Aleksandra Ishimova (
Russian: Алекса́ндра Ио́сифовна (О́сиповна) Иши́мова) ( – ) — was a Russian translator, and one of the first professional Russian
children's authors.
[Mikhail Fainshtein, Andrea Lanoux tr. ''Dictionary of Russian Women Writers: ISHÍMOVA, Aleksándra Ósipovna,'' Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994, p.262-3, ][Elibron]
''Александра Иосифовна Ишимова 1805 - 1881,''
19 октября 2000.
Biography
After childhood in her birthplace of
Kostroma
Kostroma ( rus, Кострома́, p=kəstrɐˈma) is a historic types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russia, Golden Ring of Russian cities, it is lo ...
, Aleksandra Ishimova studied in private boarding schools in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. In 1818 a scandal involving her father occurred, and Ishimova left Saint Petersburg together with her family to live in the northern provinces. In 1825 it was possible to return to Saint Petersburg, and to receive from
Tsar Alexander I
Alexander I (; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first King of Congress Poland from 1815, and the Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to his death. He was the eldest son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg.
The son of G ...
a pardon for her father.
[Энциклопедического словаря Брокгауза и Ефрона (1890—1907)]
''Ишимова.''
/ref> There she opened a small school and made acquaintance with Pyotr Vyazemsky
Prince Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky ( rus, Пëтр Андре́евич Вя́земский, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐnˈdrʲejɪvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈvʲæzʲɪmskʲɪj; 23 July 1792 – 22 November 1878) was a Russian Imperial poet, a leading personality of ...
, Vasily Zhukovsky
Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (russian: Василий Андреевич Жуковский, Vasiliy Andreyevich Zhukovskiy; – ) was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19t ...
and Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
.[Andrew Kahn, ''The Cambridge Companion to Pushkin'' Cambridge University Press, 2006, p. 143, (writing, "the last lines he penned before his fatal duel (27 January 1837), a letter of encouragement to the writer Alexandra Ishimova").] he wrote her a letter with an enthusiastic response to her historical stories, and sent a book for translation the day of his duel with Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès
Baron Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (born Georges-Charles d'Anthès; 5 February 1812 – 2 November 1895) was a French military officer and politician. Despite his later career as a senator under the Second French Empire, D'Anthès ...
.
Ishimova published two monthly journals: ''Little Star'' («Звездочка», 1842—1863) for children, and ''Rays of Light'' («Лучи», 1850—1860) for young ladies.[Надежда Ильчук]
''ИШИМОВА АЛЕКСАНДРА ИОСИФОВНА (ОСИПОВНА),''
BiblioГид, 16 декабря 2001. Aside from this she translated and printed a number of novel narratives for children, many included religious and moral education.
See also
References
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1805 births
1881 deaths
Russian children's writers
Demidov Prize laureates
Russian women children's writers
Writers from Saint Petersburg
19th-century women writers from the Russian Empire
19th-century writers from the Russian Empire
Burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery