When the block was born and died. Brief biography of A.A.
He amazed everyone with his irrepressible faith in the future of Russia and people. A loving and suffering person to embrace the immensity, a person with a broad soul and a tragic life. Blok's life and work deserve attention for their completeness and touchingness.
Biography of the poet
Blok Alexander Alexandrovich, born 1880, November 28. Place of birth - Petersburg. His parents: father - A.L. Blok, worked as a lawyer at a university in Warsaw, mother - A.A. Beketova, daughter of a famous botanist.
The boy's parents divorced even before his birth, so he could not grow up in a complete family. However, the maternal grandfather A.N. Beketov, in whose family Alexander grew up, surrounded the child with due care and attention. Gave him a good education and a start in life. A.N. Beketov was the rector of the university in St. Petersburg. Highly moral and cultural atmosphere environment left its mark on the formation of worldviews and education of the Bloc.
Since childhood, he has a love for the classics of Russian literature. Pushkin, Apukhtin, Zhukovsky, Fet, Grigoriev - these are the names on whose works little Blok grew up and joined the world of literature and poetry.
Poet training
The first stage of education for Blok was a gymnasium in St. Petersburg. After graduating from it in 1898, he entered the St. Petersburg University in the department of lawyers. Finishes legal studies in 1901 and changes direction to history and philology.
It is at the university that he finally decides to delve into the world of literature. Also, this desire is supported by the beautiful and picturesque nature, among which the estate of his grandfather is located. Growing up in such an environment, Alexander forever absorbed the sensitivity and subtlety of the worldview, and reflected this in his poems. From that time on, Blok's creativity began.
Blok maintains a very warm relationship with his mother, his love and respect for her is boundless. Until his mother's death, he constantly sent her his works.
External appearance
Their wedding took place in 1903. Family life was complex and ambiguous. Mendeleeva was expecting great love, as in novels. The block also offered moderation and tranquility of life. The result was his wife's passion for his friend and like-minded person, Andrei Bely, a symbolist poet who played an important role in the work of Blok himself.
Lifetime work
Blok's life and work developed in such a way that, in addition to literature, he took part in quite everyday affairs. For example:
"Poems about the Beautiful Lady";
"Unexpected joy";
"Snowy Night".
"On the Kulikovo field".
"Retribution", which he wrote well.
was an active participant in dramatic productions in the theater and even saw himself as an actor, but the literary field attracted him more;
for two years in a row (1905-1906) the poet is a direct witness and participant in revolutionary meetings and demonstrations;
maintains his column of literature review in the newspaper "Golden Fleece";
from 1916-1917 pays a debt to the Motherland, serving near Pinsk (engineering and construction squad);
is a member of the Bolshoi leadership;
upon arrival from the army, he gets a job in the Investigative Commission of an extraordinary nature for the affairs of the tsarist ministers. He worked there as an editor of the verbatim record until 1921.
Blok's early work
Little Sasha wrote his first poem at the age of five. Even then, he could read the makings of a talent that needed to be developed. What Blok did.
Love and Russia are two favorite themes of creativity. Blok wrote a lot about both. However, at the initial stage of development and realization of his talent, he was most attracted by love. The image of a beautiful lady, which he was looking for everywhere, captured his entire being. And he found the earthly embodiment of his ideas in Lyubov Mendeleeva.
The theme of love in Blok's work is revealed so fully, clearly and beautifully that it is difficult to dispute it. Therefore, it is not surprising that his first brainchild - a collection of poems - is called "Poems about the Beautiful Lady", and it is dedicated to his wife. When writing this collection of poems, Blok was greatly influenced by the poetry of Solovyov, whose student and follower he is considered.
In all the poems there is a feeling of Eternal femininity, beauty, naturalness. However, all expressions and phrases used in writing are allegorical, unrealistic. The bloc is carried away in a creative impulse to "other worlds".
Gradually, the theme of love in Blok's work gives way to more real and urgent problems surrounding the poet.
The beginning of frustration
Revolutionary events, discord in family relationships, the dreams of a clean and bright future for Russia, which are failing miserably, force Blok's work to undergo obvious changes. His next collection is titled "Unexpected Joy" (1906).
