Author: Alekseĭ Remizov
Alternate names: Алексей Ремизов; A.M.Remizov; Алексей Михайлович Ремизов; Alexei Remizov
Born: 6 July [O.S. 24 June] 1877
Died: 26 November 1957
Bio: Aleksey Mikhailovich Remizov (Russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Ре́мизов) was a Russian modernist writer whose creative imagination veered to the fantastic and bizarre. Apart from literary works, Remizov was an expert calligrapher who sought to revive this medieval art in Russia.