Selected Poems of Pushkin

Author: (Russian) Pushkin
Translator: Liu Wenfei
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Pushkin's poetry, with its unique musical beauty and powerful linguistic force, has "unequivocally held the top position" in the history of Russian literature, been translated into over one hundred languages, and remains best-selling to this day. It was introduced to China in the early 20th century. The newly issued "General High School Chinese Curriculum Standards" by the Ministry of Education has designated his poetry as a mandatory reading work for students. Pushkin is the 19th century's greatest Russian poet, novelist, and playwright, a major representative of Russian Romanticism and the founder of Russian Realism. He is hailed as the "Sun of Russian Poetry" and the "Father of Russian Literature."