Aleksandr Blok
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Poetry, Poets, Russian Revolution, Bolsheviks
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
Article abstract: Blok is one of Russia’s greatest poets. He was called the “last Romantic poet,” and his work in literature and drama reflected the profound changes that his country and its people experienced during the era of World War I and the Russian Revolution.
Early Life
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on November 28, 1880, into a family of the gentry. His father, Aleksandr L. Blok, was a jurist, a professor of law at Warsaw University, and a talented musician. His mother, the former Aleksandra A. Beketova,...
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