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Birthday
(Tuesday)
Died
Birthplace
Languages
Russian
Spouse
Assja Turgenieff (1914-1921)
Parents
Nikolai Bugaev
Residences
Andrei Bely house, Zheleznodorozhny, Q117310682
Education
Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow Imperial University
Zodiac Sign
♏ Scorpio
Chinese Zodiac
龙 Dragon
Name Origin
English < Russian (Бори́с)
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Andrei Bely: Russian poet, writer and critic (1880–1934).
Born in Moscow (died at age 53).
Studied at Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow Imperial University.
Biography
Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev, better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely, was a Russian and Soviet novelist, Symbolist poet, theorist and literary critic. He was a committed anthroposophist and follower of Rudolf Steiner. His novel Petersburg (1913/1922) was regarded by Vladimir Nabokov as the third-greatest masterpiece of modernist literature. The Andrei Bely Prize, 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.
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