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Alexander Stepanovich Afanasyev (Russian: Александр Степанович Афанасьев, 12 March 1817 – 18 September 1875) was a Russian and Ukrainian poet, writer, editor, ethnographer and translator (from Polish and English). In 1853 he started using the pseudonym Чужбинский (Chuzhbinsky) and has been known mostly as Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky since.[1]

Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky
Born	Александр Степанович Афанасьев (1817-03-12)12 March 1817 Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	18 September 1876(1876-09-18) (aged 60) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Occupation	poet • writer • editor • ethnographer • translator

Afanasyev was born in village Iskovtsy, Lubensky region, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire, now Ukraine. He made his debut as a published poet in 1837 ("The Ring", Кольцо, Sovremennik); his first Ukrainian poem came out in 1841 (Saint Petersburg almanac Ластівка, Swallow). His Ukrainian poems were collected in From My Heart (Що було на серці) and published in 1855.[1]

Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky's two-volume ethnographic work, A Journey to the Southern Russia (Поездка в Южную Россию, Saint Petersburg, 1861) came as a result of his 1856 journey to Pridneprovye (Dnieper River region) which he made as part of an ambitious Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich-inspired ethnographical campaign which involved several major Russian authors, including Alexander Ostrovsky and Alexey Pisemsky.[1]

He took part in compiling the Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (Словарь малорусского наречия, А – З; 1855) which was endorsed by the Russian Academy of Sciences, even if criticized by several Ukrainian language scholars.[1]

Afanasyev launched Peterburgsky Listok (Petersburg Leaflet) in 1867, and later, in the 1870s Magazin Inostrannoi Literatury (Magazine of Foreign Literature) which he was also the editor of. Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky translated the works by James Fenimore Cooper, Henryk Rzewuski, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski and Józef Korzeniowski. In 1851 he compiled and published the Gallery of Polish Writers in 5 volumes.[1][2]

He died in Saint Petersburg, aged 59.

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- [en] Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky

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[fr] Alexandre Afanassiev-Tchoujbinski

Alexandre Stepanovitch Afanassiev-Tchoujbinski (Алекса́ндр Степа́нович Афана́сьев-Чужби́нский), né Afanassiev le 28 février/12 mars 1816 dans le gouvernement de Poltava (Empire russe) et mort le 6/18 septembre 1875 à Saint-Pétersbourg, est un écrivain, poète et traducteur russe[1].

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[ru] Афанасьев-Чужбинский, Александр Степанович

Алекса́ндр Степа́нович Афана́сьев-Чужби́нский (настоящая фамилия Афанасьев; 28 февраля (12 марта) 1817 (1817-03-12), Полтавская губерния — 6 (18) сентября 1875, Санкт-Петербург) — русский и украинский поэт, писатель, переводчик, этнограф; писал на русском и украинском языках, переводил с польского и французского языков.

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