Ivan Andreyevich Krylov is Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors. Formerly a dramatist and journalist, he only discovered his true genre at the age of
Portrait of Krylov by Karl Briullov, 1839
Monument to Ivan Krylov in the Summer Garden (1854–55), by Peter Klodt von Urgensburg
Portrait of Ivan Krylov by Roman Maximovich Volkov (1812)
Ivan Krylov by Peter A. Olenin [ru] (1824)
An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, sometimes surprising or humorous satirical statement. The word derives from the Greek ἐπίγραμμα. This literary device has been practiced for over two mil
Ivan Krylov
…Andreyevich Krylov (; Russian: Ива́н Андре́евич Крыло́в; 13 February 1769 – 21 November 1844) is Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors. Formerly a dramatist and journalist, he only discovered his true genre at the age of 40. While many of his earlier fables were…
Robert Hayman's 1628 book Quodlibets devotes much of its text to epigrams.