Dmitry Sergeevich Merezhkovsky - a prominent writer of the Silver Age. He is known as one of the founders of symbolism in Russia, as a person who developed a rather rare genre in our literature - a historiosophical novel. Interestingly, Merezhkovsky was repeatedly nominated for the Nobel Prize during his lifetime, but he never received it.
Milestones of the creative path
Merezhkovsky came from the family of a petty official. He became interested in literature quite early on. His poem was first published in 1881 (he was about sixteen at that time). It is known, by the way, that the young man showed some of his early verses to Dostoevsky and he criticized them. And in general, Dmitry Sergeyevich began to produce his poetry collections at a more mature age - from 1888 to 1904.
Merezhkovsky received an excellent education - he studied at the historical and philosophical faculties, first in St. Petersburg, and then in Moscow. And while studying at the university, he gets acquainted with the works of the philosopher Solovyov and becomes an adherent of symbolism.
In the 1890s, Merezhkovsky was busy translating ancient Greek tragedies. From 1896 to 1905, Merezhkovsky wrote his famous work "Christ and the Antichrist, " consisting of three parts.
In the spring of 1906, Merezhkovsky and his faithful companion and wife Zinaida Gippius went to Paris and stayed there until 1908. During this period, Gippius and Merezhkovsky wrote a joint book entitled "The Tsar and the Revolution."
It is worth noting that in Europe the prose writings of Merezhkovsky were in great demand, but in their native lands they were subjected to strict censorship. The writer spoke rather sharply about the autocratic form of government, and this could not fail to attract the attention of the censors. Two years after the October Revolution, the Merezhkovskys left troubled Russia for Warsaw, where they were engaged not only in literary affairs, but also in politics. However, the signing of a peace treaty between Russia and Poland forced them to leave even more to the west, to Paris - Dmitry Sergeyevich was very negative towards the Bolshevik communists. In Paris, the Merezhkovsky in 1927 formed the creative philosophical and literary association Green Lamp. It was well known in exile circles. It was in Paris that Dmitry Sergeevich spent the rest of his life. He died on December 9, 1941.
