N. P. Osipov

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Nikolay Petrovich Osipov
Born 1751
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died May 19, 1799(1799-05-19) (aged 48) O.S.
(May 30, 1838 N.S.)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

Nikolay Petrovich Osipov (Russian: Николай Петрович Осипов) (1751 in Saint Petersburg – 19 May [O.S. 30 May] 1799 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire), was a Russian writer, poet and translator.

He is best known for his mock-heroic 1791 poem Eneida travestied (ru) (Russian: Вирги́лиева Энеи́да, вы́вороченная наизна́нку).
Osipov's Eneida is a parody of Virgil's Aeneid, where the Trojan heroes talk like XVIII century Russians.

Osipov's Eneida (1791) and Kotliarevsky's Eneida (1798)[edit]

The first verses of Osipov's Eneida 1791 and Kotliarevsky's Eneida 1798

In 1798 Osipov's Eneida was translated into Ukrainian by Ivan Kotliarevsky