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Andrey Bely
1880–1934
A central voice of Russian Symbolism, this poet, novelist, and critic helped push Russian literature toward its most daring modernist experiments. He is best remembered for the novel Petersburg, a strange, brilliant portrait of a city on the edge of upheaval.
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Petersburg
by Andrey Bely
About the author
Born Boris Nikolayevich Bugaev in Moscow in 1880, Andrey Bely became one of the key figures of Russia's Symbolist movement. He wrote poetry, fiction, essays, and criticism, and his work brought together philosophical ideas, musical language, and bold formal invention.
His best-known novel, Petersburg, is often regarded as a landmark of 20th-century literature. Along with his fiction, Bely played an important role as a literary theorist, helping shape the ideas and ambitions of Symbolism in Russia.
Bely lived through a period of enormous cultural and political change, and that tension runs through much of his writing. He died in 1934, leaving behind work that remains striking for its energy, complexity, and imaginative power.