Grebenki Evgeny

(1812 - 1848), a native of Poltava province.
13 years and was placed in Nezhinskii Lyceum. Comrades and the teachers loved him for his good humor, cheerfulness and diligence. Participated in the student edition of the journal Amatuziya ". Entered the military service, but soon switched to a pedagogical career, he settled in St. Petersburg and is entered into relations with Pushkin and Shevchenko and others. Everything converges with a comb, remember him with special warmth as a man welcoming and good. Grebenka wrote in Russian, and Little-Russian, but in its Russian tales content for the most part taken from the Little Russian folk stories and poetry. In 1834, Mr.. Grebenka issued "Prikazki" - 26 fables at Little Russian Language (4 th ed., 1878). Prikazki written in pure Little-Russian language and poetic. Author sympathetic to the peasants and vividly paints a miserable way of life, especially in the verse "Barley", "Rozsa yes hops", "Vedmezhy court". In 1836, Mr.. Grebenka translated "Poltava" Pushkin's Little-Russian language, in 1841, Mr.. issued "Lastivku", a collection of essays, Shevchenko Kvitky, Kulish, etc.. Little-Russian writers, intended for popular consumption. Of the works in Russian are given: "Notes of a student" - of autobiographical features, "Stories piryatintsa" reminiscent of "evenings" of Gogol, and in particular the novel: "Tchaikovsky", which Belinsky replied with praise. The content of the novel is taken from the family traditions mother and comb from the Ukrainian thoughts about Alexei Popovich. The novel depicted the old Little Russia. The Complete Works of comb came out in 1862 and 1903. In 1878, Mr.. published all the works comb on Little Russian language.