Blok, Aleksandr (Aleksandrovich)
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born Nov. 28, 1880, St. Petersburg, Russia
died Aug. 7, 1921, Petrograd [St. Petersburg]
Russian poet and dramatist.
He was the principal representative of Russian Symbolism (see
Symbolist movement). He later rejected what he termed their sterile bourgeois intellectualism and embraced the Bolshevik movement as essential for the redemption of the Russian people. Influenced by early 19th-century Romantic poetry, he wrote musical verse in which sound was paramount. His preeminent work of impressionistic verse was the enigmatic ballad
The Twelve (1918), which united the Russian Revolution and Christianity in an apocalyptic vision. In the era of postrevolutionary hardship he declined into mental and physical illness, possibly brought on by venereal disease, and died at 40.
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Blok, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich — ▪ Russian poet and dramatist born Nov. 28 [Nov. 16, Old Style], 1880, St. Petersburg, Russia died Aug. 7, 1921, Petrograd [now St. Petersburg] poet and dramatist, the principal representative of Russian Symbolism, a modernist literary movement… … Universalium
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok — noun Russian poet (1880 1921) • Syn: ↑Blok, ↑Alexander Alexandrovich Blok • Instance Hypernyms: ↑poet … Useful english dictionary
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Blok — noun Russian poet (1880 1921) • Syn: ↑Alexander Alexandrovich Blok, ↑Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok • Instance Hypernyms: ↑poet … Useful english dictionary
Aleksandr Blok — Nombre completo Aleksandr Aleksándrovich Blok Nacimiento 16 de noviembre de 1880 … Wikipedia Español
Blok — [blō̂k; ] E [ bläk] Aleksandr Aleksandrovich [ä lyik sän′dr ä΄lyik sän′drō̂ vyich] 1880 1921; Russ. poet … English World dictionary
Blok — /blɒk/ (say blok) noun Aleksandr Aleksandrovich, 1880–1921, Russian poet …
Alexander Alexandrovich Blok — noun Russian poet (1880 1921) • Syn: ↑Blok, ↑Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok • Instance Hypernyms: ↑poet … Useful english dictionary
Alexander Blok — Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (Александр Александрович Блок, OldStyleDate|November 28|1880|November 16 ndash; August 7, 1921) waswas one of the most gifted lyrical poets produced by Russia after Alexander Pushkin. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th… … Wikipedia
