Fyodor Nikolaevich Glinka ( rus, Фёдор Никола́евич Гли́нка, p=ˈfʲɵdər nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə, a=Fyodor Nikolayevich Glinka.ru.vorb.oga; 1786–1880) was a Russian poet and author.

Biography

Glinka was born at Sutoki,

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in 1786, and was specially educated for the army. In 1803 he obtained a commission as an officer, and two years later took part in the Austrian campaign. His tastes for literary pursuits, however, soon induced him to leave the service, whereupon he withdrew to his estates in the

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of Smolensk, and subsequently devoted most of his time to study or travelling about Russia. Upon the

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in 1812, he re-entered the Russian army, and remained in active service until the end of the campaign in 1814. Upon the elevation of

Count Miloradovich Count Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (russian: Граф Михаи́л Андре́евич Милора́дович, sh-Cyrl, Гроф Михаил Андрејевић Милорадовић ''Grof Mihail Andrejević Miloradović''; – ...

to the military governorship of

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Glinka was appointed colonel under his command. After the

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Glinka was suspected of revolutionary tendencies. He was

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, but he nevertheless retained his honorary post of president of the Society of the Friends of Russian Literature, and was after a time allowed to return to St. Petersburg. Soon afterwards he retired completely from public life and died on his estates at the age of 93.

Works

Glinka's martial songs have special reference to the Russian military campaigns of his time. He is also known as the author of the descriptive poem ''Karelia'' (1830), and of a metrical paraphrase of the

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, which was praised by

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as the finest religious poetry in the language. His fame as a military author is chiefly due to his ''Pisma Russkago Ofitsera'' ("Letters of a Russian Officer") (8 vols., 1815–1816). His most infamous work which remains exceedingly rare was his contribution of an allegory to the first Swedish translation of John William Polidori's Vampyre (Vampyren) credited to Lord Byron. (Published by Jakob Simelius of Helsinki in 1824) which was marks the first ever appearance of the vampire story in Nordic literature.

Family

Glinka was the younger brother of

Sergy Nikolaevich Glinka Sergei Nikolayevich Glinka ( rus, Серге́й Никола́евич Гли́нка, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə, a=Syergyey Nikolayevich Glinka.ru.vorb.oga; 1774–1847) was a minor Russian author of the Romantic per ...

References

Attribution: * {{DEFAULTSORT:Glinka, Fedor Nikolaevich 1786 births 1880 deaths People from Dukhovshchinsky District People from Dukhovshchinsky Uyezd Russian male poets Military writers from the Russian Empire Decembrists