Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dmitry Merezhkovsky

Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1865

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1941

Profession: writer, poet, biographer, literary critic, philosopher, novelist, literary scholar

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (Russian: ???´???? ?????´???? ???????´?????, IPA: ['dm?itr??j s??r'g?ej?v??t? m??r??'?kofsk??j]; 14 August [O.S.
2 August] 1866 – December 9, 1941) was a Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic.
A seminal figure of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry, regarded as a co-founder of the Symbolist movement, Merezhkovsky – with his poet wife Zinaida Gippius – was twice forced into political exile.
During his second exile (1918–1941) he continued publishing successful novels and gained recognition as a critic of the Soviet Union.
Known both as a self-styled religious prophet with his own slant on apocalyptic Christianity, and as the author of philosophical historical novels which combined fervent idealism with literary innovation, Merezhkovsky was nine times a nominee for the Nobel Prize in literature, which he came closest to winning in 1933.