Innokenty Annensky (1855 - 1909)

Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky (Russian: Инноке́нтий Фёдорович А́нненский (1 September 1855 – 13 December 1909) was a Russian poet, critic, scholar, and translator, representative of the first wave of Russian Symbolism. Annensky never wrote professionally; he made little to no income from writing. Instead, he spent his career in academia as a full-time professor and administrator, translator of classic Greek works, and writer of essays and reviews. Despite this, Annensky is considered to be one of the most significant Russian poets from the early 20th century.