and translator of the Romantic era. He also served in the diplomatic corps, spending an extended period in 1818 and 1819 as a secretary to the Russian diplomatic mission at Naples.[1]