Vikentsi Ravinski
, 1786 - 1855
For a long time, Belarusian Aeneid was considered to be anonymous, but nowadays Vikentsi Ravinski (Вікенці Равінскі) is presumed to be the author of the text. He was born into a noble family in Smolensk region and received home education. During his military service, Ravinski used to live in St. Petersburg (where he got the opportunity to familiarize himself with literary and cultural novelties) and took part in the Napoleonic wars (1805–1807, 1812, in Germany and France). From 1826 he worked as a civil servant in the Orenburg province. After 1833 he returned to the Smolensk region. Ravinski wrote satirical and comic poems and a play, which were distributed as handwritten copies but remain still undiscovered.
Bio prepared by Maria Pushkina, National Academic Janka Kupała Theatre, maryiapushkina@gmail.com
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