Vladimir (Valdemar) Vasilyevich Gippius ( July 27, 1876 , Khimki - November 5, 1941 , Leningrad ) - Russian poet of the Silver Age , literary critic. The brother of the poet V.V. Gippius , a relative of the poetess Z. N. Gippius .
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| Birth name | Valdemar Gippius (Vladimir Vasilievich Gippius) |
| Aliases | Basmanov, Vl .; Bestuzhev, Vl .; AT.; Vladimir G .; Mr. Vl .; Neledinsky, Vl .; Sumarokov, A. [1] |
| Date of Birth | July 15 (27), 1876 |
| Place of Birth | Khimki |
| Date of death | November 5, 1941 (aged 65) |
| Place of death | Leningrad |
| Citizenship (citizenship) | |
| Occupation | poet literary critic |
| Direction | symbolism |
| Language of Works | |
Biography
Born in 1876 in St. Petersburg . He studied at the gymnasium with A. Dobrolyubov , together with him he began the literary field, having passed for one of the first decadent in Russia. As a student of the historical and philological faculty of St. Petersburg University , he published a collection of poems "Songs" (1897).
In 1912 he published the book "The Return" (under the pseudonym Vl. Bestuzhev), in 1915 - the collection "Night in the Stars" (under the pseudonym Vl. Neledinsky). In 1916, his poem, “Love,” was published in the Almanac of the Muses, and a collection of “Sorrow of the Spirit” was published.
He taught literature at the Stoyunina gymnasium , the First St. Petersburg gymnasium and the Tenishevsky school , where among his students were O. E. Mandelstam (who portrayed the teacher in his memoirs “The Sound of Time ”) and V.V. Nabokov . He took part in the meetings of the "Workshop of poets . "
He died in 1941 during the siege of Leningrad from starvation.
Addresses
- 1941 - Leningrad, st. Tchaikovsky, d. 77, apt. 18. [2]
Compositions
- Songs - St. Petersburg, 1897. - 116, III p.
- Gippius Vl. Pushkin and Christianity. Pg., 1915. - 44 p.
Notes
- ↑ Masanov I.F. New additions to the alphabetical index of pseudonyms. Alphabetical Index of Authors. // Dictionary of pseudonyms of Russian writers, scientists and public figures / Masanov Yu.I. - Moscow: Publishing House of the All-Union Book Chamber, 1960. - T. IV. - S. 129. - 558 p. - 15,000 copies.
- ↑ Blockade, 1941–1944, Leningrad: Book of Memory Archival copy of April 2, 2015 on the Wayback Machine