One of the most famous poets of the Silver Age, Alexander Blok, was distinguished by a very original approach to creativity. To the heights of recognition and success led him to perseverance, perseverance and tremendous talent, which he managed to develop and hone to perfection. During his life, he managed to be a literary critic, a writer, and a poet.
The future poet got the name of his father, despite the fact that his mother divorced a spouse a year after his birth and soon remarried. He began writing poems at the age of five, dedicating them to his mother. And at eleven years old he had already written a whole poetic collection. As a 16-year-old teenager, Alexander Blok with no memory fell in love with a 37-year-old woman, but nothing came of this story. In the University of St. Petersburg, where his grandfather was rector, Blok entered with the goal of learning to become a lawyer, thus following in the footsteps of his father. However, after three years of study, he acknowledged that jurisprudence does not suit him, and transferred to the Faculty of History and Philology.
Despite the fact that Blok ardently supported the revolution, he was once arrested on suspicion of involvement in an anti-Soviet conspiracy. The arrest did not last long, as Lunacharsky interceded for the poet. Rumors about Alexander Blok’s love affair and Anna Akhmatova were repeatedly exaggerated, but the poetess in their memoirs decisively refuted them. Marriage of the poet was not happy – he idolized his wife, while occasionally carried away by other women. This behavior eventually led to betrayal on the part of his wife. Upon learning of this, Blok did not condemn her, saying that he deserved it. For all 18 years of marriage, Alexander Blok never had children. The favorite delicacy of the poet was ice cream. And he considered beer his favorite alcoholic beverage.
Alexander Blok’s famous poem “The Twelve”, in which he supported revolutionary ideas, led to the fact that many old friends turned away from him. In the last years of his life, being damaged by reason, Blok tried to get rid of her. Mayakovsky argued that this poem was the cause of his mental disorder. Some time after the revolution, Blok became disillusioned with communist ideas. However, he remained in good standing with the authorities, which is why he was constantly assigned to various posts, which he was not happy about, because of this he did not have free time. The poet fell seriously ill in 1920, and requested permission from the authorities to leave the country, intending to undergo treatment in Finland. However, permission to issue him was not in a hurry, and therefore, when it was nevertheless obtained, it was already too late.
