Delwig A.A. (1798-1831), poet, journalist

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DELWIG Anton Antonovich (1798-1831, St. Petersburg), poet, critic, journalist, baron, Collegiate assessor (1826). Resided in St. Petersburg from 1811. Graduated from the Tsarskoselsky Lyceum (1817, was a schoolmate of Alexander Pushkin). During different years served in the Chancellory of the Ministry for Finances, in the Department of Mining and Salt Industry, Ministry of Internal Affairs. From 1820-25 worked as a library assistant in the Imperial Public library. Delwig is the author of the lyceum hymn Farewell Song of the Imperial Tsarskoselsky Lyceum Alumni (1817). Along with V. K. Kuchelbecker and E. A. Baratynsky was a member of the Poets Union literary group. Experimented with various verse forms. The basic genres he used were — idyll, sonnet, elegy, romance Oh, my nightingale... and other). Delwig’s most famous stylised Russian songs are The Night and other). In 1823-31 published the Severnye Tsvety almanac, the Literaturnaya Gazeta newspaper (late 1829-30; banned by censorship; restored under the editorship of O. M. Somov in collaboration with Alexander Pushkin, P. A. Vyazemsky), where he got engaged in polemics with the Severnaya Pchela and the Moskovsky Telegraf criticising the commercial literature. From 1818-24 was a member of the Free Society for the Friends of Philology, Science and Arts, in 1819 that of the Free Society for Friends of Russian Philology. Delwig used to host literary and musical soirees in his apartment (1826-30).He lived at Zagorodny Avenue (section of house 9), 26 Millionnaya Street, in 1829-31 at Zagorodny Avenue section of house 1; memorial plaque). Buried at Volkovskoe Orthodox cemetery, in 1930 his remains were transported to the Necropolis of the Artists.

References: Шубин В. Ф. Поэты пушкинского Петербурга. Л., 1985. С. 32-47; Вацуро В. Э. С. Д. П.: Из истории лит. быта пушкинской поры. М., 1989 (ук.).

I. E. Vasilyeva. Baratynsky Evgeny Abramovich
Delwig Anton Antonovich
Kuchelbecker Wilhelm Karlovich
Pushkin Alexander Sergeevich
Somov Orest Mikhailovich
Vyazemsky Peter Andreevich, Duke
Millionnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 26
Zagorodny Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city, house 9
Zagorodny Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city, house 1
Вацуро В. Э. С.Д.П.: Из истории лит. быта пушкинской поры. М., 1989
Шубин В. Ф. Поэты пушкинского Петербурга. Л., 1985 Severnye Tsvety (Northern Flowers), almanac
Literaturnaya gazeta (Literary Newspaper), 1830-1831, 1840-1849
Severnaya Pchela (Northern Bee), journal, newspaper
Necropolis of Artists
1830
1986