Maksimilian Voloshin (Narodnai͡a︡ poėticheskai͡a︡ biblioteka)

by Maximilian Voloshin

461 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1997

About the author

Maximilian Alexandrovich Kirienko-Voloshin (Russian: Максимилиан Александрович Кириенко-Волошин) (May 28, 1877 - November 8, 1932) was a Russian poet and famous Freemason. He was one of the significant representatives of the Symbolist movement in Russian culture and literature. He became famous as a poet and a critic of literature and the arts, being published in many contemporary magazines of the early 20th century, including "Vesy" ('Libra'), "Zolotoye runo" ('The Golden Fleece') and "Apollon". He was also known for his brilliant translations of a number of French poetic and prose works into Russian.