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Alexander Alexandrovich Blok (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈblok] ⓘ; 28 November [ O.S. 16 November] 1880 – 7 August 1921) was a Russian lyrical poet, writer, publicist, playwright, translator and literary critic.
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok was a poet and dramatist, the principal representative of Russian Symbolism, a modernist literary movement that was influenced by its European counterpart but was strongly imbued with indigenous Eastern Orthodox religious and mystical elements.
Learn about the life and poetry of Alexandr Blok, a Russian Symbolist poet and playwright who supported the Russian Revolution and wrote The Twelve. Explore his collections of verses, his role in the Communist Party, and his legacy.
Learn about the life and works of Alexander Blok, a Symbolist poet who wrote about the 1917 revolution and the mysterious "Stranger". Discover how he died disillusioned by the new order and why his poetry is still debated today.
Alexander Blok Александр Александрович Блок, (November 16, 1880 - August 7, 1921), was probably the most gifted lyrical poet produced by Russia after Alexander Pushkin. He was the one of the leading figures of the Russian Symbolist movement, together with contemporary Andrei Bely.
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880-1921) was a leading figure in the Russian Symbolism, and had a huge influence on Russian poetry. He was born in 1880 into a family of a law professor of Warsaw University and a talented writer and translator.
Aleksandr Blok was the leading Russian Symbolist and is universally regarded as one of the most important Russian poets of the twentieth century. The Symbolists were interested in poetic reform...
