Dmitry Merezhkovsky
Novelist, Author
1865 – 1941
Who was Dmitry Merezhkovsky?
Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky was a Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic. A seminal figure of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry, regarded as a co-founder of the Symbolist movement, Merezhkovsky – with his poet wife Zinaida Gippius – was twice forced into political exile. During his second exile he continued publishing successful novels and gained recognition as a critic of Soviet Union. Known both as a self-styled religious prophet with his own slant on apocalyptic Christianity, and as the author of philosophical historical novels which combined fervent idealism with literary innovation, Merezhkovsky was a nine times nominee for the Nobel Prize in literature, which he came closest to winning in 1933.
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- Born
- Aug 2, 1865
Saint Petersburg - Also known as
- Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
- Dmitri Merejkowski
- Spouses
- Nationality
- Russia
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor, Saint Petersburg State University
Literature
( - 1886)
- Bachelor, Saint Petersburg State University
- Died
- Dec 9, 1941
Paris
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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