Mikhail Lermontov Birthday, Age & Famous Birthday Twins
Born: 15 October 1814 · Died: 15 July 1841 · Age: 26
Russian Romantic poet and author of A Hero of Our Time who was killed in a duel at only 26
Did you know?Like the protagonist in his famous novel, he died in a duel at a very young age in the Caucasus Mountains.
Quick facts
Date of birth15 October 1814
Date of death15 July 1841
Age at death26
Cause of deathGunshot wound
NationalityRussian
BirthplaceMoscow, Russia
Occupationpoet, translator, painter
Editor's Take:
Mikhail Lermontov was Russia's great Romantic voice after Pushkin. When Pushkin died after a duel in 1837, Lermontov wrote an angry poem blaming the court. It made him famous overnight and got him exiled to the Caucasus. The mountains and wars of the region filled his work. His novel A Hero of Our Time, about the cynical officer Pechorin, is a founding Russian novel. He was also a talented painter. Like Pushkin, he died in a duel, aged just 26.
Key Milestones
1837: Exile to the Caucasus
1839: The Demon – poem
1840: A Hero of Our Time – novel
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov ( LAIR-mən-tof, US also -tawf; Russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, IPA:; 15 October 1814 – 27 July 1841) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837 and the greatest…
Mikhail Lermontov's birthday is October 15. He was born on October 15, 1814 in Moscow, Russia.
How old was Mikhail Lermontov when he died?
Mikhail Lermontov died on July 15, 1841, aged 26.
Who shares a birthday with Mikhail Lermontov?
Famous people who share Mikhail Lermontov's October 15 birthday include Friedrich Nietzsche, Akbar, Michel Foucault, Mesut Özil and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
