Afanasy a fet. Fet Afanasy Afanasyevich. Life and creative destiny of A. A. Fet

Once upon a time, to the question in the questionnaire of Leo Tolstoy’s daughter Tatyana, “How long would you like to live?” Fet replied: “Least long.” And yet the writer had a long and very eventful life - he not only wrote many lyrical works, critical articles and memoirs, but also devoted entire years to agriculture, and apple marshmallows from his estate were even supplied to the imperial table.

Non-hereditary nobleman: the childhood and youth of Afanasy Fet

Afanasy Fet in childhood. Photo: pitzmann.ru

Afanasy Fet was born in 1820 in the village of Novoselki near the city of Mtsensk, Oryol province. Until the age of 14, he bore the surname of his father, the wealthy landowner Afanasy Shenshin. As it turned out later, Shenshin’s marriage to Charlotte Fet was illegal in Russia, since they got married only after the birth of their son, which Orthodox Church categorically did not accept. Because of this, the young man was deprived of the privileges of a hereditary nobleman. He began to bear the surname of his mother’s first husband, Johann Fet.

Afanasy was educated at home. Basically, he was not taught literacy and the alphabet. professional teachers, and valets, cooks, servants, seminarians. But Fet absorbed most of his knowledge from the surrounding nature, peasant way of life and rural life. He loved to talk for a long time with the maids, who shared news, told fairy tales and legends.

At the age of 14, the boy was sent to the German boarding school Krümmer in the Estonian city of Võru. It was there that he fell in love with the poetry of Alexander Pushkin. In 1837, young Fet came to Moscow, where he continued his studies at the boarding school of professor of world history Mikhail Pogodin.

In quiet moments of complete carefreeness, I seemed to feel the underwater rotation of floral spirals, trying to bring the flower to the surface; but in the end it turned out that only spirals of stems, on which there were no flowers, were rushing out. I drew some poems on my slate board and erased them again, finding them meaningless.

From the memoirs of Afanasy Fet

In 1838, Fet entered the Faculty of Law at Moscow University, but soon switched to the Faculty of History and Philology. From his first year, he wrote poetry that interested his classmates. The young man decided to show them to Professor Pogodin, and he - to the writer Nikolai Gogol. Soon Pogodin conveyed the review of the famous classic: “Gogol said this is an undoubted talent”. Fet's works were also approved by his friends - the translator Irinarch Vvedensky and the poet Apollon Grigoriev, to whom Fet moved from Pogodin's house. He recalled that “the Grigorievs’ house was the true cradle of my mental self.” The two poets supported each other in creativity and life.

In 1840, Fet’s first collection of poems, “Lyrical Pantheon,” was published. It was published under the initials "A. F." It included ballads and elegies, idylls and epitaphs. The collection was liked by critics: Vissarion Belinsky, Pyotr Kudryavtsev and the poet Evgeny Baratynsky. A year later, Fet’s poems were regularly published by Pogodin’s magazine Moskvityanin, and later by the magazine Otechestvennye zapiski. In the latter, 85 Fetov poems were published in a year.

The idea of ​​returning his noble title did not leave Afanasy Fet, and he decided to enter military service: the officer rank gave the right to hereditary nobility. In 1845, he was accepted as a non-commissioned officer into the Order Cuirassier Regiment in the Chersonesos province. A year later, Fet was promoted to cornet.

Famous metropolitan author and “agronomist-owner to the point of despair”

Friedrich Mobius. Portrait of Maria Fet (fragment). 1858. State Literary Museum, Moscow

In 1850, having bypassed all censorship committees, Fet published a second collection of poems, which was praised on the pages of major Russian magazines. By this time he had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant and stationed closer to the capital. In the Baltic port, Afanasy Fet took part in the Crimean campaign, whose troops guarded the Estonian coast.

IN last years Fet's life received public recognition. In 1884, for translating the works of Horace, he became the first laureate of the full Pushkin Prize of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Two years later, the poet was elected its corresponding member. In 1888, Afanasy Fet was personally introduced to Emperor Alexander III and awarded the court rank of chamberlain.

While still in Stepanovka, Fet began writing the book “My Memories,” where he talked about his life as a landowner. The memoirs cover the period from 1848 to 1889. The book was published in two volumes in 1890.

