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by Konstantin Balmont

? K. Balmont po pravu schitaetsya odnim iz luchshix russkix poetov. Poryvistyj, uvlekayushhijsya i uvlekayushhij, on obogatil russkuyu poeziyu celym ryadom novyx chuvstv, obrazov i myslej. Broshennye im devizy prodolzhayut zhit do six por.?? (N.Gumilev)? Balmont prezhde vsego - ?novyj chelovek?. K ?novoj poezii? on prishel ne cherez soznatelnyj vybor. On ne otverg ?starogo? iskusstva posle rassudochnoj kritiki; on ne postavil sebe zadachej byt vyrazitelem opredelennoj estetiki. Balmont kuet svoi stixi, zabotyas lish o tom, chtoby oni byli po-ego krasivy, po-ego interesny, i esli poeziya ego prinadlezhit ?novomu? iskusstvu, to eto stalos pomimo ego voli. On prosto rasskazyvaet svoyu dushu, no dusha u nego iz tex, kotorye lish nedavno stali rascvetat na nashej zemle.?V etom vsya sila balmontovskoj poezii, vsya ee zhiznennost, xotya v etom i vse ee bessilie. ? (V.Bryusov)

767 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Konstantin Dmitriyevich Balmont (Russian: Константи́н Дми́триевич Бальмо́нт) ( 15 June [O.S. 3 June] 1867 – 23 December 1942) was a Russian symbolist poet and translator. He was one of the major figures of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry.