Derzhavin

American  

[der-zhah-vin, dyer-zhah-vyin] / dɛrˈʒɑ vɪn, dyɛrˈʒɑ vyɪn /

noun

1. Gavril Romanovich 1743–1816, Russian poet.

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Example Sentences

Derzhavin was enthusiastic over the recitation of his Recollections of Tsarskoe Selo.

From An Outline of Russian Literature by Baring, Maurice

Oustrialov, the historian, truly characterizes most of the voluminous writers of this epoch, as mediocre verse makers, for claiming merits in the cases of Bogdanovich, Khemnitzer, Von Vizin, Dmitriev, and Derzhavin.

From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther

Indeed, not only his contemporaries, but the foremost representatives of the Russian literature of that day, Derzhavin, Karamzin and Zhukovsky, made no mistake about it.

From An Outline of Russian Literature by Baring, Maurice

Saviol Prokofitch, your honour, Derzhavin said:  In body, I languish in the dust,  In mind, I command the tempest.

From The Storm by Garnett, Constance

Lomonosov Punin found fault with for too simple and free a style; while to Derzhavin he maintained an attitude almost of hostility, saying that he was more of a courtier than a poet.

From A Desperate Character and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance