Eastern poem on the death of Pushkin
| Eastern poem on the death of Pushkin | |
|---|---|
| by Mirza Fatali Akhundov | |
 Autograph of poem | |
| Original title | Azerbaijani: Mirzə Fətəli Axundov |
| Translator | Mirza Fatali Akhundov |
| First published in | Moskovskiy Telegraph |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Language | Persian |
| Publication date | 1837 |
"Eastern poem on the death of Pushkin" is an elegy of Azerbaijani author Mirza Fatali Akhundov, composed in 1837 in Persian. This poem was his first published work.[1] In 1837 Akhundov prepared a Russian prose translation of his poem, and his friend Bestuzhev a versified one. First time the poem was published in the journal "Moskovskiy Telegraph" (Akhundov's translation).[2] The poem was also published in the journal "Moskovskiĭ Nablyudatel", with an editorial note welcoming the poem as a tribute not merely to Pushkin but to Russian culture as a whole.[1] Translation of Bestuzhev was published in 1874 in journal "Russkaya Starina". Original version of the poem was found and published only in 1936 (translator Pavel Antokolsky).
Sources
- ^ a b Āḵūndzāda. Iranica
- ^ Канд. филол. наук А. 3. Розенфельд. А. С. Пушкин в персидских переводах. — Вестник Ленинградского университета, 1949. — № 6. — С. 83.