On December 3, 1892, Fet asked his wife to call the doctor, and in the meantime dictated to his secretary: “I don’t understand the deliberate magnification of inevitable suffering. I voluntarily go towards the inevitable" and signed "Fet (Shenshin)". The writer died from heart attack, but it is known that at first he tried to commit suicide by rushing for a steel stiletto. Afanasy Fet was buried in the village of Kleymenovo, the family estate of the Shenshins.

It was a shame for me to see how indifferently the sad news was greeted even by those whom it should have touched most. How selfish we all are! He was strong man, fought all his life and achieved everything he wanted: he won a name, wealth, literary celebrity and a place in high society, even at court. He appreciated all this and enjoyed it all, but I am sure that the most precious things in the world to him were his poems and that he knew that their charm was incomparable, the very heights of poetry. The further you go, the more others will understand this.

From a letter from Nikolai Strakhov to Sofia Tolstoy, 1892

After the death of the writer, in 1893, it was published last volume memoirs "The Early Years of My Life". Fet also did not have time to release the volume concluding the cycle of poems “Evening Lights”. The works for this poetic book were included in the two-volume “Lyrical Poems”, which was published in 1894 by Nikolai Strakhov and Grand Duke Konstantin Romanov.

Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet for the first 14 and last 19 years of his life he officially bore the surname Shenshin; (November 23 [December 5], Novoselki estate, Mtsensky district, Oryol province - November 21 [December 3], Moscow) - Russian lyric poet German origin, translator, memoirist, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences ().

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  After graduating from the university, Afanasy Fet entered military service in 1845 and became a cavalryman. In 1846 he was awarded the first officer rank.

  Half sister - Nadezhda Afanasyevna Borisova, nee Shenshina (09.11.1832-1869), married since January 1858 to Ivan Petrovich Borisov (1822-1871). Their only son Peter (1858-1888), after the death of his father, was raised in the family of A. A. Fet.

  Half brother - Petr Afanasyevich Shenshin(1834-after 1875), went to Serbia in the fall of 1875 in order to volunteer in the Serbian-Turkish War, but soon returned to Vorobyovka. However, he soon left for America, where his traces were lost.

  Half-siblings - Anna (1821-1825), Vasily (1823-before 1827), who died in childhood. Perhaps there was another sister Anna (7.11.1830-?).

  Wife (from August 16, 1857) - Maria Petrovna Shenshina, nee Botkina (1828-1894), from the Botkin family. Her brothers: Vasily Petrovich Botkin, a famous literary and art critic, author of one of the most significant articles about the work of A. A. Fet, Sergei Petrovich Botkin, a doctor after whom a hospital in Moscow is named. There were no children in the marriage. Nephew - Evgeniy Sergeevich Botkin, who was shot in 1918 in Yekaterinburg together with the family of Nicholas II.

  Creation

  Being one of the most sophisticated lyricists, Fet amazed his contemporaries by the fact that this did not prevent him from being at the same time an extremely businesslike, enterprising and successful landowner.

  A famous phrase written by Fet and included in “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by A. N. Tolstoy is “And the rose fell on Azor’s paw.”

  Fet is a late romantic. Its three main themes are nature, love, art, united by the theme of beauty.

  I came to you with greetings, to tell you that the sun has risen, that it trembled with hot light across the sheets.

  Translations

  • both parts of Goethe's Faust (-),
  • a number of Latin poets:
  • Horace, all of whose works in Fetov's translation were published in 1883,
  • satires of Juvenal (),
  • poems of Catullus (),
  • Elegies of Tibullus (),
  • XV books of "Transformations"

  Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet (correctly Fet) for the first 14 and last 19 years of his life officially bore the surname Shenshin. Born on November 23 (December 5), 1820 in the Novoselki estate of the Mtsensk district of the Oryol province - died on November 21 (December 3), 1892 in Moscow. Russian lyricist of German origin, translator, memoirist, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1886).

  Father - Johann-Peter-Karl-Wilhelm Feth (Föth) (1789-1825), assessor of the Darmstadt city court.

  Mother - Charlotte Elizabeth Becker (1798-1844). Sister - Caroline-Charlotte-Georgina-Ernestina Föt (1819-1868).

  Stepfather - Shenshin Afanasy Neofitovich (1775-1855).

  Maternal grandfather - Karl-Wilhelm Becker (1766-1826), privy councilor, military commissar.

  Paternal grandfather - Johann Föt.

  Paternal grandmother - Miles Sibylla.

  Maternal grandmother - Gagern Henrietta.

  On May 18, 1818, the marriage of 20-year-old Charlotte Elisabeth Becker and Johann Peter Karl Wilhelm Vöth took place in Darmstadt. In 1820, a 45-year-old Russian landowner, hereditary nobleman Afanasy Neofitovich Shenshin, came to Darmstadt for the waters and stayed in the Fetov house. A romance broke out between him and Charlotte-Elizabeth, despite the fact that the young woman was expecting her second child. On September 18, 1820, Afanasy Neofitovich Shenshin and Charlotte-Elizabeth Becker secretly left for Russia.

  On November 23 (December 5), 1820, in the village of Novoselki, Mtsensk district, Oryol province, Charlotte Elizabeth Becker had a son, who was baptized in the Orthodox rite on November 30 and named Athanasius. In the registry book he was recorded as the son of Afanasy Neofitovich Shenshin. However, the couple got married only in 1822, after Charlotte-Elizabeth converted to Orthodoxy and began to be called Elizaveta Petrovna Fet. In 1821-1823, Charlotte-Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter, Anna, and a son, Vasily, from Afanasy Shenshin, who died in infancy, and in May 1824, a daughter, Lyuba.

  Johann Feth married his daughter Caroline's teacher in 1824. On November 7, 1823, Charlotte Elisabeth wrote a letter to her brother Ernst Becker in Darmstadt, complaining about ex-husband Johann Peter Karl Wilhelm Fet, who frightened her and offered to adopt her son Afanasy if his debts were paid. On August 25, 1825, Charlotte-Elizabeth Becker wrote a letter to her brother Ernst about how well Shenshin takes care of her son Afanasy: “no one will notice that this is not his natural child.”

  In March 1826, she again wrote to her brother that her first husband, who had died a month earlier, had not left her and the child any money: “to take revenge on me and Shenshin, he forgot his own child, disinherited him and put a stain on him... Try, if possible, to ask our dear father to help restore this child to his rights and honor; he should get a surname..." Then, in the next letter: "... It is very surprising to me that Fet forgot and did not recognize his son in his will. A person can make mistakes, but denying the laws of nature is a very big mistake. Apparently, before his death he was quite ill...”

  When Afanasy Shenshin was 14 years old, the diocesan authorities found out that he was born before marriage, and he was deprived of his surname, Russian citizenship and nobility and became “Hessendarmstadt subject Afanasy Fet.” This event radically changed the young man’s whole life. Along with his surname, he lost his position in society and the right to inheritance. The goal of his life was to obtain a noble title, so he went to serve in a cuirassier regiment, despite the fact that he graduated from the verbal department of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow University. According to the laws of that time, along with the officer rank, the rank of nobility was also given, and a junior officer rank could be obtained after six months of service. However, it was at this time that Nicholas I issued a decree according to which only senior officers were entitled to nobility, and this meant that Athanasius would have to serve for 15-20 years.

  Only in 1873 Afanasy Fet officially regained his surname Shenshin, but he continued to sign his literary works and translations with the surname Fet.

  In 1835-1837, Afanasy studied at the German private boarding school of Krümmer in Verro (now Võru, Estonia). At this time he began to write poetry and show interest in classical philology. In 1838 he entered Moscow University, first at the Faculty of Law, then at the historical and philological (verbal) department of the Faculty of Philosophy. Studied for 6 years: 1838-1844.

  In 1840, a collection of Fet’s poems, “Lyrical Pantheon,” was published with the participation of Apollo Grigoriev, Fet’s friend from the university. In 1842 - publications in the magazines “Moskvityanin” and “Domestic Notes”. In 1845 he entered military service in the cuirassier regiment of the Military Order and became a cavalryman. In 1846 he was awarded the first officer rank.

  In 1850, Fet's second collection was published, which received positive reviews from critics in the magazines Sovremennik, Moskvityanin and Otechestvennye zapiski. At this time, Maria Kozminichna Lazich, the poet’s beloved, died, to whose memories the poem “Talisman”, the poems “Old Letters”, “You suffered, I still suffer...”, “No, I have not changed. Until deep old age..." and many of his other poems.

  In 1853, Fet was transferred to a guards regiment stationed near St. Petersburg. The poet often visited St. Petersburg, then the capital of Russia. There Fet met with, and others, as well as his rapprochement with the editors of the Sovremennik magazine.