More and more he makes fun of the Symbolists, to whom he no longer considers himself, more and more cynical about the hopes for the best ahead. He is a participant in revolutionary events, who is completely on the side of the Bolsheviks, considering their cause to be right.
During this period (1906) his trilogy of dramas was published. First "Balaganchik", after some time "The King in the Square", and at the end of this trio experiences bitter disappointment from the imperfection of the world, from their disappointed hopes. In the same period, he was fond of the actress N.N. Volokhova. However, he does not receive reciprocity, which adds bitterness, irony and skepticism to his poems.
Andrei Bely and other earlier like-minded people in poetry do not accept the changes in Blok and criticize his current work. Alexander bloc remains adamant. He is disappointed and deeply saddened.
"Trilogy of Incarnation"
In 1909, Blok's father dies, with whom he does not have time to say goodbye. This leaves an even greater imprint on his state of mind, and he decides to combine his most striking works in his opinion into one poetic trilogy, which he gives the name "Trilogy of Incarnation".
So the work of Blok in 1911-1912 was marked by the appearance of three collections of poems that bear poetic names:
A year later he published a cycle of love poems "Carmen", writes a poem " Nightingale garden"dedicated to his new hobby - the singer LA Delmas.
Homeland in the work of Blok
Since 1908, the poet has positioned himself no longer as a lyricist, but as a glorifier of his homeland. During this period, he writes poems such as:
"Autumn Wave";
"Autumn Love";
All these works are imbued with love for the Motherland, for their country. The poet simultaneously shows two sides of life in Russia: poverty and hunger, piousness, but at the same time savagery, unbridledness and liberty.
The theme of Russia in the work of Blok, the theme of the homeland is one of the most fundamental in his entire poetic life. For him, the Motherland is something alive, breathing and feeling. Therefore, it is too difficult for him, the events of the October Revolution that are taking place are too difficult for him.
The theme of Russia in the work of Blok
After revolutionary trends capture his entire spirit, the poet almost completely loses the lyrics and love in his works. Now the whole meaning of his works is directed towards Russia, his homeland.
Blok personifies his country in poetry with a woman, he makes her practically tangible, real, as if he humanizes. Homeland takes on such a large-scale significance in Blok's work that he never writes about love anymore.
Believing in the Bolsheviks and their truth, he experiences a cruel, almost fatal disappointment for him when he sees the results of the revolution. Hunger, poverty, defeat, mass extermination of the intelligentsia - all this forms in the minds of Blok an acute hostile attitude towards the Symbolists, towards the lyrics, and forces from now on to create works only with a satirist, poisonous mockery of faith in the future.
However, at the same time, his love for Russia is so great that he continues to believe in the strength of his country. In the fact that she will rise, shake herself off and be able to show her power and glory. The creativity of Blok, Mayakovsky, Yesenin is similar in this.
In 1918, Blok wrote the poem "The Twelve", the most scandalous and loud of all his works, which caused a lot of rumors and talk about it. But the critic leaves the poet indifferent, the incipient depression begins to absorb his entire being.
Poem "Twelve"
The author began writing his work "The Twelve" in early January. On the first day of work, he did not even take a break. His notes say: "Shakes inside." Then the writing of the poem was suspended, and the poet managed to finish it only on January 28.
After the publication of this work, Blok's work changed dramatically. It can be briefly characterized as follows: the poet has lost himself, stagnation has come.
The main idea of \u200b\u200bthe poem was recognized by everyone in different ways. Someone saw in her support for the revolution, a mockery of symbolistic views. Some, on the contrary, have a satirical bias and a mockery of the revolutionary order. However, Blok himself, when creating the poem, had both in mind. It is contradictory, like his mood at the time.
After the publication of The Twelve, all the already weak ties with the Symbolists were severed. Almost all close friends turned away from Blok: Merezhkovsky, Vyach, Prishvin, Sologub, Piast, Akhmatova and others.
By that time, he was disappointed in Balmont himself. Thus, Blok remains practically alone.
