Dmitry Merezhkovsky
Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (; – December 9, 1941) 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 wife, the poet
Zinaida Gippius – was twice forced into political
exile. During his second exile (1918–1941) he continued publishing successful novels and gained recognition as a critic of the
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 became a nine-time nominee for the
Nobel Prize in literature, which he came closest to winning in 1933. However, due to contested claims that he expressed regard for Fascism as a lesser evil than Communism during the outbreak of war between Germany and the USSR shortly prior to his death, his work largely fell into neglect after World War II.
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