  In 1854 he served in the Baltic Port, which he described in his memoirs “My Memoirs”.

  In 1856, Fet's third collection was published, edited by I. S. Turgenev.

  In 1857, Fet married Maria Petrovna Botkina, sister of the critic V.P. Botkin.

  In 1858 he retired with the rank of guards captain and settled in Moscow.

  In 1859, the poet broke up with the journalist Dolgoruky A.V. from Sovremennik.

  In 1863, a two-volume collection of Fet's poems was published.

  In 1867, Afanasy Fet was elected justice of the peace for 11 years.

  In 1873, Afanasy Fet was returned to the nobility and the surname Shenshin. The poet continued to sign his literary works and translations with the surname Fet.

  In 1883-1891 - publication of four issues of the collection “Evening Lights”.

  Died on November 21, 1892 in Moscow. According to some reports, his death from a heart attack was preceded by a suicide attempt. He was buried in the village of Kleymenovo, the family estate of the Shenshins.

  Family of Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet:

  Wife - Botkina Maria Petrovna (1828-1894), from the Botkin family. Her brothers: V. P. Botkin, a famous literary and art critic, author of one of the most significant articles about the work of A. A. Fet, S. P. Botkin - a doctor, after whom a hospital in Moscow is named, D. P. Botkin - collector of paintings. There were no children in the marriage.
  Nephew - E. S. Botkin, shot in 1918 in Yekaterinburg along with the family of Nicholas II.

  
  

  Being one of the most sophisticated lyricists, Fet amazed his contemporaries by the fact that this did not prevent him from being at the same time an extremely businesslike, enterprising and successful landowner. in many works, especially in the novel “The Diary of a Provincial in St. Petersburg,” he repeatedly and completely unfairly accused him of adherence to the serfdom.

  The famous palindrome phrase written by Fet and included in “The Adventures of Buratino” by A. N. Tolstoy - "And the rose fell on Azor's paw".

  Philologist O. Sharovskaya writes about him: “In Fet’s lyrics there are no completed psychological portraits, characters, the images of the addressees are not outlined, even the image of the beloved is abstract. No and lyrical hero in the narrow sense: nothing is known about his social status, life experience, habits. The main place of “action” is generally a garden, a house in general, etc. Time is presented as “cosmic” (the existence of life on earth - its disappearance), natural (time of year, time of day) and only in general view as biological (life-death, youth or, more precisely, years of full strength - old age, and there are no milestones or boundaries here), but in no case historical time. Thoughts, feelings, sensations are expressed that are intended to have a universal significance, albeit small, private, but understandable to any thinking and feeling person.”

  Fet is a late romantic with a clear inclination towards psychological realism and accuracy of subject descriptions, but is thematically narrow. Its three main themes are nature, love, art (usually poetry and most often “song”), united by the theme of beauty.

  Who is presented in this article is a Russian lyric poet, translator, and memoirist. He was born in 1820, on November 23, and died in 1892, on November 21.

  The childhood of the future poet

  Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet was born on a small estate located in the Oryol province, in the Mtsensk district. His biography is interesting because of the very origin of the future poet. His father worked as an assessor in the Darmstadt court, his mother, Becker Charlotte Elizabeth, left her husband in the seventh month of pregnancy and secretly left for Russia with Afanasy Shenshin. When the boy was born, he was baptized according to Orthodox custom. His name was given to him by Athanasius. He was recorded as the son of Shenshin. Charlotte Elizabeth Fet converted to Orthodoxy in 1822, after which she married Shenshin.

  Studies

  Fet received a good education. The capable Athanasius found his studies easy. He graduated from a private German school in 1837 in the town of Verro, located in Estonia. Already at this time, the future poet began to write poetry, and also showed interest in classical philology and literature. In order to prepare for university, after school he studied with Professor Pogodin at a boarding house. This man was a journalist, historian and writer. Afanasy Fet in 1838 entered first the law and then the philosophical faculty of the university in Moscow.

