Alexander Alexandrovich Blok 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1880 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died
7 August 1921(1921-08-07) (aged 40) Petrograd, Russian SFSR
Occupation
Poet
writer
publicist
playwright
translator
literary critic
Language
Russian
Literary movement
Russian symbolism
Notable works
The Twelve
Alexander Alexandrovich Blok (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к, IPA:[ɐlʲɪˈksandrɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕˈblok]ⓘ; 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1880 – 7 August 1921) was a Russian lyrical poet, writer, publicist, playwright, translator and literary critic.
Romances on Poems by AlexanderBlok (Op. 127) is a vocal-instrumental song cycle by Dmitri Shostakovich, based on verses by AlexanderBlok. It was written...
associated with the "Silver Age" are Konstantin Balmont, Valery Bryusov, AlexanderBlok, Anna Akhmatova, Nikolay Gumilyov, Sergei Yesenin, Vladimir Mayakovsky...
Romantic poetry by poets such as Mikhail Lermontov, Fyodor Tyutchev, and AlexanderBlok. Sviridov enjoyed critical acclaim for much of his career in the Soviet...
Petrograd. He arrived to Petrograd on 8 March and the next day met AlexanderBlok at his home, to read him poetry. He was quickly acquainted with fellow-poets...
(1880–1934) Gottfried Benn (1886–1956) Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979) AlexanderBlok (1880–1921) Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Menno ter Braak (1902–40)...
Wilde (1854–1900) wrote a poem Ravenna in 1878. Symbolist, lyrical poet AlexanderBlok (1880–1921) wrote a poem entitled Ravenna (May–June 1909) inspired by...
controversial contemporary authors like Fyodor Sologub, Zinaida Gippius, and AlexanderBlok. In these plays, Meyerhold tried to return acting to the traditions...
famous Petersburgers, including Alexander Pushkin, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Feodor Chaliapin, AlexanderBlok, Vladimir Nabokov, Anna Akhmatova...
circulate that she was having an affair with influential lyrical poet AlexanderBlok. In July 1914, Akhmatova wrote "Frightening times are approaching/ Soon...
advertised, no more than seven people turned up, though they included AlexanderBlok, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Vsevolod Meyerhold and Larissa Reissner. Lunacharsky...
gallant scenes, as well as illustrations for books including poems by AlexanderBlok. Somov's modern idols were the English Pre-Raphaelites, Aubrey Beardsley...
artists. She became enamoured of the work of AlexanderBlok and Anna Akhmatova, although she never met Blok and did not meet Akhmatova until the 1940s....
Wolfgang von Goethe, William Shakespeare, Sándor Petőfi, Nikolay Nekrasov, AlexanderBlok, Sergei Yesenin, Aleksandr Tvardovsky and others into Mari. (in Russian)...
Silver Age may be said to have truly begun with the appearance of AlexanderBlok's "Verses about the Beautiful Lady", many scholars have extended its...
Romances after Valery Bryusov, AlexanderBlok, and Andrei Bely (1917, unpublished) Op. 16: Three Romances after Alexander Pushkin (1923) Анчар – Anchar...
Russia independent film directed by Dmitrii Frolov. It is based on AlexanderBlok novel Nad ozerom. The film is not an adaptation in the usual way: it...
MSG. The address for the Slavonic Corps in Saint Petersburg was at 5 AlexanderBlok Street, in the Baltic Shooting Center (Russian: «Балтийский стрелковый...
and the Russian school of neo-Kantianism. Bugaev became friendly with AlexanderBlok and his wife; he fell in love with her, which caused tensions between...
second marriage, Lyubov, became the wife of the famous Russian poet AlexanderBlok. His other children were son Vladimir (a sailor, he took part in the...
ranks as the Silver Age of Russian Poetry. This era had poets such as AlexanderBlok, Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, Konstantin Balmont, Marina Tsvetaeva...
her memoirs; she followed his advice. She met with Zinaida Gippius, AlexanderBlok and Valery Bryusov. Her memories of life at court provided rare descriptions...
entered the literary scene as a Symbolist, developing friendships with AlexanderBlok, Vyacheslav Ivanov, and Valery Briusov. Following his brief stint with...
Péguy Blaise Cendrars Jean de La Ville de Mirmont Yann-Ber Kalloc'h AlexanderBlok Ilya Ehrenburg Nikolay Semenovich Tikhonov Nikolay Gumilyov Anna Akhmatova...
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