- Source: Mykhailo Petrenko
Mykhailo Mykolayovych Petrenko (Ukrainian: Петренко Михайло Миколайович; 1817 – January 6, 1863 [O.S. December 25, 1862]) was a Ukrainian romantic poet notable for his musical works, and a member of the Kharkiv Romantic School. He was married to Anna Evgrafivna Myrgorodova.
Biography
Petrenko was born in the town Sloviansk to a provincial secretary, Petrenko Mykola Dmytrovych, and his wife Mykola Dmytrovych in 1817 as their second child. Petrenko studied at the juridical faculty of Kharkov University during 1837–1841. He served in the judicial institutions: in Kharkov (1844–1847), Vovchansk (1847–1849), Lebedyn (1849–1862), rising to collegiate assessor (rank 8th grade).
Petrenko's first poetry published in the anthology Snip (1841). Among them was the poem "I looked at the sky and thought a thought", which became a folk song – the highest award for Ukrainian poet. His 1845 dramatic duma "Naida" was first published in 2013. In 1848 A. L. Metlynsky published in the "South Russian collection" selection of Petrenko's poems titled "Thoughts and singing".
Asteroid 274843 Mykhailopetrenko, discovered by astronomers at the Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory in 2009, was named in his honor. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 8 October 2014 (M.P.C. 90380).
References
External links
Media related to Mykhaylo Petrenko at Wikimedia Commons
Site dedicated to Mikhail Nikolayevich Petrenko
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Pemerintahan Yatsenyuk
- Mykhailo Petrenko
- Kharkiv Romantic School
- Watching the sky and thinking a thought
- Sloviansk
- Sergei Korolev
- List of Ukrainian composers
- Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv
- List of commemorative coins of Ukraine
- Pavlo Petrenko
- Meanings of minor planet names: 274001–275000