Post-revolutionary creativity
The revolution was over, and the bitterness of disappointment with the Bolshevik policy grew and intensified. Such a cut between what was promised and what was done as a result of the revolution became unbearable for Blok. Blok's work can be briefly characterized during this period: nothing is written.
As they will later write about the death of the poet, "he was killed by the Bolsheviks." And indeed it is. The bloc was unable to overcome and accept such a discrepancy between the word and deed of the new government. I could not forgive myself for the support of the Bolsheviks, for my blindness and short-sightedness.
Blok experiences the strongest discord within himself, completely goes into his inner experiences and torments. The consequence of this is disease. From April 1921 to early August, the poet's illness did not let go, tormenting him more and more. Only occasionally emerging from half-oblivion, he tries to console his wife, Lyubov Mendeleev (Blok). On August 7, Blok died.
Where the poet lived and worked
Today, the biography and work of Blok captivate and inspire many. And the place where he lived and wrote his poems and poems turned into a museum. From the photographs we can judge the situation in which the poet worked.
You can see the appearance of the estate in which the poet spent his time in the photo on the left.
The room in which the poet spent the last bitter and difficult minutes of his life (photo below).
Today, the poet's work is loved and studied, admired, recognized for its depth and integrity, singularity and brightness. Russia in the work of the Bloc is studied in school classes, essays are written on this topic. This gives every right to call the author a great poet. In the past he was a symbolist, then a revolutionary, and at sunset he was simply deeply disappointed in life and power as an unhappy person with a bitter, difficult fate.
A monument has been erected in St. Petersburg that perpetuates the name of the author in history and pays tribute to his undeniable talent.
Photo of 1903
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Alexander Alexandrovich Blok was born in 1880, on November 16 in St. Petersburg. His parents, Alexander Lvovich and Alexandra Andreevna, were considered a family of high culture.
After the birth of a son, the couple did not live together - the mother of Alexander Alexandrovich broke off relations with her husband and did not resume them afterwards. In 1889, she was able to obtain official permission for divorce, and after the second time she married an officer of the Kublitsky-Piottukh Guard. The surname of the son, it was decided to leave unchanged.
Then Alexander Blok was 9 years old, and he and his mother and stepfather settled in his apartment on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, near the picturesque bank of the Bolshaya Nevka.
The education of Alexander Alexandrovich begins in 1889, when he was sent immediately to the 2nd grade of the gymnasium in Veden, where he received knowledge until 1898. After grammar school, Alexander Blok entered the St. Petersburg University, where he received two consecutive degrees - the first from the Faculty of Law, and the second diploma in the historical and philological direction.
The rector of the university where Alexander Alexandrovich studied was his grandfather Beketov.
The first poems from the pen of Blok were found at the age of five. But, then, writing was prohibited for him. The desire to plunge into creativity absorbed him day after day, and as a sixteen-year-old boy, Blok begins to actively engage in acting skills, rapidly wanting to conquer the big stage.
The year 1903 became a year of personal life for Blok. He marries the daughter of the popular scientist Dmitry Mendeleev - Lyubov Dmitrievna. His close friend, A. Bely, was also in love with Love, and because of the wedding, they quarreled for life.
Passing a year for the family, 1904 becomes the year of A. Blok's creativity. Blok first publishes his works in a small collection called "Poems about a Beautiful Lady."
Five years later, Blok, together with his wife, went on vacation to the cities of Italy, as well as Germany, and his work passed into the hands of the "Academy" society.
His early, children's and youthful works appeared in the style of symbolism. Further, growing up and changing his worldview, Blok began to reflect in his poems and poems social status peasants and common people. He had to endure the tragic human role, which was described in the work "The Rose and the Cross", after this period of his life, his work becomes more rewarding. Alexander's most popular work is "Night, Street, Lantern, Pharmacy." His collections were not deprived of children's poetry.
Years of the revolution Alexander Blok decided not to leave anywhere, and began his career in one of the publishing houses of Petrograd. The events of the revolutionary years were also reflected in the work of Blok.
