Pyotr Evdoshenko

Pyotr Ivanovich Evdóshenko (Петр Иванович Евдошенко; ~1890 – nearly 1920) is considered to be as one of the prominent poets of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry.

Life
Pyotr Evdoshenko was born in the city of Pyriatyn, Poltava Governorate of The Russian Empire, into the family of employees. His father, Ivan Evdoshenko, was the trustee (abbot) of all educational institutions of the entire county. Pyotr’s sister, Catherine, also chose to work in the field of education (she taught Russian language), later she was granted the title of Honored Schoolteacher. Pyotr Ivanovich’s ancestor, Stepan Ivanovich, was a Collegiate assessor and the chair of Gentry assembly of Simferopol, Taurida Governorate, for which he was awarded Insignia of irreproachable service.

Pyotr Evdoshenko was on good friendly terms with Andrei Bely and Igor Severyanin.

Evdoshenko died of tuberculosis before he was even 30 years old.

Literary career
Pyotr Evdoshenko is an author of the poetry collection “Cascade Splashes” (1917, Pyriatyn). The first edition was issued in the city of Pyriatyn, Poltava Governorate, and that copy is kept in the National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg. In 2007 the book was republished in Moscow.

Manuscripts of several poems are kept in Russian State Archive of Literature and Art. They are held in the collection of bibliographer, literary critic and historian Evdoksia Nikitina Feodorovna, who is also the chairman of the board of cooperative publishing house Nikitin’s subbotniks.

On the basis of Evdoshenko’s poems Lilacs in bloom (Сирень цветёт), On a golden day (В золотистый день) and Suddenly (Вдруг) were shot several art-viedos.