Nikolay Gumilev. The life of the executed poet

The life of the poet Nikolai Gumilev could be a brilliant plot for an adventurous novel, if it were not fond of Russian, the enemy"s bullet was tragic. Youthful attempts of suicide, upbringing the "Conquistador in Iron"s Pancira", dramatic love for the famous poetess, a series of Donzhuansky victories, duel, daring journey to the most exotic continent, rivalry with a brilliant poet, climbing the top of skill, creating his own poetic school, war, Two Georgias" Trouting Chest ", undisguised monarchism with Bolshevism ... All this gave the right to write: How to live sweetly, how sweet to defeat / sea and girls, enemies and the word". Interest in the shot and relatively recently legalized in the national literature, the poet is growing like readers and researchers of his life and creativity. Vladimir Khushinhin, Poet, Winner of the All-Russian Pushkin Prize "Captain"s Daughter", Candidate of Philological Sciences, Author of many works about Nicolae Gumilev and the main one - Encyclopedia Gumileva, made it, perhaps, the first attempt to collect all the information available for today in the holistic life of the poet, approximate To the chronicle. Like any first large-scale work, the poleship book and however, it contains a rich material for inquisitive readers and future researchers.
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