For several years of his life before his death, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok was quite often and very ill. In response to his request to leave the state to apply for treatment in a hospital, the political bureau of the CCRKP (b) responded with an unequivocal refusal. The letter with such a decision hit his health and mood hard, and Alexander completely abandoned medications and food, destroyed all the notes, as well as records. For the last year Alexander was delirious, and asked to destroy his revolutionary poem "The Twelve".
The last thing that Alexander Alexandrovich Blok saw was Petrograd. There, on August 7, 1921, he died of a heart attack.
Alexander Alexandrovich Blok was born at the end of November 1880. He lived only 40 years. The place of his birth is the city of St. Petersburg. Father - Alexander Lvovich Blok - a good lawyer, aristocrat, talented and wise professor (Warsaw University), a representative of the color of the nation of that time. The poet's mother, Alexandra Andreevna, came from the old Beketov family. The parents' marriage was fragile. Little Sasha grew up with his stepfather. A nine-year-old boy settled in an apartment at a military barracks on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. In the same year he was sent to the gymnasium. At the age of 16, he experienced passionate love: he was carried away by a woman who was twice his age.
In 1889 he graduated from high school and entered the capital's university, where he studied law. Three years later he transferred to the Faculty of History and Philology. At the university, Alexander meets the Soloviev family. Sergei Solovyov became his closest friend. The first poems were written by the poet at the age of five. He was fond of publishing handwritten magazines, loved to listen to music. MM Gorky, Anna Akhmatova and Lev Gumilyov played a role in the life and career of A. Blok.
Marries at 23 (1903). The genius of poetry married a representative of the Mendeleev family. A young wife, Lyubov Dmitrievna, the daughter of the great chemist, is a character in his debut book of poetry. But passionate love does not prevent him from sometimes cheating on her. Yes, and the wife did not differ in loyalty, cheated on him with A. Bely. But Alexander and Love were inseparable until their death. They had no children, but there is a version that one of the mistresses gave birth to a daughter from him. Alexandra Pavlovna Lyush refused a genetic examination: she believes in a relationship with a great talent.
1906 - graduates from the university, his poems "Guardian Angel", "Russia", "Stranger" are published. He often traveled abroad, but did not admire Western society. In the summer of 1916, the poet was called up for military service, and 1917 was a year and a period of great upheavals. The poet met the October Revolution with confusion, did not emigrate, and went to work on the Extraordinary Commission of Inquiry. Alexander Alexandrovich has conflicting thoughts about future destiny Russia.
He accepted the new government and worked in its interests. There was no time for creativity, there were serious health problems. The permission to heal abroad came too late. The main cause of death was inflammation of the heart valve. Petrograd in those days was filled with conflicting rumors that the poet had lost his mind a few days before leaving for another world. He died on August 7, 1921.
Blok's work is a powerful layer of Russian and early Soviet literature! He was destined to be born at the junction of two eras. The author's books are published in many parts of the world. Poetry is imbued with love for nature, he also wrote poetry about the Motherland. His lyrics are classical symbolism. His poetic works are simple and light, many are short - they fit in 16 lines. And his poems are approved by the school curriculum. And dramas have become good theatrical material. Those who thoroughly study Russian culture get to know him.
Have reached our days interesting Facts from the biography of the creator, and an asteroid is named after him. Leaving in the prime of life is the lot of the great literary classics. But Blok survived Pushkin and Lermontov, Mayakovsky and Yesenin. During his life, he was able to release mass thematic compilations, and cycles of poems are dedicated to ladies and all the beautiful things that surround us.
Blok Alexander Alexandrovich was born in St. Petersburg on November 28, 1880. His father was Alexander Lvovich Blok, who worked as a professor at the University of Warsaw, and his mother was the translator Alexandra Andreevna Beketova, whose father was the rector of St. Petersburg University.
The mother of the future poet married her first wife at the age of eighteen, and soon after the birth of the boy, she decided to break all ties with her unloved husband. Subsequently, the poet's parents practically did not communicate with each other.
