Alexander Blok is one of the most popular poets of the Silver Age. His biography and work are full of mysteries, but at the same time, they are very interesting and unique. Each of his works is a masterpiece. All of Blok's poetry is inspiring and impressive.
The poet was born in the late nineteenth century in St. Petersburg. His parents belonged to the local intelligentsia. Father, Alexander Lvovich, was a professor at the University of Warsaw. Mother, Alexandra Andreeva, worked as a translator. Parents did not live long in a marriage.
After the divorce of his parents, Alexander lived with his mother.
The childhood of the great poet passed in the house of his grandfather. This place evokes the fondest memories of the poet. The nature around was just magical. This greatly inspired young Alexander.
Relations with my mother were warm, trusting and sincere. Blok loved his mother with all her heart, because it was she who laid the craving for poetry in him.
The first to see Blok's poems was, of course, Mom. It was she who was both a good critic and a support for the young author. The means of the mother were very great, and the contribution to the formation of the poet was difficult to evaluate.
Alexander was educated at the Vvedensky Gymnasium, and later left with his mother in the Neman resort of Bad Nauheim.
Blok's first love was Sadovskaya. She conquered the heart of a young man, but there could be no relationship. They had a huge age difference, about ten years.
Ksenia Sadovskaya was the muse for Alexander. Many of his works are dedicated to a beautiful woman.
After graduating from high school, Block entered the university in his hometown. Initially, he studied at the Faculty of Jurisprudence, and later moved to another faculty related to history.
The beginning of the career of Alexander Blok
The first impulses of creativity began at a young age. The author wrote the first poems at the age of five. From an early age he was an inquisitive boy: he read many books, went to theaters and was an art lover.
Actively, Block began to engage in the early years of the twentieth century.
For the first time, Blok began to publish his creations in the magazine "New Way", which was owned by Merezhkovsky and Gippius.
Alexander immediately fell in love with symbolism. He sought experimentation, breaking down stagnation and risk. The author rejected realism, paying great attention only to symbolism. After the author’s poems appeared in The New Way, he began to be published in the Northern Flowers almanac.
In 1903, a series of works "Poems about the Beautiful Lady" was published in the publication. Woman was one of the key themes in the works of Blok. He considered the fair sex to be a real source of good and light.
Bloc revolutions
This historical process left a peculiar imprint on the work of the Block. The events that took place during the revolution greatly influenced the poet and his worldview. The theme of love has receded into the background.
Blok began to try himself in the role of a playwright, writing the play "Balaganchik", which was put on the stage of the theater in 1906.
The main theme of the 1920s was the problem of the relationship of the common people and the intelligentsia. It was a tendency in creativity - to write about things that excite the soul. All his poems about the Motherland were saturated with patriotism and personality. Each of them had an identity.
The bloc was not categorical towards the Soviet regime. He even collaborated with her. All the events of those times are reflected in his poetry. The block was easy to climb and quickly adapted to new events in life.
It was at this time that Blok wrote the verse "Scythians" and the famous poem "Twelve".
