Andrej Belyj (1880-1934) - izvestnyj pisatel Serebrjanogo veka, poet, kritik, memuarist, odin iz veduschikh dejatelej russkogo Simvolizma i modernizma "Simvolizm" - unikalnyj sbornik publitsisticheskikh statej, v kotorykh avtor podnimaet voprosy kultury, razmyshljaet o "nedostatochnosti" nauchnogo mirovozzrenija, o predelakh psikhologii kak nauki, o khudozhnikakh i iskusstve, o poezii i printsipakh formy v estetike. Odnako naibolee vazhnoe mesto v knige zanimaet popytka opredelenija i vyjavlenija suschnosti "simvolov" kak volshebnogo kljucha k magii slova, a takzhe issledovanie tvorchestva izvestnykh simvolistov.
Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Буга́ев), better known by the pen name Andrei Belyj or Biely (Russian: Андре́й Бе́лый); 26 October 1880 – 8 January 1934, was a Russian novelist, Symbolist poet, theorist and literary critic. He was a committed antroposophist and follower of Rudolf Steiner. His novel Petersburg was regarded by Vladimir Nabokov as the third-greatest masterpiece of modernist literature. The Andrei Bely Prize (Russian: Премия Андрея Белого), one of the most important prizes in Russian literature, was named after him. His poems were set to music and performed by Russian singer-songwriters.