Plan Fonvizin Biography

He was a writer and playwright, publicist and translator. He is rightfully considered the creator of the National Russian Household Comedy, the most famous of which “undergrowth” and “foreman”. Born on April 14, even under Ivan the Terrible, one of the knights of the Order of von Vizen was captured and remained in the service of the Russian king. From him, the clan of the Fonvizin prefix von was joined the Russian manner to the name of Vizen.

Thanks to his father, he received the initial education of the house. He was brought up in a patriarchal structure that reigned in the family. Since the year, Denis Ivanovich studied at the noble gymnasium at the university in Moscow, then at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow University. In the year, Fonvizin, among the “elected students” leaves for Petersburg, where he meets Lomonosov and Sumarokov.

Since the X, Denis Ivanovich has been creating his first works. Fonvizin's early work was distinguished by an acute satirical orientation. In parallel, the writer was engaged in translations. In the year, Fonvizin translated Holberg fables into Russian. Since the year, Fonvizin has been working as a translator, and with the secretary of the office of Elagin in the College of Foreign Affairs.

In the year, Denis Ivanovich goes to the service of Count Panin as a personal secretary.

In the year, the writer creates the satirical comedy "Brigadier". The play received a wide resonance and Fonvizin, whose biography was still unknown in the highest circles, was invited to Peterhof to read the work of Empress Catherine II. From the year, Fonvizin spent abroad, for a long time was in France. Having returned to Russia, Denis Ivanovich enters the service as an adviser to the office at a secret expedition.

At the same time, the writer translates the book “T-Igi”. In the year, Fonvizin creates one of the best works of Russian journalism - “Reasoning about indispensable state laws”. Since the year, Denis Ivanovich has been the place of the state adviser. The year is resigned. In the fall of the same year, the premiere of the most important work of the playwright took place - the comedy "Undergrowth" The date of writing - in the year the writer has the first apoplexy blow.

In the year, Fonvizin returns to Russia. In recent years of his brief biography, Fonvizin suffered from a serious illness - paralysis, but did not stop engaging in literary activity. Despite the ban on Catherine II to the publication of the five -volume collected works, Denis Ivanovich at that time creates the comedy “Chuler's Choice”, the feuilleton “Talking to Princess Haldina”, and is working on the autobiography “Pure Recognition” remained unfinished.

Fonvizin has gone a difficult creative path. Starting with rather “raw” and gray works, he was able to hone his writer's gift to such an extent that he became not only an outstanding writer of his time, but also the author of the innovative, who opened the entire Russian literature at a new stage of development. Interesting facts from the biography of Fonvizin - during his studies at the gymnasium, Fonvizin translated literature for him by agreement with one book trader, receiving books as a payment for his works.

As a result, the prime minister took place in St. Petersburg. Pushkin mentioned the writer in the text of Eugene Onegin. To this day, only her introductory word has been preserved. You can get acquainted with each of these works online, using our unique project “Liters: Library”. This is an opportunity to connect to the largest Russian electronic library for free and use its content.

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