Anton Delvig

Baron Anton Antonovich Delvig (Russian: Анто́н Анто́нович Де́львиг[note 1], romanized: Antón Antónovich Délʹvig, lit.

'ɐnˈton ɐnˈtonəvʲɪtɕ ˈdelʲvʲɪk'; German: Anton Antonowitsch Freiherr[note 2] von Delwig; 17 August [O.S.

He studied in the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum together with Alexander Pushkin and Wilhelm Küchelbecker with whom he became close friends.

Delvig is also mentioned in Pushkin's famous novel in verse Eugene Onegin, being compared to the young poet Lensky.

In 1830–1831, he co-edited with Pushkin the Literaturnaya Gazeta, which was banned by the Tsarist government after information laid by Thaddeus Bulgarin.