At that time, divorces were rare and condemned by society, but in 1889, the self-sufficient and purposeful Alexandra Blok made sure that the Holy Governing Synod officially dissolved her marriage to Alexander Lvovich. Soon after this, the daughter of the famous Russian botanist married again, already out of true love: for the officer of the Guards Kublitsky-Piottukh. Alexandra Andreevna did not change her son's last name to her own or to the intricate name of her stepfather, and the future poet remained Blok.
Sasha spent his childhood in the house of his grandfather. In the summer, he left for Shakhmatovo for a long time and throughout his life carried warm memories of the time spent there. Moreover, Alexander Blok lived with his mother and her new husband on the outskirts of St. Petersburg.
There was always an incomprehensible spiritual connection between the future poet and his mother. It was she who opened the works of Baudelaire, Polonsky, Verlaine, Fet and other famous poets to Sasha. Alexandra Andreevna and her young son studied new trends in philosophy and poetry together, had passionate conversations about latest news politics and culture. Subsequently, it was to his mother that Alexander Blok first of all read his works and it was from her that he sought consolation, understanding and support.
In 1889, the boy began to study at the Vvedenskaya gymnasium. Some time later, when Sasha was already 16 years old, he went with his mother on a trip abroad and spent some time in the city of Bad Nauheim - a popular German resort of those times. Despite his young age, on vacation, he selflessly fell in love with Ksenia Sadovskaya, who at that time was 37 years old. Naturally, about any relationship of a teenager with a grown woman out of the question. However, the charming Ksenia Sadovskaya, her image captured in the memory of Blok, later became an inspiration for him when writing many works.
In 1898, Alexander completed his studies at the gymnasium and successfully passed the entrance exams at St. Petersburg University, choosing jurisprudence for his career. Three years after that, he nevertheless transferred to the historical and philological department, choosing for himself the Slavic-Russian direction. The poet completed his studies at the university in 1906. At the time of receipt higher education he met Alexei Remizov, Sergei Gorodetsky, and also became friends with Sergei Solovyov, who was his second cousin.
The beginning of creativity
Blok's family, especially on the maternal side, continued a highly cultured family, which could not but affect Alexandra. From a young age, he avidly read numerous books, was fond of theater and even attended a corresponding circle in St. Petersburg, and also tried his hand at poetry. The boy wrote his first uncomplicated works at the age of five, and at adolescence in the company of his brothers he was enthusiastically engaged in writing a handwritten journal.
An important event in the early 1900s for Alexander Alexandrovich was the marriage to Lyubov Mendeleeva, who was the daughter of an eminent Russian scientist. The relationship between the young spouses was complex and peculiar, but filled with love and passion. Lyubov Dmitrievna also became a source of inspiration and a prototype for a number of characters in the poet's works.
It is possible to talk about a full-fledged creative career of Blok starting from 1900-1901. At that time, Alexander Alexandrovich became an even more devoted admirer of the work of Afanasy Fet, as well as the lyrics and even the teachings of Plato. In addition, fate brought him together with Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Zinaida Gippius, in whose magazine entitled "New Way" Blok took his first steps as a poet and critic.
At an early stage of his creative development, Alexander Alexandrovich realized that symbolism was a direction close to his liking in literature. This movement, which penetrated all varieties of culture, was distinguished by innovation, a desire for experimentation, a love of mystery and understatement. In St. Petersburg, symbolists close to him in spirit were the aforementioned Gippius and Merezhkovsky, and in Moscow - Valery Bryusov. It is noteworthy that around the time Blok began to publish in the St. Petersburg "New Way", his works began to print and the Moscow almanac called "Northern Flowers".
A special place in the heart of Alexander Blok was occupied by a circle of young admirers and followers of Vladimir Solovyov, organized in Moscow. The role of a kind of leader of this circle was assumed by Andrei Bely, at that time an aspiring prose writer and poet. Andrei became a close friend of Alexander Alexandrovich, and the members of the literary circle are among the most devoted and enthusiastic admirers of his work.
In 1903 in the anthology "Northern Flowers" was published a cycle of works by Blok entitled "Poems about the Beautiful Lady". At the same time, three poems of the young rhymer were included in a collection of works by students of the Imperial St. Petersburg University. In his first known cycle, Blok portrays a woman as natural source light and purity, and raises the question of how a real love feeling brings an individual person closer to the world whole.
