Pushkin

 















Don Жуанский спиок Пушкина / Pushkin's Don Juan's list. - Moskva, Janiko, 1996. - 24x19 mm., 127 p., ills. - ISBN 5883690718

Dark-red leather binding with guilt ornament on front and spine. Painted edges. Edition of 100 copies.

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837), Romantic author, considered as the greatest Russian poet. Born as son of the Russian nobility and the fact that he published his first poem at the age of fifteen gave him an easy entrance to the literary establishment of St. Petersburg.
Later on because of his commitment to social reform and his critical writings he came under the strict control of government and censors. In 1820, banned from the capital, he started to write what became his most famous play, the drama Boris Godunov. The uncensored version of this drama got a premiere only in 2007.
Famous composers like Mussorgsky (Boris Godunov) and Tchaikovsky (Eugene Onegin) were inspired by his work
In 1837 he challenged his brother in-law Georges d'Anthès to a duel because of rumors that his wife has started a scandalous affair. Pushkin died two days later.

The Russian Publishing House YanikO (ЯникО) has issued a lot of miniature books, Most of them with fine bindings.