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    Alexander Alexandrovich Blok (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈblok] ; 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1880 –...
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    Двена́дцать, romanized: Dvenádtsat) is a controversial long poem by Aleksandr Blok. Written early in 1918, the poem was one of the first poetic responses to...
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    associated with the "Silver Age" are Konstantin Balmont, Valery Bryusov, Alexander Blok, Anna Akhmatova, Nikolay Gumilyov, Sergei Yesenin, Vladimir Mayakovsky...
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    Petrograd. He arrived to Petrograd on 8 March and the next day met Alexander Blok at his home, to read him poetry. He was quickly acquainted with fellow-poets...
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  • Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (Op. 127) is a vocal-instrumental song cycle by Dmitri Shostakovich, based on verses by Alexander Blok. It was written...
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    Romantic poetry by poets such as Mikhail Lermontov, Fyodor Tyutchev, and Alexander Blok. Sviridov enjoyed critical acclaim for much of his career in the Soviet...
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    wrote that his predecessors in the role of messengers were Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Blok, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Vladimir Solovyov and especially Mikhail...
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  • include: Alexander Blok (1880–1921), Russian lyrical poet Alexander Lvovitch Blok [fr; ru] (1852–1909), Russian law professor, father of Alexander Blok Anneke...
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    artists. She became enamoured of the work of Alexander Blok and Anna Akhmatova, although she never met Blok and did not meet Akhmatova until the 1940s....
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  • (1880–1934) Gottfried Benn (1886–1956) Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979) Alexander Blok (1880–1921) Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Menno ter Braak (1902–40)...
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