Revolution of 1905-1907
For Alexander Alexandrovich, revolutionary events became the personification of the spontaneous, disordered nature of life and had a significant impact on his creative views. The beautiful Lady in his thoughts and poems was replaced by images of a blizzard, blizzard and vagrancy, bold and ambiguous Faina, Snow Mask and Stranger. Poems about love faded into the background.
The poet was also fascinated by drama and interaction with the theater at this time. The first play, written by Alexander Alexandrovich, was called "Balaganchik" and was composed by Vsevolod Meyerhold in the theater of Vera Komissarzhevskaya in 1906.
At the same time, Blok, who, idolizing his wife, did not refuse the opportunity to harbor tender feelings for other women, inflamed with passion for N.N. Volokhova, theater actress Vera Komissarzhevskaya. The image of the beautiful Volokhova soon filled Blok's philosophical poems: the poet dedicated the Faina cycle and the Snow Mask book to her, copied the heroines of the plays Song of Fate and The King in the Square from her.
In the late 1900s, the main theme of Blok's work was the problem of the relationship between the common people and the intelligentsia in the domestic society. In the verses of this period, one can trace a vivid crisis of individualism and attempts to determine the place of the creator in the conditions the real world... At the same time, Alexander Alexandrovich associated the Motherland with the image of his beloved wife, which is why his patriotic poems acquired a special, deeply personal individuality.
Rejection of symbolism
1909 was a very difficult year for Alexander Blok: that year his father died, with whom he nevertheless maintained rather warm relations, as well as the newborn child of the poet and his wife Lyudmila. Nevertheless, the impressive legacy that Alexander Blok Sr. left to his son allowed him to forget about financial difficulties and focus on large creative projects.
In the same year, the poet visited Italy, and the atmosphere abroad pushed him even more to reassess the previously established values. The cycle "Italian Poems", as well as prose sketches from the book "Lightning of Art", tells about this inner struggle. In the end, Blok came to the conclusion that symbolism, as a school with strictly defined rules, had exhausted itself for him, and henceforth he felt the need for self-deepening and a "spiritual diet."
Concentrating on great literary works, Alexander Alexandrovich gradually began to devote less and less time to publicistic work and the appearance at various events that were in vogue among the poetic bohemians of those times.
In 1910, the author began to compose an epic poem entitled "Retribution", which he was not destined to finish. In the period from 1912 to 1913 he wrote the famous play "The Rose and the Cross". And in 1911, Blok, taking as a basis his five books of poetry, compiled a collection of works in three volumes, which was reprinted several times.
October Revolution
Soviet power did not evoke such a negative attitude from Alexander Blok as from many other poets. " silver age". At a time when Julius Eichenwald, Dmitry Merezhkovsky and many others with might and main criticized the Bolsheviks who came to power, Blok agreed to cooperate with the new state leadership.
The name of the poet, who by that time was well known to the public, was actively used by the authorities for their own purposes. Among other things, Alexander Alexandrovich was constantly appointed to positions of no interest to him in various commissions and institutions.
It was during this period that the poem "Scythians" and the famous poem "The Twelve" were written. The last image of the "Twelve": Jesus Christ, who was at the head of the procession of twelve soldiers of the Red Army, caused a real resonance in the literary world. Although now this work is considered one of the best works of the "Silver Age" of Russian poetry, most of Blok's contemporaries spoke about the poem, especially about the image of Jesus, in an extremely negative way.
Personal life
Blok's first and only wife is Lyubov Mendeleev, with whom he was madly in love and whom he considered his real destiny. The wife was a support and support for the writer, as well as a constant muse.
However, the poet's ideas about marriage were rather peculiar: firstly, he was categorically against physical intimacy, singing spiritual love. Secondly, until the last years of his life, Blok did not consider it shameful to fall in love with other representatives of the fair sex, although his women never had such a meaning for him as his wife. However, Lyubov Mendeleeva also allowed herself to be carried away by other men.
