The career of Nikolai Karamzin falls into two distinct phases: his literary career, which ended in 1803, and his career as a major historian, which occupied the rest of his life. As a literary figure, he is chiefly associated with Russian Sentimentalism. This was not a term he used himself, preferring instead to use the almost untranslatable “
chuvstvitel’nost’” [“sensitivity”, “sensibility”, or “sentimentality”] and the associated adjective “
chuvstvitel’nyi”. The genre had its origins in France, and was brought to Russia by Karamzin and his friend the poet Ivan Dmitriev.
Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamazin was born on 1st (12th , New Style) December 1766 near Simbirsk. The precise place of his birth is disputed but it is certain that he was brought up at Znamenskoe
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Citation: Pursglove, Michael. "Nikolai Karamzin". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 November 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5750, accessed 22 November 2024.]
