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Denis Fonvizin — MetaHistoryBook
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Denis Fonvizin
Russian writer (1745-1792)
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Details
Instance of
human
Born
3 April 1745
, 14 April 1743
Died
1 December 1792
, 12 December 1792
Place of birth
Moscow
Place of death
Saint Petersburg
Sex or gender
male
Given name
Denis
Father
Ivan A. Fonvizin
Mother
Yekaterina Dmitriyeva-Mamonova
Sibling
Pavel Fonvizin
Occupation
linguist
,
writer
,
playwright
,
poet
,
translator
,
Staatsrat
Citizenship
Russian Empire
civil rank
State Councillor
depicted by
Denis Fonvizin
described by source
Russian Biographical Dictionary
,
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
,
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
,
Library of the World's Best Literature
,
Historical Dictionary of Russian Writers
,
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
,
Dictionary of Russian Writers of XVIII century. Volume III
,
Faces of Moscow
educated at
Moscow University Gymnasium
family
Fonvizin
languages spoken, written or signed
Russian
notable work
The Minor
patronym or matronym
Ivanovich
place of burial
Alexander Nevsky Lavra
,
Lazarev Cemetery
topic's main category
Category:Denis Fonvizin
writing language
Russian
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
The Minor
The Brigadier-General
The Choice of a Tutor
Korion
Maminčin mazánek: komedie o pěti dějstvích
Appears in
Ekaterina
Subject of
Denis Fonvizin
Depicted in
Denis Fonvizin
Child of
Ivan A. Fonvizin
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