  First collection of poems

  While studying at the university, he became close to Apollo Grigoriev, one of the students who was fond of poetry. Together they began to attend a circle in which they studied literature and philosophy. Fet, with the participation of Grigoriev, released the first collection of his poems entitled “Lyrical Pantheon”. This book received Belinsky's approval. Gogol also noted that Fet is “an undoubted talent.” For the poet, this became a kind of blessing and inspired further creativity. His poems were published in various publications in 1842, including such popular magazines as Moskvityanin and Otechestvennye zapiski. In 1844, Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet completed his studies at the university. His biography then continued with military service.

  Military service

  Afanasy Afanasyevich left Moscow in 1845 and joined a cuirassier regiment located in the south of Russia. The poet believed that military service was necessary for him in order to regain his noble title. A year later, Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet received the rank of officer. His biography was supplemented in 1853 by another important event: the aspiring poet was transferred to a guards regiment stationed near St. Petersburg. Afanasy Afanasyevich often visited the capital, met with Goncharov, Turgenev, Nekrasov, and also became close to the editors of Sovremennik, a popular magazine at that time. His military career as a whole was not very successful. Fet resigned in 1858 with the rank of headquarters captain.

  Tragic love

  During his years of service, he experienced tragic love, which big influence on his work, Afanasy Fet. His short biography certainly includes mention of Maria Lazic. This was the poet's beloved, a girl from a poor but good family. This circumstance became an obstacle to marriage. The lovers separated, and after some time the girl died tragically in a fire (there was also talk of suicide). The poet kept her memory until his death.

  Marriage to Maria Botkina

  At the age of 37, Afanasy Fet married the daughter of a tea merchant from a wealthy family, Maria Botkina. She was not distinguished by her beauty and youth. This marriage was of convenience. Before the wedding, the poet told the bride about his origins, and also mentioned family curse, which, in his opinion, could become an obstacle to marriage (read about it below). However, these confessions did not frighten Maria Botkina, and in 1857 the wedding took place. Afanasy Fet retired a year later.

  The biography (short) of these years of his life is as follows. The poet settled in Moscow, where he began to study literature. The family life of Afanasy Afanasyevich was prosperous. He increased the fortune of Maria Botkina. This couple had no children. Afanasy Fet was elected justice of the peace in 1867. He lived on his estate like a real landowner. The poet began to work with renewed vigor only after the return of all the privileges of a hereditary nobleman and his stepfather's surname.

  Fet's creativity

  

  Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet left a significant mark on Russian literature. A short biography includes only his main creative achievements. Let's talk about them. The collection "Lyrical Pantheon" was published while still studying at the university. Fet's first poems were an attempt to escape from difficult reality. He wrote a lot about love and sang the beauty of nature in his works. Already then one appeared in his work characteristic: Afanasy Afanasyevich spoke about eternal and important concepts only in hints, he was able to skillfully convey various shades of moods, awakening bright and pure emotions in readers.

  

  "Mascot"

  Fet's work took on a new direction after the death of Maria Lazic. Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet dedicated a poem called “The Talisman” to his beloved. A short biography of this girl will be presented at the end of this article, when we will tell you about some interesting facts from the life of the poet. Researchers suggest that all subsequent poems by Afanasy Afanasyevich about love were dedicated to her. "Talisman" aroused keen interest from critics and many positive feedback. Fet at this time was recognized as one of best poets modernity.

  Afanasy Afanasyevich was considered one of the representatives of the so-called pure art. That is, in his works he did not touch upon important social issues, remaining a convinced monarchist and conservative until the end of his life. Fet in 1856 released his third collection of poetry, in which he praised beauty. It was this that he considered the main and only goal of creativity.

  The heavy blows of fate did not pass without a trace for the poet. Afanasy Afanasyevich became bitter, broke off relations with many friends, and practically stopped creating. The poet published a two-volume collection of his works in 1863, and then there was a 20-year break in his work.

  "Evening Lights"

  

  Only after returning the privileges of a hereditary nobleman and his stepfather’s surname did he take up creativity with renewed vigor. Towards the end of his life, the works of Afanasy Fet acquired an increasingly philosophical tone; so-called metaphysical realism was present in them. Afanasy Fet wrote about the unity of man with the entire Universe, about eternity, about the highest reality. Afanasy Afanasyevich wrote in the period from 1883 to 1891 more than three hundred different poems, included in the collection called “Evening Lights”. This collection went through four editions during the poet’s lifetime, and the fifth was published after his death.

