Diaghilev
Subtitle: a life
By: Sjeng Scheijen ; translated by Jane Hedley-Prôle and S.J. Leinbach.
Publisher: Profile
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9781846681417; 9781847652454
Subjects: Diaghilev, Serge, -- 1872-1929; Ballets russes; Impresarios -- Russia -- Biography; Ballet -- Production and direction -- Russia -- History -- 19th century; Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917
Genres: Biography
Work titles: Sergej Diaghilev.
Description: "Diaghilev (1872-1929) is a character on the scale of myth. Growing up in a minor noble family in remote Perm, as a very young man he became an influential art historian and publisher in St Petersburg. Moving soon onto a bigger stage, he became a central figure in the artistic worlds of Paris, London, Rome, Berlin and Madrid during the golden age of modern art. He lived through bankruptcy, war, revolution and exile. Furthermore he lived openly as a homosexual and his liaisons, most famously with Nijinsky, and his turbulent friendships with among others Stravinsky, Coco Chanel, Misia Sert, Prokoviev and Jean Cocteau give his life an exceptionally dramatic quality. The last biography was thirty years ago. Scheijen's biography is based on extensive research in little known archives, especially in Russia, is revelatory and brings a complex and powerful personality with boundless creative energy fully to life."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Originally published as: Sergej Diaghilev : een leven voor de kunst, Amsterdam : B. Bakker, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-517) and index.