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Anatoly Mariengof

Born

in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation

July 06, 1897

Died

June 24, 1962

Genre

Poetry, Fiction, Classics

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Anatoly Borisovich Marienhof or Mariengof (Russian: Анатолий Борисович Мариенгоф; 6 July (24 June O.S.) 1897 – 24 June 1962) was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright. He was one of the leading figures of Imaginism. Now he is mostly remembered for his memoirs that depict Russian literary life of the 1920s and his friendship with Sergei Yesenin.

Anatoly Marienhof was born into a Livonian nobleman's family in Nizhny Novgorod. Upon graduating from gymnasium in 1914, he was drafted and served during the First World War on Eastern Front.

Marienhof's literary career started in 1918 when he participated in the Imaginists' manifesto "Deklaraciia", published in Voronezh. The manifesto was signed also by Sergei Yesenin and other Moscow poets. Togethe Anatoly Borisovich Marienhof or Mariengof (Russian: Анатолий Борисович Мариенгоф; 6 July (24 June O.S.) 1897 – 24 June 1962) was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright. He was one of the leading figures of Imaginism. Now he is mostly remembered for his memoirs that depict Russian literary life of the 1920s and his friendship with Sergei Yesenin.

Anatoly Marienhof was born into a Livonian nobleman's family in Nizhny Novgorod. Upon graduating from gymnasium in 1914, he was drafted and served during the First World War on Eastern Front.

Marienhof's literary career started in 1918 when he participated in the Imaginists' manifesto "Deklaraciia", published in Voronezh. The manifesto was signed also by Sergei Yesenin and other Moscow poets. Together they started a new poetic flow called Imaginism. Marienhof participated in all Imaginist actions and publications. He himself published a dozen books of poetry in 1920—1928. He became a close friend of Yesenin with whom he shared a flat during some months. Marienhof is the dedicatee of some of Yesenin's major works, including the large poem Sorokoust, the drama Pugachov and the tract on poetics Maria's Keys'.

Marienhof gained further renown with his controversial fiction: "The Novel without Lies" (1926) and "The Cynics" (1928). The former presented his fictionalized (although still largely accurate) recollections of his friendship with Sergei Yesenin; the latter was a story of the life of young intellectuals during the revolution and the War communism. Both were met with sharp criticism in the Soviet press. "The Cynics" was published in Berlin (Petropolis), and not in the Soviet Union until 1988.

After the publication of his last novel, "Shaved Man", in 1930 in Berlin and parts of his historical novel "Ekaterina" (1936), Marienhof was reduced to writing for theatre and later for radio without any hope of being published again. Yesenin's works were edited in the USSR for a long period of time to omit the dedications to Marienhof.

In his later years, after Joseph Stalin's death, Marienhof wrote mostly memoirs; they were published several decades after his death in 1962. ...more

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	Циники by Anatoly Mariengof, Анатолий Мариенгоф 4.29 avg rating — 1,034 ratings — published 1928 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Novel Without Lies 4.23 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1926 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Бритый человек by Anatoly Mariengof, Анатолий Мариенгоф 3.58 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1930 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Роман без вранья; Циники; Мой век, моя молодость by Anatoly Mariengof, Анатолий Мариенгоф 4.40 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Мой век, моя молодость, мои друзья и подруги. by Anatoly Mariengof, Анатолий Мариенгоф 4.22 avg rating — 45 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Бессмертная трилогия 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Это вам, потомки! by Anatoly Mariengof, Анатолий Мариенгоф 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Мой век, мои друзья и подруги. Воспоминания Мариенгофа, Шершеневича, Грузинова by Anatoly Mariengof, Анатолий Мариенгоф, Vadim Shershenevich 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Это вам, потомки! Записки сорокалетнего мужчины. Екатерина 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1936	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Стихами чванствую by Anatoly Mariengof, Анатолий Мариенгоф 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“— Ольга, я пpошу вашей pуки.
— Это очень кстати, Владимиp. Hынче утpом я узнала, что в нашем доме не будет всю зиму действовать центpальное отопление. Если бы не ваше пpедложение, я бы непpеменно в декабpе пpевpатилась в ледяную сосульку.”
― Anatoly Mariengof, Циники

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“Мне больше не нужно спpашивать себя: «Люблю ли я Ольгу?»
Если мужчина сегодня для своей возлюбленной мажет вазелином чеpный клистиpный наконечник, а назавтpа замиpает с охапкой pоз у электpического звонка ее двеpи — ему незачем задавать себе глупых вопpосов.
Любовь, котоpую не удушила pезиновая кишка от клизмы, — бессмеpтна.”
― Anatoly Mariengof, Циники

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“— Делать-то вы что-нибудь умеете?
— Конечно, нет.
— H-да…
И он деловито свел бpови.
— В таком случае вас пpидется устpоить на ответственную должность.”
― Anatoly Mariengof, Циники

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