Anna Petrovna Bunina

1774 (age 55)

Urusovo, Lipetsk Oblast, Russian Federation

Anna Petrovna devoted herself entirely to writing, supporting herself with help from patrons, and profits from the sales of her works. The Russian Imperial Family awarded her pensions in 1809, 1810, and 1813. From 1807 to 1810 Anna Petrovna was part of the literary circle of Gavrila Derzhavin and Alexander Shishkov. She had been introduced to Shishkov by her family connections, and he became a mentor to her. In 1811 she was given honorary membership in the Lovers of the Russian Word. Her first work The Inexperienced Muse was published in 1809, followed by a second volume under the same title in 1812. She traveled to Britain in 1815-1817 for breast cancer treatment, which was unsuccessful. She published a volume entitled Collected Works in 1819. In 1820 Anna Petrovna was made an honorary member of the Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Anna Petrovna left Saint Petersburg in 1824 due to continuing illness, and lived with relatives, but retained financial independence. Anna Petrovna died in Denisovka, Ryazan Governorate (now Denisovka village, Lipetsk Oblast, Russian Federation), in 1829, and was buried at Urusovo.

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poetess

Background

Anna Petrovna Bunina was born on the 7th of January, 1774 in Urusovo village, Ryazan province, Russian Federation (now Urusovo, Lipetsk Oblast, Russian Federation). She belonged to the same old noble family as V. A. Zhukovsky, I.A. Bunin, and Y.A. Bunin.

Education

In 1802 Anna Petrovna moved to Saint Petersburg where she resumed her education at home. Anna spent all her fortune learning foreign languages. She was involved in poetry by her brother, Ivan Bunin who was as a sailor at that time. Her first tutors were B.K. Blank and P.I.Shalikov.

Career

Anna Petrovna devoted herself entirely to writing, supporting herself with help from patrons, and profits from the sales of her works. The Russian Imperial Family awarded her pensions in 1809, 1810, and 1813. From 1807 to 1810 Anna Petrovna was part of the literary circle of Gavrila Derzhavin and Alexander Shishkov. She had been introduced to Shishkov by her family connections, and he became a mentor to her. In 1811 she was given honorary membership in the Lovers of the Russian Word.

Her first work The Inexperienced Muse was published in 1809, followed by a second volume under the same title in 1812. She traveled to Britain in 1815-1817 for breast cancer treatment, which was unsuccessful. She published a volume entitled Collected Works in 1819. In 1820 Anna Petrovna was made an honorary member of the Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Anna Petrovna left Saint Petersburg in 1824 due to continuing illness, and lived with relatives, but retained financial independence.

Anna Petrovna died in Denisovka, Ryazan Governorate (now Denisovka village, Lipetsk Oblast, Russian Federation), in 1829, and was buried at Urusovo.

Works

book
- Neopytnaia Muza
  (Russian edition)

Membership

Lovers of the Russian Word

1811
Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and the Arts

1820

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

Karamzin claimed: "No woman could write so perfect in our country."

Connections

Brother:: Ivan Bunin

References

Russian writers. 1800-1917. Biographical Dictionary. Volume 1
1989

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