Notes of the cavalry player: Nikolai Gumilev

The unique part of the creative heritage of Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilyov (1886-1921), the brilliant representative of the Silver Age poetry, is his prosaic works, including the famous “Notes of the Cavalryist”, telling about the 1914-1915 military campaign. At the beginning of the First World War, only two Russian poets of that time – Nikolai Gumilev and Benedict Livshits – signed up volunteers in the army. For the courage manifested in the battles, Gumilev was awarded twice a St. George Cross and promoted to non-commissioned officers. The real publication also included diary entries that the author kept during his trip to Africa. Gumilyov’s prose is a true example of literary skill that captured his ironic and sophisticated view of the world. For the first time, the stories, short stories and essays of Gumilyov were published in 1922 after his death. Contemporaries saw in these exquisite texts the influence of Wilde, Andersen, Stevenson, while recognizing that the works of Gumilyov is in good …

Author
Gumilev Nikolay Stepanovich
Editor
Balakina Antonina
Publisher
Ig Lenizdat, 2014
Series
Lenizza-classic