  Death of Afanasy Fet

  

  The great poet died of a heart attack. However, researchers of his work and life are convinced that before his death he attempted to commit suicide. But it is impossible to say for sure whether the life of such a person as Afanasy Fet was marked by this episode. Biography, Interesting Facts it sometimes causes controversy among researchers. Some of them are still recognized by the majority as reliable.

  • When the future poet was 14 years old (in 1834), it turned out that he was not legally the son of Shenshin, a Russian landowner, and this was recorded illegally. An anonymous denunciation made by an unknown person became the reason for the proceedings. The decision sounded like a verdict: Afanasy must henceforth bear his mother’s surname, and he was also deprived of Russian citizenship and the privileges of a hereditary nobleman. Suddenly, from a wealthy heir, he turned into a man with no name. Fet perceived this event as a shame. It became an obsession for him to regain his lost position. His dream came true only in 1873, when Fet was already 53 years old.
  • The fate of such a poet as Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet was marked by a heavy burden. Biography for children about him usually does not mention this. For the poet there was a danger of one birth illness. The fact is that there were crazy people in his family. Already in adulthood, Fet's two brothers lost their minds. Towards the end of her life, his mother also suffered from insanity. This woman begged everyone to kill her. Sister Nadya, shortly before Afanasy Afanasyevich’s marriage to Maria Botkina, also ended up in a psychiatric clinic. Her brother visited her there, but Nadya did not recognize him. Afanasy Fet often noticed attacks of severe melancholy in himself, whose biography and work confirm this. The poet was always afraid that he would suffer the same fate as his relatives.

  

  • In 1847 during military service In Fedorovka, the poet met a girl named Maria Lazic. Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet loved her very much. His biography and work were largely influenced by this meeting. The relationship between the lovers began with light flirting, which gradually grew into a deep feeling. However, the beautiful, well-educated Maria could not yet become a good match for Fet, who hoped to regain the title of nobleman. Realizing that he truly loved this girl, the poet nevertheless decided that he would not marry her. The girl reacted calmly to this, but decided after a while to break off relations with Fet. After this, the poet was informed about the tragedy in Fedorovka. A fire broke out in Maria's room and her clothes caught fire. The girl, trying to escape, ran first onto the balcony and then into the garden. However, the wind only fanned the flames. Maria Lazic had been dying for several days. This girl's last words were about Fet. The poet suffered this loss hard. Until the end of his life, he regretted that he did not marry Maria. His soul was empty, and there was no longer true love in his life.

  

  So, you met such a poet as Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet. Biography and creativity were briefly presented in this article. We hope that this information made the reader want to get to know the great poet better. The poetry of the so-called new classicism was marked by the work of such an author as Fet Afanasy Afanasyevich. Biography (full) presented by Bukhshtab B.Ya. The book is called "A. A. Fet. Essay on life and creativity." Through this work you can become more familiar with such a great Russian poet as Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet. The biography by dates is given in some detail.

  The future poet was born on November 23 (December 5, new style) 1820 in the village. Novoselki, Mtsensk district, Oryol province (Russian Empire).

  As the son of Charlotte-Elizabeth Becker, who left Germany in 1820, Afanasy was adopted by the nobleman Shenshin. After 14 years, an unpleasant event occurred in the biography of Afanasy Fet: an error was discovered in the birth record, which deprived him of his title.

  Education

  In 1837, Fet graduated from Krümmer's private boarding school in the city of Verro (now Estonia). In 1838 he entered the Faculty of Philosophy at Moscow University, continuing to be interested in literature. He graduated from the university in 1844.

  The poet's work

  In Fet’s short biography, it is worth noting that his first poems were written by him in his youth. Fet's poetry was first published in the collection "Lyrical Pantheon" in 1840. Since then, Fet's poems have been constantly published in magazines.

  Striving for everyone possible ways To regain his noble title, Afanasy Fet went to serve as a non-commissioned officer. Then, in 1853, Fet’s life involved a transition to the Guards Regiment. Fet's creativity, even in those times, does not stand still. His second collection was published in 1850, and his third in 1856.

  In 1857, the poet married Maria Botkina. Having retired in 1858, without having achieved the return of the title, he acquired land and devoted himself to farming.

  Fet's new works, published from 1862 to 1871, comprise the cycles “From the Village” and “Notes on Free Labor.” They include short stories, short stories, and essays. Afanasy Afanasievich Fet strictly distinguishes between his prose and poetry. For him, poetry is romantic, and prose is realistic.