Verbitsky Nikolai Andreevich

(1843 - 1909).
Educated at the University of Kiev on the History and Philology. He taught Russian language and literature in the public schools Poltava, Chernigov, Ryazan and Orel. His Ukrainian poems were written under the influence of Shevchenko and Kulish. Print them Verbitsky began in 1862, Mr.. in St. Petersburg "basis" under the pseudonym M. Bilokopity. Distinguished by the beauty of form and proximity to the folk song, they took his place among the minor successor Shevchenko. In Russian Verbitsky made his debut with stories from the life of the provincial intelligentsia, . printed in the "Week", . and then specialized in "fish story", . appearing in the hunting magazines and published two separate collections ( "Sketches from the hunting life",
. Tula, 1898 and 1908, as a supplement to the magazine "Family hunters"). They provide a gallery of eccentrics, misfits and the originals, often ruin their remarkable strength in the "swamp kingdom". The only salvation from this sucks "quagmire" - in proximity to nature. Because all remaining in the soul a spark of God "from Verbitskogo usually passionate hunters. Literary talent Verbitskogo small and dim. In publishing, mainly in professional journals, Verbitsky has never enjoyed wide renown, and now it is forgotten by all except hunters. Michael Mogilyansky.