Barkov Ivan: biography of the scandalous poet

Barkov Ivan Semenovich - a poet and translator of the 18th century, the author of pornographic verses, the founder of the "illegal" literary genre - "barkovshchiny."

Barkovshchina - obscene literary style

By right is considered one of the outstanding Russianpoets; his works - shameless verses, surprisingly combining rudeness, sarcasm and profanity, are not read in schools and institutes, but more often in secret. At all times there were people who wanted to get acquainted with the works of a scandalous author.

By early 1992, works by Ivan Barkov began to be published in such well-known publications as "Stars", "Literary Review", "Library" and others.

Ivan Barkov: Biography

He was born probably in 1732 in the familya clergyman. Primary education was held in the seminary at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, in 1748, with the help of MV Lomonosov, became a student at the University of the Academy of Sciences. In the educational institution, he showed a special inclination towards the humanities, he dealt with translations and studied the works of ancient writers. However, uncontrollable behavior of Barkov, constant drinking, fights, insults of the rector became the reason for his deduction in 1751. The degraded student was identified as a student in the Academic Printing Office and, given his exceptional abilities, was allowed to attend lessons in the gymnasium of French and German, as well as to learn from SP Krasheninnikov "Russian style."

As copyist

Later, from the printing house Barkov, Ivan was transferred to the Academic Chancellery as a copyist.

New responsibilities allowed the young manclosely to communicate with MV Lomonosov, whom he often photographed copies of documents and rewrote his works, in particular, "Ancient Russian History" and "Russian Grammar." The monotonous, monotonous work of the copyist was for Barkov an exciting activity, because it was accompanied by interesting consultations and explanations of Lomonosov. And this actually became a continuation of university studies for the failed student.

The first literary works of Barkov

The first independent work of Ivan Barkovbecame "Brief Russian History", published in 1762. According to GF Miller, in historical research from the time of Rurik to Peter the Great, information is reported more accurately and completely than, for example, Voltaire's work on the history of Russia under Peter the Great. For the ode compiled in honor of the birthday of Peter III in 1762, Barkov Ivan was assigned to the Academy as an interpreter, which resulted in the appearance of high-quality and full artistic merit translations.

With ease mastered the nuances of odic poetry,the writer did not improve himself in this genre, which in the future could bring the poet official fame and guaranteed promotion. Further, Barkov Ivan prepared for printing (corrected incomprehensible places, filled in the blanks with text, changed the old spelling, adapted it for a more understandable reading) Radziwill's chronicle, which he fully acquainted when rewriting it for Lomonosov. This work, which provided the general public with an opportunity to get acquainted with reliable historical facts, was published in 1767.

A poet who is inconvenient to quote

Most of all, the poet Ivan Barkov became famous forobscene poems of pornographic content, which led to the emergence of a new genre of "barbie". Obviously, Russian folklore and frivolous French poetry became an example for the emergence of such free lines, the first partial publication of which in Russia took place in 1991. Opinions about Barkov are different and diametrically opposed. So, Chekhov believed that this is a poet who is inconvenient to quote. Leo Tolstoy called Ivan a fool, and Pushkin believed that all the salt is precisely that all things are called by their proper names. Barkov's poems were present at the merry feast of students, while Denis Davydov, Griboyedov, Pushkin, Delvig filled in with his quotations in the drinking conversations. Barkovsky quotes quoted Nikolai Nekrasov.

In contrast to the works of the Marquis de Sade,delighted by various unnatural sensations and ambiguous situations, Barkov Ivan expresses himself in a normal way viciously, without crossing a certain forbidden boundary.

It's just a tavern, in its misfortuneendowed with poetic talent and intelligence. The pornography described by him is a reflection of Russian life and illiteracy, which still remains one of the most striking features of social life. There are no foul language in any literature that could so delicately "Russian" foul in poetry, as Ivan Barkov did.

And he died funny ...

Contemporaries considered Ivan Barkov extremelya dissolute person. There was a legend in the people that Barkov, although he drank too much, was an excellent lover, and often brought lazy girl-friends and drinking companions to his estate.

Barkov Ivan Semenovich, whose biographycauses interest in the modern generation, led a beggarly life, drank until the end of his days and died at 36 years old. The circumstances of his death and burial place remained unknown. But there are lots of versions of the end of his short life. According to one of them, the poet died in a brothel from beatings, the other claims that he drowned in a barn, being in a state of drinking-bout. They say that some people found Barkov's corpse in his office with his head tucked into the oven for carbon monoxide poisoning, and the bottom half of the body without pants sticking out with a note stuck in it: "He lived - it's sinful, but died - funny." Although, according to another version, the poet said these words before his death.

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