Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet and translator (born 1787)

Konstantin Batyushkov

Russian poet, essayist and translator (1787–1855)

Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov was a Russian poet, essayist and translator of the Romantic era. He also served in the diplomatic corps, spending an extended period in 1818 and 1819 as a secretary to the Russian diplomatic mission at Naples.