About
Innokenty Annensky, born in Omsk, Siberia, is a major figure of the Silver Age of Russian poetry. As director of the Nicholas Gymnasium in Tsarskoye Selo, he taught Nikolai Gumilev. His only collection published during his lifetime, 'Quiet Songs' (1904), appeared under the pseudonym Nic. T-o. His most celebrated work, 'The Cypress Chest', was published posthumously in 1910. Annensky is also noted for his complete translations of Euripides' tragedies and his critical essays. Though often overlooked by his Symbolist contemporaries, he deeply influenced the Acmeist poets, notably Anna Akhmatova, who considered him her teacher.
* 1855-08-20 — † 1909-11-28
Major works
- Тихие песни (1904)poetry collection
- Кипарисовый ларец (1910)poetry collection
- Книга отражений (1906)critical essays
- Вторая книга отражений (1909)critical essays
- Фамира-кифаредverse drama
Key milestones
- 1879Graduated from the department of history and philology of Petersburg University.
- 1896Appointed director of the Nicholas Gymnasium in Tsarskoye Selo, a position he held until 1905.
- 1909Co-founded the influential Silver Age literary journal Apollon.
Themes
Solitude and melancholyBeauty and artDeath and the afterlifeInfluence of classical antiquitySubjective perception
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