N. P. Osipov
Nikolay Petrovich Osipov (Russian: Николай Петрович Осипов) (1751 in Saint Petersburg – 19 May [O.S. 30 May] 1799 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian writer, poet and translator. He is best known for his mock-heroic 1791 poem Eneida travestied (Russian: Вирги́лиева Энеи́да, вы́вороченная наизна́нку; parts 5 and 6 were completed after his death by Aleksandr Kotelnitsky).
Nikolay Petrovich Osipov | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1751 |
| Died | May 19, 1799 (aged 48) O.S. (May 30, 1838 N.S.) |
Osipov's Eneida is a parody of Virgil's Aeneid, where the Trojan heroes talk like 18th-century Russians.
Osipov's Eneida (1791) and Kotliarevsky's Eneida (1798)
The first verses of Osipov's Eneida 1791 and Kotliarevsky's Eneida 1798
Osipov's Eneida was a model for Ivan Kotliarevsky’s seminal 1798 Ukrainian-language version, although the latter used a different setting and adopted a new verse form.[1]
References
- Petrenko, Pavlo. "Kotliarevsky, Ivan". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
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