Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

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Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky


Born
in Kyiv, Ukraine
January 30, 1887

Died
December 28, 1950

Genre

Influences


Сигизмунд Кржижановский

Sigizmund Dominikovich Krzhizhanovsky (Russian: Сигизму́нд Домини́кович Кржижано́вский) (February 11 [O.S. January 30] 1887, Kyiv, Russian Empire — 28 December 1950, Moscow, USSR) was a Russian and Soviet short-story writer who described himself as being "known for being unknown" and the bulk of whose writings were published posthumously.

Many details of Krzhizhanovsky's life are obscure. Judging from his works, Robert Louis Stevenson, G. K. Chesterton, Edgar Allan Poe, Nikolai Gogol, E. T. A. Hoffmann, and H. G. Wells were major influences on his style. Krzhizhanovsky was active among Moscow's literati in the 1920s, while working for Alexander Tairov's Chamber Theater. Several of Krzhizhanovsky's stories b

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“In short, you had that particular ability which I never had: the ability to be alive.”
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Autobiography of a Corpse

“Why frighten little children with the dark when one can quiet them with it and lead them into dreams?”
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Autobiography of a Corpse

“Quantin crept closer to the knoll. A pungent smell passed through his nostrils up into his brain. Attracted by the poppies' scarlet smears, he was about to take another step when he felt a hand on his elbow. A man in a poppy-red jacket, his pupils dilated, smiled warningly.
"No strangers allowed. Go away."
"I don't understand..."
"Understanding is strictly forbidden. Even dreams have the right to dream. Isn't that so? Now go away.”
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Memories of the Future

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