The children of the married couple Blokov, alas, did not appear: the child, born after one of the few nights of Alexander and Lyubov, was too weak and did not survive. Nevertheless, Blok still has a lot of relatives both in Russia and in Europe.
Death of poet
After the October Revolution, not only interesting facts from the life of Alexander Alexandrovich took place. Loaded with an incredible amount of responsibilities, not belonging to himself, he began to get very sick. Blok developed asthma, cardiovascular disease, and mental disorders began to form. In 1920, the author fell ill with scurvy.
At the same time, the poet was going through a period of financial difficulties.
Exhausted by need and numerous illnesses, he passed away on August 7, 1921, while in his apartment in St. Petersburg. The cause of death is inflammation of the heart valves. The poet's funeral and service was performed by Archpriest Alexei Zapadalov, Blok's grave is located at the Smolensk Orthodox cemetery.
Shortly before his death, the writer tried to get permission to travel abroad for treatment, but he was refused. It is said that after that, Blok, being in a sober mind and sane mind, destroyed his notes and, in principle, did not take any medicine or even food. For a long time there were also rumors that before his death Alexander Alexandrovich had gone mad and raved about whether all copies of his poem "The Twelve" had been destroyed. However, these rumors have not been confirmed.
Alexander Blok is considered one of the most brilliant representatives of Russian poetry. His major works, as well as small poems ("Factory", "Night street lantern pharmacy", "In a restaurant", "Old hut" and others), have become part of the cultural heritage of our people.
A very short biography (in a nutshell)
Born November 28, 1880 in St. Petersburg. Father - Alexander Lvovich Blok (1852-1909), professor. Mother - Alexandra Andreevna, (1860-1923) - daughter of the rector Beketov. In 1898 he graduated from the Vvedenskaya gymnasium. In 1903, Blok married Lyubov Mendeleeva, daughter of the chemist Mendeleev. In 1906 he graduated from the Slavic-Russian department of St. Petersburg University. He died on August 7, 1921 at the age of 40. Buried at the Volkovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg. Major works: poem "Twelve", poems "Stranger", "Night, street, lamp, pharmacy", "On railroad"," On the Kulikovo field "," Scythians "and others.
Short biography (in detail)
Alexander Blok is one of the greatest poets of Russia, playwright and literary critic. He was also one of the brightest representatives of the era of Symbolism in literature. Alexander Blok was born on November 28, 1880 in St. Petersburg, in the family of a lawyer and professor at Warsaw University and the daughter of the rector of St. Petersburg University. The parents were not together for long, as soon Blok's mother remarried. The future poet was brought up in the family of his grandfather, the famous rector Andrei Beketov at that time.
The poet began to write poetry quite early, at the age of 5, and more serious creations were published in 1900. In 1903, his works were already published. At the same time, he married Lyubov Mendeleeva, the daughter of the outstanding Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleev.
In 1906, Blok graduated from the Slavic-Russian Faculty at St. Petersburg University. In 1916, the writer was drafted into the army as a timekeeper. Upon his return, he joins the Theater and Literary Commission.
The work of the writer was greatly influenced by the poet, religious thinker and philosopher of the 19th century - Vladimir Soloviev. Blok loved to experiment with poetic rhythm and tried to invent new forms. The first collection of the poet was called "Poems about a Beautiful Lady", written under the influence of first love and the beginning family life with Lyubov Mendeleeva. Subsequent poetry collections were of more religious themes. Blok's later poems are full of hope and despair for the future of Russia.
In order to understand and comprehend the October Revolution of 1917, the writer wrote the poem "The Twelve". In 1919 he was arrested on suspicion of an anti-Soviet conspiracy. However, shortly after being interrogated, he was released. In 1921, the poet fell ill and applied for an exit visa for medical treatment abroad. The visa was denied and on August 7 of the same year, he died in his apartment in St. Petersburg from inflammation of the heart valves. He was only forty years old. Before dying, he deliberately destroyed some of his notes.
Alexander Blok was buried in Petrograd at the Smolensk Orthodox cemetery next to his relatives, but in 1944 the remains were transferred to Literatorskie mostki at the Volkovskoye cemetery.
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