Interesting facts about Balmont Is a great opportunity to learn more about the poets of the Silver Age. Over the years of his life, he composed a lot of poems, and also conducted a number of historical and literary studies. In 1923 he was among the nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature, along with Gorky and Bunin.
So, here are the most interesting facts about Balmont.
- Constantin Balmont (1867-1942) - Symbolist poet, translator and essayist.
- Balmont's parents had 7 sons, where Konstantin was the third child.
- Love for literature Balmont instilled in his mother, who spent all her life reading books.
- An interesting fact is that Konstantin wrote his first poems at the age of 10.
- In his student years, Balmont was in a revolutionary circle, for which he was expelled from the university and expelled from Moscow.
- The first collection of poems by Balmont, which he published at his own expense, was published in 1894. It is worth noting that his early poetry did not find a response from readers.
- During his life, Constantin Balmont published 35 collections of poetry and 20 books of prose.
- Balmont claimed that his favorite poems were Lermontov's Mountain Peaks (see interesting facts about Lermontov).
- The poet translated many works of various writers, including Edgar Poe, Oscar Wilde, William Blake, Charles Baudelaire and others.
- At the age of 34, Balmont had to flee Moscow after one evening he read a verse that criticized Nicholas 2.
- In 1920 Balmont emigrated to France for good.
- Thanks to the collection "Burning Buildings", Balmont gained all-Russian popularity and became one of the leaders of Symbolism - a new movement in Russian literature.
- In his youth, Balmont was deeply impressed by Dostoevsky's novel (see interesting facts about Dostoevsky) The Brothers Karamazov. Later, the writer admitted that he gave him "more than any book in the world."
- In adulthood, Balmont visited many countries such as Egypt, the Canary Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, Ceylon, India, New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and others.
- Balmont, who died of pneumonia in 1942, was buried in France. The following words are written on his tombstone: "Konstantin Balmont, Russian poet."
