Poems with illustrations and comments
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The book presents more than 100 of Nikolai Gumilev's best poems with detailed commentary on each work, illustrated with masterpieces of Russian and foreign painting, as well as rare photographs.
Nikolai Gumilev, one of the most brilliant and original poets of the Silver Age, lived a short but unusually eventful life. He studied at the Sorbonne, was married to the brilliant poetess Akhmatova, traveled to Africa, fought on the fronts of the First World War... The Muse of Distant Wanderings - the tenth muse invented by him - was his guiding star. "A wandering knight, an aristocratic vagabond - he was in love with all eras, countries, professions and situations where the human soul blossoms in daring heroic beauty," wrote Alexander Kuprin about Gumilev.
In this book you will read stories about the creation of poems and related events in the poet's life, about his wanderings and military path, get acquainted with the addressees of his lyrics, learn about the relationship between Gumilev and Anna Akhmatova, as well as about other lovers of the poet. In front of you in the testimonies of contemporaries will be revealed new details of the biography of Nikolai Gumilev and his tragic fate.
Nikolai Gumilev, one of the most brilliant and original poets of the Silver Age, lived a short but unusually eventful life. He studied at the Sorbonne, was married to the brilliant poetess Akhmatova, traveled to Africa, fought on the fronts of the First World War... The Muse of Distant Wanderings - the tenth muse invented by him - was his guiding star. "A wandering knight, an aristocratic vagabond - he was in love with all eras, countries, professions and situations where the human soul blossoms in daring heroic beauty," wrote Alexander Kuprin about Gumilev.
In this book you will read stories about the creation of poems and related events in the poet's life, about his wanderings and military path, get acquainted with the addressees of his lyrics, learn about the relationship between Gumilev and Anna Akhmatova, as well as about other lovers of the poet. In front of you in the testimonies of contemporaries will be revealed new details of the biography of Nikolai Gumilev and his tragic fate.
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