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Alexander Alexandrovich Blok (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈblok] ⓘ; 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1880 – 7 August 1921) was a Russian lyrical poet, writer, publicist, playwright, translator and literary critic.
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (born Nov. 28 [Nov. 16, Old Style], 1880, St. Petersburg, Russia—died Aug. 7, 1921, Petrograd [now St. Petersburg]) was a poet and dramatist, the principal representative of Russian Symbolism, a modernist literary movement that was influenced by its European counterpart but was strongly imbued with indigenous ...
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Oct 18 2020. Alexandra Guzeva. Public Domain; Yury Annenkov; Russia Beyond. Follow Russia Beyond on Telegram. Alexander Blok was a true star of St Petersburg in the early 20th century....
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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880-1921) was a leading figure in the Russian Symbolism, and had a huge influence on Russian poetry. He was born in 1880 into a family of a law professor of Warsaw University and a talented writer and translator.
Alexander Blok Александр Александрович Блок, (November 16, 1880 - August 7, 1921), was probably the most gifted lyrical poet produced by Russia after Alexander Pushkin. He was the one of the leading figures of the Russian Symbolist movement, together with contemporary Andrei Bely.
Selected works of the Russian poet Alexander Blok - chosen mainly to represent his personal and intimate poetry from 1908 onwards. The selection therefore shows only one facet of his work, often revealing its closeness to the deeply-felt but ironic personal style of Heine.
Born: St. Petersburg - 28 November 1880. Died: Petrograd - 7 August 1921. Alexander Blok is one of the most romantic and tragic figures of Russian literature in St. Petersburg. An enormously talented and sensitive poet, his cerebral and exquisitely beautiful verse and his complex, aesthetic worldview were fundamentally incompatible with the ...