Liodor Palmin
Liodor Ivanovich Palmin May, 1841 in Yaroslavskaya gubernia, Russian Empire November, 1891 in Moscow, Russian Empire was a Russian poet, translator and journalist.
Liodor Palmin was born in 1841 in Yaroslavl region and became interested in literature through his father, a retired officer, himself a published poet who was close to the circle of Alexander Voeykov. It was Palmin Senior whos imbued his son with the love to the twin tradition of romantically rhetorical ode and rational, polite satire, prevalent at the time in the Russian poetry. Palmins childhood impressions, concerning literature as a kind of high priesthood for an enlightened modern man, that Palmin has carried all through his life. In 1856, after his fathers death, Liodor Palmin enrolled into the 3rd Saint Petersburgh gymnasium and, upon the graduation, joined the law faculty of the Saint Petersburgh University. In 1861 he got involved in students troubles, was arrested and got incarcerated into the Petropavlovskaya fortress this harrowing experience caused him much anguish which resulted in memoirs, The Fortress.
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