Alexander Izmaylov (critic)

For the early 19th-century Russian poet and fabulist, see Alexander Izmaylov.
Alexander Izmaylov in 1900s

Alexander Alekseyevich Izmaylov (Russian: Алекса′ндр Алексе′евич Изма′йлов, 1873, Saint Peterburg, Russian Empire, – 1921, Petrograd, Soviet Russia) was a Russian literary critic, writer, poet and parodist.[1]

A Saint Petersburg Theological Academy graduate, Izmaylov was a versatile author, whose poems, short stories and novels (including V burse, In Seminary, a 1902 autobiographical one) concerning Russia's religious life earned him critical respect. What proved to be more important in retrospect, though, was his work as literary critic. An insightful and stylish author, shying faction feuds and working upon the purely aesthetical set of criteria, Izmaylov developed and mastered his own peculiar genre of impressionist critical etude. He published several acclaimed essay collections (On the Verge and Twilight of Small Gods and New Idols, both 1910; Literary Olymp, 1911; Motley Flags, 1913), as well as Anton Chekhov's biography (Chekhov, 1916).

Izmaylov's popular set of poetic parodies (on Merezhkovsky, Blok, Gorky and Balmont, among others) came out in 1908 as Krivoye zerkalo (False Mirror).[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Измайлов, Александр Алексеевич". Russian Biographical Dictionary. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Измайлов, Александр Алексеевич". Encyclopedic dictionary. 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Alexander Izmaylov at the Soviet Literary Encyclopedia in 11 Volumes. 1930, Vol. 4, Pp. 436–437
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