Author: Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
Alternate names: Дмитрий Мережковский; Дмитрий Сергеевич Мережковский; Dmitri Sergejewitsj Merejkowski; Dmitri Merejkowski; D. S. Merezhkovskii; Dmitriĭ Sergeevich Merezhkovskiĭ; Dmitry Sergeyevich 1865-1 Merezhkovsky; Merezhkovsky Dmitry Sergeyevich; Dmitry Merezhkovsky; D. S. Merezhkovsky; Dmimitry Sergieevich Merezhkovsky; Dmitri Merezhkovsky; Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
Born: 14 [O.S. August 2] 1866
Died: December 9, 1941
Bio: Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (Russian: Дми́трий Серге́евич Мережко́вский) was a Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic. A seminal figure of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry, regarded as a co-founder of the Symbolist movement, Merezhkovsky – with his wife, the poet Zinaida Gippius – was twice forced into political exile. During his second exile (1918–1941) he continued publishing successful novels and gained recognition as a critic of the Soviet Union. Known both as a self-styled religious prophet with his own slant on apocalyptic Christianity, and as the author of philosophical historical novels which combined fervent idealism with literary innovation, Merezhkovsky became a nine-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in literature, which he came closest to winning in 1933.