Died 1945-09-09.
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Zinaida Gippius
Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius was a Russian poet, playwright, novelist, editor and religious thinker. She is considered one of the major figures in Russian symbolism.
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culture · Russian poet (1869–1945) · poet · writer · playwright · literary critic · prose writer · also Zinaida Gippius, Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius, Gippius
Born 8 November 1869 · Died 9 September 1945 · Q61940
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1941· 1 entry
Was a major blow to Gippius, who died a few years later in 1945
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1933· 1 entry
The couple moved to Italy where they stayed for about three years, visiting Paris only occasionally
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1932· 1 entry
France felt like a hostile place to them
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1928· 1 entry
The Merezhkovskys took part in the First Congress of Russian writers in exile held in Belgrade
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1918· 1 entry
Presented a stark and gloomy picture of revolutionary Russia as Gippius saw it
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1914· 1 entry
“The things that happen now have nothing to do with Russian history. They will be forgotten, like the atrocities of some savages on a faraway island; will vanish without a trace.”
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1912· 1 entry
Her book of short stories Moon Ants (Russian: Лунные муравьи) came out, featuring the best prose she had written in years
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1911· 1 entry
Gippius bought a cheap apartment in Paris, at Rue Colonel Bonnet, 11-bis
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1910· 1 entry
Gippius had become a well-known (though by no means as famous as her husband) European author, translated into German and French
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1906· 1 entry
Gippius published the collection of short stories Scarlet Sword (Russian: Алый меч), and in 1908 the play Poppie Blossom (Russian: Маков цвет) came out, with Merezhkovsky and Filosofov credited as co-authors
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1903· 2 entries
And her second collection, Collection of Poems
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Gippius tried to revive her initial idea in the form of what was regarded as her 'domestic Church', based on the controversial troyebratstvo ('Brotherhood of Three'), composed of herself, Merezhkovsky, and Dmitry Filosof
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1901· 2 entries
All this transformed into the ideology of the "New Church" of which she was the instigator
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Gippius and Merezhkovsky co-founded the Religious and Philosophical Meetings
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1885· 1 entry
To Tiflis, closer to their uncle Alexander Stepanov's home
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1869· 1 entry
Born 1869-11-08.
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