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Die, Denis, you can't write better

Potemkin G.A.

Phraseologism: Die, Denis, you can't write better.

Meaning: The highest praise of talent (iron.).

Origin: From the legend about the reaction of Prince Grigory Potemkin to the comedy "Undergrowth" by Denis Fonvizin. So, according to Prince Peter Vyazemsky, this favorite of Catherine II allegedly told the author of the comedy after her first performance (1782): "Die, Denis, or write nothing more" (Vyazemsky P. A. Poli. collected. Op. T. V. SPb., 1880). And in the journal "Russian Messenger" (1808. No. 8), this phrase was given in the following version: "Die now, Denis, or at least do not write anything else: your name will be immortal from this one play." However, as follows from many studies on the history of Russian literature, this legend has no real basis. Prince Potemkin was not at the premiere of The Undergrowth in St. Petersburg (he was at that time in the south of Russia), and he did not treat D. I. Fonvizin very favorably, so such an enthusiastic reaction on his part seems very unlikely.

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Meaning:

About local glory.

Origin:

The first line of the poem with the same title (1961) by the Soviet poet Boris Abramovich Slutsky (1919-1986). According to some reports, this ironic phrase was in the dossier that the NKVD opened on B. A. Slutsky in the 1940s.

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